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Pakistan PM Imran Khan asks Facebook for stricter rules against Islamophobia
redbear.sam and 17 others reacted to timmmay for a topic
Comparing islamaphobia to holocaust denial isn't really fair. As far as I'm concerned, ALL religions should maintain the right to be criticised...religious freedom and all that. Every single one of them is man made. I'm not a fan of Zuck but I hope he tells them to bugger off.18 points -
Pakistan PM Imran Khan asks Facebook for stricter rules against Islamophobia
excalpius and 8 others reacted to ZakO for a topic
...beheading someone in the middle of the street over a cartoon (shown in a history lesson no less) does quite a good job at making the radical ones stand out, you know, like happened last week. If you are willing to cause harm to someone over a cartoon, you're a radical. Actions like that should be strongly condemned whereas this letter reads like it almost tries to justify it? I think it's important that not all criticism of Islam is immediately shut down as "islamophobia", if there's people killing in the name of religion in 2020, even if it's only a tiny tiny minority of that religions followers, it should be discussed, same with any other religion. At the same time, there should be no place for hating people purely based on their religion, so I wouldn't be bothered if Facebook decided to remove anything being directly Islamophobic (i.e. generalising all Muslims as "xyz hateful thing").9 points -
Pakistan PM Imran Khan asks Facebook for stricter rules against Islamophobia
sharpdesigner and 7 others reacted to Namerah S for a topic
Correction: extremists of all types should be banned. Your comment sounds highly uneducated. Please refer to an actual Islamic scholar or do proper research. Also, there are 1.8 billion Muslims in the world, many of them suffering similar injustice as the Jews did during the Holocaust. (Uyghurs). It doesn't take a religion to feel horrified at all such acts, only humanity. Throughout the course of time, extremists have always existed and polluted the narrative. Do not stereotype and assume the same way Hitler and his followers did.8 points -
Pakistan PM Imran Khan asks Facebook for stricter rules against Islamophobia
+Dick Montage and 6 others reacted to AsherGZ for a topic
One of them is not like the other. This applies for all religions but if you believe mocking someone's deities and blaspheming things they hold sacred is the same as criticizing and debating theological beliefs, you are one of them.7 points -
Pakistan PM Imran Khan asks Facebook for stricter rules against Islamophobia
Skwerl and 5 others reacted to DramaInc for a topic
This is one of those things as a leftist that annoys me about my side of the political spectrum. Criticizing a crappy religion is not racism or immoral. It just so happens that Islam is the worst one, but Christianity ain’t far behind. Also if Pakistan is all concerned about violence and stuff, maybe they should focus on their own problems with treatment of women and LGBT people.6 points -
Pakistan PM Imran Khan asks Facebook for stricter rules against Islamophobia
redbear.sam and 4 others reacted to excalpius for a topic
Precisely. One of these things, the Holocaust, is a series of HISTORICAL EVENTS that racists, neonazis, bigots and complete morons of all stripes have tried to downplay because they don't want to be associated with all of that true evil. Ahem. The other is a quite understandable fear of religious fanatics who kill (over friggin' CARTOONS!) in service to ignorant superstitious nonsense. If Muslims don't want the world to be afraid of their religion, they should stop their fanatical members from killing people who point out how ridiculous and untrue all religions are. If Facebook just stuck to moderating based on the facts, which determine the truth as supported by evidence, there'd be no inconsistency in their positions.5 points -
NASA finds water on the Moon's sunlit surface
darkpuma and 3 others reacted to Xenon for a topic
So is Nestlé gonna build a fleet of rockets to steal it?4 points -
Pakistan PM Imran Khan asks Facebook for stricter rules against Islamophobia
ZipZapRap and 3 others reacted to Dutchie64 for a topic
A critical discussion on religion with a religious person is mostly a pointless exercise.... And it is about time to really remove religion out of all parts of life, and behind the doors where it belongs. It's OK to be religious, but accept criticism and don't wave it in my face and call me phobic, racist, ignorant or a heretic. This removal accounts for ALL religions. There's still too much religious interference in daily life and politics, despite the so-called separation of state and religion. Good examples are laws on abortions, the 'right' of mass church gatherings during a pandemic, woman not having the same rights as men etc. The world would do better with less religion imho.4 points -
