The Conviction of a Godless (Jobless) Girl

Please visit:

http://www.naomiklein.org/articles/2009/01/israel-boycott-divest-sanction -Israel: Boycott, Divest, Sanction
By Naomi Klein

http://www.amnesty.ca/take_action/actions/canada_bring_khadr_justice.php -
Bring Omar Khadr to Justice. Bring him to Canada

http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/1054867.html - Israel bans Arab parties from running in upcoming elections
And the totally ridiculous

http://www.menarebetterthanwomen.com - Men are better than Women




What if God was one of us? What if God was on the bus?
Atheist bus campaign? I love the idea, thank you Adam, for posting that.

Of course, religious folks are attacking this campaign as an attack on all religions, well, if they have spent 1/10th of the time criticizing corporations that are acting unjesus like, maybe we would have a more equitable society.

I hope the atheist bus comes to Canada, thats more exciting than Obama coming Canada. Oh, he is visting Canada first, btw, thats really crazy considering Ottawa, Ontario is the furthest city away from Washington dc.




Over the past few days, Ive received a lot of racist, hateful and demeaning name callings and attacks from Israel supporter. I stand firm on my conviction and even though my stance will cost a few friends and some other opportunities, I believe it is more important to stand up for justice for all people, even those who want to kill me.

Oh yeah I was also called a lying terror supporter for opposing Israels aggression, good thing I am not Muslim, or else I would be a suspected terrorist in Guantanamo Btw, Obama, when are you shutting that down? We want Omar Kadar back!

I have also heard from those who tell me that Palestinians and the hamas are monkey, savages, and fanatic lunatics that cant be reasoned with and do not deserve any justice or compassion.
It reminds me about what people used to and still say about the so called Backward Third world peoples, whom are barely human indigenous people are in need of the civilizing missions of colonialism.

Not long ago, and we still do hear some who suggest Women are governed by hormones and reproductive destiny, not as bearers of minds with the capacity for intelligence, rationality and free well. Women are characterized as emotional, sentimental, irrational and illogical. By the way, check out the comments from the video of a guy who said men are better than women. He even have a website called, www.menarebetterthanwomen.com

I think it is very important to recognize the similarity between people and to challenge racist stereotypes. It is also important to look at people not as inferior or superior, but to understand the possible reasons (historic/current) that causes people to do certain things. What kind of deprived people would commit suicide bombers? When Palestinians are routinely dehumanized as third world refugees and receive brutal and horrific violence as a normal occurrence, it is easy to understand why many of them would also result in committing violence to others. A lot of school yard bullies become bullies precisely because they are abused at their own home.
We are also highly tolerant of racism. We have supported Third World Dictators who are brutal to their own people. The U.S has supported Saddam and Osama Bin Laden, Israel has supported Hamas to divide the Palestinians, and we cozy up with Saudi Arabia which has a horrible human rights record. Its time to maybe understand we are not better than those people in those far off poverty and war stricken places, maybe we just have better luck.

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[scorpiusaries]

how long did you study white crane& flying fist of mantis kung fu for?, did you train with master Larry Wang in Hong Kong?

[darksideofthenation]

no i didnt do any of those things.

[atube1001]

You have a clear head on your shoulders; i am surprised your are jobless!!; what did you major in?

[darksideofthenation]

Political science and psychology :) I am surprised too!

[whitelarry23]

leftist demagogy, i cant believe you studied political science, maybe your teachers are commies. sorry, but what you talk is all bullshit and dont talk about Europeans, its absolutely crap.

thank you.

[goodlooka33]

listen miss video maker..the actual problem lies in ancient midevil thinking in modern times which is becoming more and more dominant from years of our own appeasement of it..which forces religion down the throats of people who have no choice but to lead themselves by it even if that religion teaches incitement and murder and DENIAL..nothing to do with Jews and if you think it does you are deceiving yourself

[goodlooka33]

@asrafoo...this is not about competing religions! it goes far beyond that....Judaism the religion does not dictate the actions that are going to be taken by the nation however Islam does in most Muslim countries and THAT is PRECISELY the problem...it is a threat to the world and will only get worse for you after the jews are exterminated which is what they openly proclaim they wish to do..ISlam is at war with anyone in the world who represents ignorance - existence before the prophet mohamadd..

[goodlooka33]

@atube1001 yes very clear of any logic

[goodlooka33]

@asrafoo Judaism is a CULTURE not merely a religion..how terrible you are...go learn that you have a culture, your friends have a culture and so do people who practice Judaism..they are no different!

[goodlooka33]

YOU received a lot or racist comments? well you need to be Jewish for only one day and then you will understand what it is like. Nobody knows racism like Jews=shame on you! now was I just racist to you???if you say yes I think you really have no true idea of the meaning of racism..how can you talk against the worst victims of racism and then complain about yourself in the same breath as if their is any comparison..stop beating around the bush and show your true colors okay?

[goodlooka33]

I think YOU who has no interest in the country of israel need to leave Jews/Israel alone and let them deal with it. Worry about other far more problems in the middle east stop your distraction tactics so people like me can actually help in places where it is really needed. Israel is doing just fine considering what they are surrounded by thank you!

[goodlooka33]

When something goes wrong.. "Blame the Jews! " listen don't be a hypocrite... Jews are no better or worse ANY kind of people than any other and they DID no worse than any other people would have (in fact another argument they have done unthinkable tolerant things compared to other groups but I am not asking you to even entertain that far)... They is ONE ideology-Islam that is like no other culture ever before and THIS is what is a major problem to the world... EVERYONE needs to stop appeasing i

[goodlooka33]

Explain what you think what Israel/ jews (lets not worry about pc) was doing is wrong,. You know that thinking is nothing but antisemitic propaganda...? I don't care what you heard! There are no limits to the imaginations of Muslims when it comes to hatred.. It is fundamental to their religion! You just need to look at their history. Not all some can of course overcome such lies...you don't surprise me but tell me what are israel/Jews doing wrong THIS TIME?