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36. Is it all religions, or just specific ones?

Sun Sep 26, 2021, 01:03 AM

Sep 2021

Last edited Sun Sep 26, 2021, 10:25 AM - Edit history (1)

I don't see Taoist or Shintoists, for example, anywhere in the world, hanging corpses upside down in public with the express purpose of terrorizing people into compliance.

With that in mind, isn't that kind of a broad brush you're using there?

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Witness: Taliban hang dead body in Afghan city's main square [View all] Omaha Steve Sep 2021 OP

Religion doing what it does best Farmer-Rick Sep 2021 #1

Religion didnt do this Fullduplexxx Sep 2021 #2

Well, it sure as hell wasn't agnostics. paleotn Sep 2021 #6

The religion itself? Perhaps not. But extremist zealots, fanatics within the religion? PatrickforB Sep 2021 #9

Guns, guns, and more guns Roy Rolling Sep 2021 #23

Yes,it did. Let's not deny religion is used to justify this shit JI7 Sep 2021 #28

No It did not . Like you said religion is used ... that chip on your shoulder is blinding you Fullduplexxx Sep 2021 #32

So you admit religion was used and then deny it has anything to do with religion JI7 Sep 2021 #33

No YOU said religion is used . I said religion didnt do this Fullduplexxx Sep 2021 #34

seriously trying to say the Taliban has nothing to do with religion JI7 Sep 2021 #35

Laugh it up all you want I said religion didnt do this and it didnt Fullduplexxx Sep 2021 #39

WRONG. AZ8theist Sep 2021 #43

You have the same problem the other poster has. Religion didnt do this Fullduplexxx Sep 2021 #45

Denial is not a river in Egypt. Ray Bruns Sep 2021 #47

Nope. Not religion but a crazy government jimfields33 Sep 2021 #4

"So hopefully during future elections" The Taliban won't be having any elections. nt EX500rider Sep 2021 #24

Maybe maybe not. We have no idea what the Afghan population will put up with jimfields33 Sep 2021 #25

Yes we do atreides1 Sep 2021 #30

They'll Do What They Have To Do To Survive COL Mustard Sep 2021 #41

There's nothing abstruse about your post; your meaning is clear. Duncan Grant Sep 2021 #7

This is an every day occurrence in Saudi Arabia hot2na Sep 2021 #22

The Saudi's hang already dead bodies in their squares? And every day? EX500rider Sep 2021 #26

Saudi Arabia sucks but not on the level of Afghanistan JI7 Sep 2021 #27

Is it all religions, or just specific ones? jcmaine72 Sep 2021 #36

True not all religions Farmer-Rick Sep 2021 #40

But are they? jcmaine72 Sep 2021 #42

And we were THIS CLOSE to making real change there underpants Sep 2021 #3

I'm glad we didn't. The Afghan population jimfields33 Sep 2021 #5

That's right! And this policy would also help out the health insurance and PatrickforB Sep 2021 #10

If the U.S. had never gone to Afghanistan - the people living there may have overthrown the Taliban LiberalArkie Sep 2021 #11

Had the Soviets not invaded in '79.... Sapient Donkey Sep 2021 #46

Of course they are going back to 'the way things were.' PatrickforB Sep 2021 #8

I'll say one thing for Taliban rule. JohnnyRingo Sep 2021 #12

How is that crane any more barbaric than lethal injection, electric chairs, gas, firing squads? marble falls Sep 2021 #13

Meet the new boss, same as the old boss. nt oldsoftie Sep 2021 #14

This message was self-deleted by its author Hortensis Sep 2021 #15

What's so awful about authorities rescuing two people from kidnappers? Hortensis Sep 2021 #16

Displaying corpses as a warning to the populace was normal in 99% of human history. maxsolomon Sep 2021 #19

Yes. But not gall, virtue! Everything's different when righteous people do it. Hortensis Sep 2021 #20

Yeah, I don't get all of the outrage over the Taliban. Steelrolled Sep 2021 #37

Funny. I did differentiate between execution of violent criminals Hortensis Sep 2021 #38

And if you believe the taliban story, Ray Bruns Sep 2021 #48

Henry the 8th... mbusby Sep 2021 #17

If only Biden hadn't been elected... Dopers_Greed Sep 2021 #18

What's nuts is that there are a solid 30% of the nation who believe that! marble falls Sep 2021 #21

If I had to be honest about it, Mr.Bill Sep 2021 #29

Well, isn't that fun. Wingus Dingus Sep 2021 #31

MAGA. Making Afghanistan Great Again. Bringing back the good old days. Hanging corpses after torture Evolve Dammit Sep 2021 #44