Comments on: There was a glitch. I have to buy cheese. http://www.aproposofanything.com/2008/02/02/there-was-a-glitch-i-have-to-buy-cheese/ Thu, 10 Nov 2011 23:56:16 -0800 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.3 By: The Audacity of Hope « http://www.aproposofanything.com/2008/02/02/there-was-a-glitch-i-have-to-buy-cheese/comment-page-1/#comment-167 The Audacity of Hope « Thu, 01 May 2008 22:05:58 +0000 http://www.aproposofanything.com/2008/02/02/there-was-a-glitch-i-have-to-buy-cheese/#comment-167 [...] of propaganda makes a Muslim feel. They’re confronted by it every day. They have to endure over hearing ignorant conversations. Sometimes people look at them funny, or with outright hatred. They have to hear constant lies [...] [...] of propaganda makes a Muslim feel. They’re confronted by it every day. They have to endure over hearing ignorant conversations. Sometimes people look at them funny, or with outright hatred. They have to hear constant lies [...]

]]> By: Dan http://www.aproposofanything.com/2008/02/02/there-was-a-glitch-i-have-to-buy-cheese/comment-page-1/#comment-166 Dan Mon, 04 Feb 2008 11:52:08 +0000 http://www.aproposofanything.com/2008/02/02/there-was-a-glitch-i-have-to-buy-cheese/#comment-166 Actually Huda, they have, they do, and they will. (This is with respect to the Mormonism). Honestly, I'm half tempted to chide you for not dispelling this ridiculous rumor in the restaurant. After all, private discourse, once it exceeds a certain decibel level, pretty much becomes public discourse. Especially in an empty restaurant. And next time, if you give me advance notice I can hook you up with all the ding-dang cheese you could possibly want. Actually Huda, they have, they do, and they will. (This is with respect to the Mormonism).

Honestly, I’m half tempted to chide you for not dispelling this ridiculous rumor in the restaurant. After all, private discourse, once it exceeds a certain decibel level, pretty much becomes public discourse. Especially in an empty restaurant.

And next time, if you give me advance notice I can hook you up with all the ding-dang cheese you could possibly want.

]]> By: huda http://www.aproposofanything.com/2008/02/02/there-was-a-glitch-i-have-to-buy-cheese/comment-page-1/#comment-165 huda Mon, 04 Feb 2008 05:30:11 +0000 http://www.aproposofanything.com/2008/02/02/there-was-a-glitch-i-have-to-buy-cheese/#comment-165 Auntie, after I left the restaurant I kept wondering if I should have said something. There were so many things I could have said without starting a fight. At the time, I thought it was enough to just stand there, obviously Muslim, and let them feel embarrassed for having gotten caught. I still wonder -- if I'd said anything, would it have made a difference? They were so obviously entrenched in their own philosophy. I'm glad you think it was enough just to be there, though. Tee, thanks. I haven't gotten a copy of that email myself, although I've heard about it. I know the Obama campaign is well aware. The funny thing is, his father is pretty much an athiest, and I think his mother is Christian. It's his father's family that's Muslim. And I still don't see how any of that is relevant to his ability to be a good leader. Part of our pre-dinner conversation was about Obama and the Muslim question vs. Romney and the Mormon question and why one was so much worse than the other. I said then, and I believe this incident reinforces now, that people who complain find Obama's tenuous connection to Islam offensive on the grounds that obviously it must make him a terrorist, while Romney's acknowledged Mormonism is a problem only because it's not mainstream Christianity. Nobody's going around saying, "Why would they want a Mormon in office? This is America!" Auntie, after I left the restaurant I kept wondering if I should have said something. There were so many things I could have said without starting a fight. At the time, I thought it was enough to just stand there, obviously Muslim, and let them feel embarrassed for having gotten caught. I still wonder — if I’d said anything, would it have made a difference? They were so obviously entrenched in their own philosophy. I’m glad you think it was enough just to be there, though.

Tee, thanks. I haven’t gotten a copy of that email myself, although I’ve heard about it. I know the Obama campaign is well aware. The funny thing is, his father is pretty much an athiest, and I think his mother is Christian. It’s his father’s family that’s Muslim. And I still don’t see how any of that is relevant to his ability to be a good leader. Part of our pre-dinner conversation was about Obama and the Muslim question vs. Romney and the Mormon question and why one was so much worse than the other. I said then, and I believe this incident reinforces now, that people who complain find Obama’s tenuous connection to Islam offensive on the grounds that obviously it must make him a terrorist, while Romney’s acknowledged Mormonism is a problem only because it’s not mainstream Christianity. Nobody’s going around saying, “Why would they want a Mormon in office? This is America!”

]]> By: Tee http://www.aproposofanything.com/2008/02/02/there-was-a-glitch-i-have-to-buy-cheese/comment-page-1/#comment-164 Tee Mon, 04 Feb 2008 02:05:14 +0000 http://www.aproposofanything.com/2008/02/02/there-was-a-glitch-i-have-to-buy-cheese/#comment-164 {{Huda}} I don't know how you managed not to get up and go off on these idiots. I received an E-mail forward this weekend that really disturbed me. It was very anti-Muslim and at the bottom of it in a big red, underlined font was "KEEP IN MIND; BARACK OBAMA'S PARENTS WERE RADICAL ISLAMIC FUNDAMENTALIST" [sic] The person who sent it to me is not hateful at all and forwarded it on with the note, "Not sure what I think!" ... So I took the opportunity to E-mail back and dispel rumors and explain Islam (as I know it on a very basic level). This country has been thoroughly brain washed by the Bush admin., Hollywood, and corporate media. People fear what they don't understand, and too many Christian Americans don't understand Islam or Muslims. I'm sure Obama will lose votes because of the false rumors and it's completely unfair. {{Huda}}

I don’t know how you managed not to get up and go off on these idiots.

I received an E-mail forward this weekend that really disturbed me. It was very anti-Muslim and at the bottom of it in a big red, underlined font was “KEEP IN MIND; BARACK OBAMA’S PARENTS WERE RADICAL ISLAMIC FUNDAMENTALIST” [sic]

The person who sent it to me is not hateful at all and forwarded it on with the note, “Not sure what I think!” … So I took the opportunity to E-mail back and dispel rumors and explain Islam (as I know it on a very basic level).

This country has been thoroughly brain washed by the Bush admin., Hollywood, and corporate media. People fear what they don’t understand, and too many Christian Americans don’t understand Islam or Muslims. I’m sure Obama will lose votes because of the false rumors and it’s completely unfair.

]]> By: Asma http://www.aproposofanything.com/2008/02/02/there-was-a-glitch-i-have-to-buy-cheese/comment-page-1/#comment-163 Asma Sun, 03 Feb 2008 12:46:07 +0000 http://www.aproposofanything.com/2008/02/02/there-was-a-glitch-i-have-to-buy-cheese/#comment-163 SOMETIMES SILENCE IS WORTH A MILLION WORDS! SOMETIMES SILENCE IS WORTH A MILLION WORDS!

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