Pakistan PM Imran Khan asks Facebook for stricter rules against Islamophobia
stadii and 3 others reacted to kopsarchidis for a topic
Correction: extremists of all types should be banned. Your comment sounds highly uneducated. Please refer to an actual Islamic scholar or do proper research. Also, there are 1.8 billion Muslims in the world, many of them suffering similar injustice as the Jews did during the Holocaust. (Uyghurs). It doesn't take a religion to feel horrified at all such acts, only humanity. Throughout the course of time, extremists have always existed and polluted the narrative. Do not stereotype and assume the same way Hitler and his followers did. Funny how, people supporting extremism and dictatorship speak of freedom of speech. Erdogan, that pothead that has jailed almost half of his country dares speak of that. Pakistani PM does the same as well. It seems that poor education in the islam makes it easy to confuse freedom of speech with islamophobia. But it is expected from countries that never learned what freedom/democracy really is.4 points -
Pakistan PM Imran Khan asks Facebook for stricter rules against Islamophobia
mip and 3 others reacted to dustojnikhummer for a topic
Criticism against your religion is not a religion-phobia4 points -
Pakistan PM Imran Khan asks Facebook for stricter rules against Islamophobia
eddman and 3 others reacted to kopsarchidis for a topic
PM of Pakistan, confuses freedom of speech with islamophobia. But it is to be expected from countries that never really know what freedom of speech is all about.4 points -
Pakistan PM Imran Khan asks Facebook for stricter rules against Islamophobia
excalpius and 3 others reacted to bobsled for a topic
...beheading someone in the middle of the street over a cartoon (shown in a history lesson no less) does quite a good job at making the radical ones stand out, you know, like happened last week. If you are willing to cause harm to someone over a cartoon, you're a radical. Actions like that should be strongly condemned whereas this letter reads like it almost tries to justify it? I think it's important that not all criticism of Islam is immediately shut down as "islamophobia", if there's people killing in the name of religion in 2020, even if it's only a tiny tiny minority of that religions followers, it should be discussed, same with any other religion. At the same time, there should be no place for hating people purely based on their religion, so I wouldn't be bothered if Facebook decided to remove anything being directly Islamophobic (i.e. generalising all Muslims as "xyz hateful thing"). While I don't condone using violence in resort to blasphemy of the Prophet, you have to understand that with the respect his figure commands in Islamic religion, any attempt at a mockery *will* be taken as a personal attack by Muslims all over the world. The fact that the Islamophobes know this but keep doing it *is* what is radicalizing mainstream Muslims, not the other way round. So you're saying that the 'radicalised' people are simply taking offense to having someone poke holes or laugh at something that *they* believe in, and their abhorrent behaviour can be attributed to (or moreso, blamed on) someone else? Whacked out logic right there - nitwits gonna be nitwits. Actions have consequences and they're entirely responsible for what *they* do.4 points -
Pakistan PM Imran Khan asks Facebook for stricter rules against Islamophobia
stadii and 3 others reacted to Joshie for a topic
Anti-semitism isn't exactly religious intolerance.4 points -
OnePlus announces its first Snapdragon 4 and 6 series devices under the Nord brand
naap51stang and 2 others reacted to sharpdesigner for a topic
OnePlus getting desperate now ...3 points -
Keyboard recommendation (none mechanical)
+Dick Montage and 2 others reacted to farmeunit for a topic
https://www.makeuseof.com/tag/apples-official-keyboard-best-choice-mac/ Ignore the first couple. They are mechanical. Not all mechanical keyboards are the same regarding noise. You can get silent ones. As for the feel, that's always subjective. I typically only buy mine in store, so I can check out the feel. I have always been partial to Logitech keyboards, but I use a Microsoft Ergonomic at work due to position of hands. I have a Corsair and Logitech mechanical at home and two Inland mechanicals for backup or extra when doing repair work.3 points -
Pakistan PM Imran Khan asks Facebook for stricter rules against Islamophobia
dustojnikhummer and 2 others reacted to eddman for a topic
Religions are ideas, and like any other, people should be free to criticize, ridicule, or say anything they want about them. Freedom of thought and speech cannot be conditional. Just because you get upset when others don't like what you like, doesn't give you the right to force them to shut up, or kill them. This is why religion should never be allowed to have a place in governments. It is inherently biased.3 points -
Why I'm NOT buying a PS5
+Dick Montage and 2 others reacted to spikey_richie for a topic
A better title would have been "Why I'm not buying a PS5".3 points -
Pakistan PM Imran Khan asks Facebook for stricter rules against Islamophobia
eddman and 2 others reacted to kopsarchidis for a topic
Correction: extremists of all types should be banned. Your comment sounds highly uneducated. Please refer to an actual Islamic scholar or do proper research. Also, there are 1.8 billion Muslims in the world, many of them suffering similar injustice as the Jews did during the Holocaust. (Uyghurs). It doesn't take a religion to feel horrified at all such acts, only humanity. Throughout the course of time, extremists have always existed and polluted the narrative. Do not stereotype and assume the same way Hitler and his followers did. Funny how, people supporting extremism and dictatorship speak of freedom of speech. Erdogan, that pothead that has jailed almost half of his country dares speak of that. Pakistani PM does the same as well. It seems that poor education in the islam makes it easy to confuse freedom of speech with islamophobia. But it is expected from countries that never learned what freedom/democracy really is. "the only purpose for which power can be rightfully exercised over any member of a civilized community, against his will, is to prevent harm to others." - John Stuart Mill According to Khan, these posts that the FoS brigade keep defending ARE causing harm and by Western standards should be banned too. "...prevent harm to others" Different perspectives of "harm prevention" and "others" give a thousand of different meanings to this. That's why Mill's quote all by itself means nothing as many philosophical quotes do.3 points -
Pakistan PM Imran Khan asks Facebook for stricter rules against Islamophobia
+Dick Montage and 2 others reacted to ZipZapRap for a topic
Sort of. Yes it's laws against the discrimination of Jews, but Jews are "ethnoreligious"; an ethnic group whose main cohesion is derived from their religion. Just saying it's not as clear cut as you make it out to be.3 points -
Pakistan PM Imran Khan asks Facebook for stricter rules against Islamophobia
stadii and 2 others reacted to dismuter for a topic
The Holocaust is an event, it's a fact. Antisemitism is the hatred of a people, not of a religion. So banning the latter and the denial of the former are not the same thing as banning opinions on a religion. If someone thinks Islam should be banned in some country because the religious texts dictate the subjugation of women and Christians, depict slavery as acceptable, order the death of atheists and apostates (and possibly jews too, not sure), they should be allowed to discuss it.3 points -
Neowin trackers and 3rd party cookies
Usama Jawad96 and one other reacted to spikey_richie for a topic
You may have just guilt-tripped me into a sub @Steven P.2 points -
Neowin trackers and 3rd party cookies
Usama Jawad96 and one other reacted to Steven P. for a topic
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Neowin trackers and 3rd party cookies
Usama Jawad96 and one other reacted to Steven P. for a topic
Let's compare it to another popular tech site To be fair lets compare it to another tech website like Neowin So the question remains, what sites are doing "3x less" trackers? We also have a fully configurable opt in/out for cookies privacy at the bottom right of the page. Fact remains, people aren't running this website out of their own pockets we rely on advertising, and yes we also rely on Google analytics so we don't have to spend money on resource intensive things like webalizer and such like, we even offset the site staff email to GSuite so we don't have to run an email server. Last comparison: Even the mighty BBC is comparable to ours. I also want to add that "popular" sites like facebook and google do not rely on 3rd party advertisers at all.. but that still does not mean your browsing with them is private.. so factor that in with the comparisons as well.2 points -
Lenovo Legion 5 (AMD Ryzen 7 4800H) unboxing and first impressions
Geezy and one other reacted to Slackerr for a topic
I assume Lenovo got a wholesale discount on GTX 1650 Ti given they put it everywhere, especially where it is a bottleneck, like this laptop.2 points -
Neowin trackers and 3rd party cookies
Nick H. and one other reacted to indospot for a topic
I don't know what they consider a "popular" website, but I tested a handful of other tech websites I'd consider popular, and they all have the same or more ad trackers (though some have fewer cookies). Either way, I'm not sure this is a completely reliable tool.2 points -
Deep Rock Galactic, Celeste, LucasArts classics and more head to Xbox Game Pass
Tuskd and one other reacted to Billus for a topic
Worth it for Deep Rock Galactic alone.2 points -
Pakistan PM Imran Khan asks Facebook for stricter rules against Islamophobia
Skwerl and one other reacted to eddman for a topic
He's exaggerating to some extent, but islam has some extreme punishments for those who might say or hold thoughts that are not in agreement with it. There are a lot of islamic countries where things like apostasy and blasphemy lead to imprisonment, sometimes physicall punishment, and in some cases, even execution. No one should even be arrested for such things, let alone be punished. If, as you say, all extremists should be banned, then perhaps such countries should be banned too.2 points -
Pakistan PM Imran Khan asks Facebook for stricter rules against Islamophobia
Xahid and one other reacted to James W. for a topic
I just think Islamophobia is underrated, hundreds of millions of people suffer from it. But I didn't know Facebook cared about it. Well, that's something if they really take action against it.2 points -
Pakistan PM Imran Khan asks Facebook for stricter rules against Islamophobia
dustojnikhummer and one other reacted to Neonix1 for a topic
It's ok to disagree and criticise and be skeptical to ANY religion, Islam included. The criticism Islam receives is well deserved thanks to all the cruelty and violence that religion and it's believers (sheeps) has practiced.2 points -
Pakistan PM Imran Khan asks Facebook for stricter rules against Islamophobia
300z and one other reacted to zikalify for a topic
Correction: extremists of all types should be banned. Your comment sounds highly uneducated. Please refer to an actual Islamic scholar or do proper research. Also, there are 1.8 billion Muslims in the world, many of them suffering similar injustice as the Jews did during the Holocaust. (Uyghurs). It doesn't take a religion to feel horrified at all such acts, only humanity. Throughout the course of time, extremists have always existed and polluted the narrative. Do not stereotype and assume the same way Hitler and his followers did. Funny how, people supporting extremism and dictatorship speak of freedom of speech. Erdogan, that pothead that has jailed almost half of his country dares speak of that. Pakistani PM does the same as well. It seems that poor education in the islam makes it easy to confuse freedom of speech with islamophobia. But it is expected from countries that never learned what freedom/democracy really is. "the only purpose for which power can be rightfully exercised over any member of a civilized community, against his will, is to prevent harm to others." - John Stuart Mill According to Khan, these posts that the FoS brigade keep defending ARE causing harm and by Western standards should be banned too. "...prevent harm to others" Different perspectives of "harm prevention" and "others" give a thousand of different meanings to this. That's why Mill's quote all by itself means nothing as many philosophical quotes do. I think it's quite clear, he's saying freedom of speech doesn't extend to crap stirring.2 points -
Instagram changes nudity policy after backlash
bobsled and one other reacted to adrynalyne for a topic
Why the hell is YOUR WIFE posting photos like that online? Why the hell not? She enjoys the attention, and I enjoy it as well. Are you...not giving her attention?2 points -
Pakistan PM Imran Khan asks Facebook for stricter rules against Islamophobia
+hedleigh and one other reacted to KadirOrcun for a topic
Pakistan should fix the homophobia in the country before throwing rocks at Facebook. They banned Grindr and other dating apps due to homosexual content and yet they expect Facebook to do something about islamophobia. I call this bigotry.2 points -
Why I'm NOT buying a PS5
MightyJordan and one other reacted to Jim K for a topic
/sigh I do not know who this guy is .... but he should do some more research. This EULA is not trying to suppress Hong Kong's citizens to speak out against China. The EULA specifically excludes Hong Kong and Taiwan when listing the rules (or whatever) for "China Mainland" The part in his video.... https://www.playstation.com/en-hk/legal/psn-terms-of-service/2 points -
Discuss: Which abandoned video game franchise do you wish would make a comeback?
martyras and one other reacted to IntelliMoo for a topic
Mass Effect. ::huge sigh'n'cry::2 points -
Instagram changes nudity policy after backlash
daniel_rh and one other reacted to FireNWater for a topic
I think we will need to see the photos to judge for ourselves . . Let's not be too hasty . .2 points -
Discuss: Which abandoned video game franchise do you wish would make a comeback?
FunkyMike and one other reacted to Derek Moss for a topic
Alan Wake2 points -
Discuss: Which abandoned video game franchise do you wish would make a comeback?
FloatingFatMan and one other reacted to Son_Of_Dad for a topic
Wing Commander, Police Quest, Space Quest2 points -
Discuss: Which abandoned video game franchise do you wish would make a comeback?
FunkyMike and one other reacted to Noir Angel for a topic
Would like to see another Dead Space game, but with the original formula not the EA "drain the wallets of our customers" DS3 formula.2 points -
Discuss: Which abandoned video game franchise do you wish would make a comeback?
Usama Jawad96 and one other reacted to Syanide for a topic
Max Payne 2: Poignant ending where Max faces the hard truth that in not letting go of the past, his life ultimately resulted in same tragedies happening over again. Coming to this realization, he is at peace with himself, and is finally ready to move on. End credits. Max Paye 3: "My family..." *sreen flickers* "...is DEAD" *screen flickers harder* "I'm drunk..." *more Rockstar 'cinematics'* I hate what Rockstar did to the character. Unless Remedy has a once in the lifetime idea for a new story, just let him rest. The games are still playable today, I'd rather revisit the old ones than get some Rockstar pig slop.2 points -
YouTube's mobile apps get player UI updates, gesture to toggle full-screen, more
Tuskd reacted to Brandon H for a topic
I'm starting to think that they're trying to keep it as an Android only perk. NOPE, it’s a YouTube premium feature. I’ve bee using premium for over a year. Even on Android, you don’t get PiP if you don’t have Premium. But, even with Premium, you don't get it on iOS. I've been a YouTube Red member (now Premium) since the beginning. I use both Android and iOS. Google has only added iOS PiP support for the website so far. They're being sluggish on support for the app for some reason. There's been a few articles I've seen floating around about it.1 point -
Deep Rock Galactic, Celeste, LucasArts classics and more head to Xbox Game Pass
Tuskd reacted to LoneWolfSL for a topic
It's only like a couple of GBs too, such a nice game.1 point -
Pakistan PM Imran Khan asks Facebook for stricter rules against Islamophobia
Skwerl reacted to dustojnikhummer for a topic
He's exaggerating to some extent, but islam has some extreme punishments for those who might say or hold thoughts that are not in agreement with it. There are a lot of islamic countries where things like apostasy and blasphemy lead to imprisonment, sometimes physicall punishment, and in some cases, even execution. No one should even be arrested for such things, let alone be punished. If, as you say, all extremists should be banned, then perhaps such countries should be banned too. Also notice in what countries it is illegal to be gay. Islamic countries (and Russia)1 point -
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Pakistan PM Imran Khan asks Facebook for stricter rules against Islamophobia
300z reacted to Dutchie64 for a topic
This is why I have issues with religions like Islam but just don't care about Christianity. A Christian won't try to kill you for making fun of their god, a Muslim will. Christianity also does not treat women like... well... Islam does. To be fair, Christianity also went through that phase... about 500 years ago To be fair, -most- of Christianity went through that phase after the rewrite of the Old Testament. Talking about some (bleep) crazy stuff.. But..... There are still large groups of "Christians" that are as extreme as they come in the so-called 'bible belts'. Not just in the US, but all over the world. And these groups are the loudest too, when you try to restrict anything regarding their 'religion'. But this discussion is also a pointless exercise, as nothing will change anytime soon.. :\1 point -
Discuss: Which abandoned video game franchise do you wish would make a comeback?
+E.Worm Jimmy reacted to FloatingFatMan for a topic
Oh gods Space Quest YES! I'd love to see these remastered and continued! Best adventure puzzler's ever! SpaceVenture is calling out. over eight years after reaching its funding goal, the BETA was released to kickstarter backers. Not an amazing Start, that is for sure, but I got hope. Two Guys from Andromeda are the original guys from Sierra! Dude.. THANK YOU for telling me about this! I am SO there!1 point -
Discuss: Which abandoned video game franchise do you wish would make a comeback?
xrobwx71 reacted to pantera9 for a topic
Drakan: Order of the Flame Legacy of Kain Blood Heretic/Hexen (Rune, but we got that this year. Woo!)1 point -
Discuss: Which abandoned video game franchise do you wish would make a comeback?
Max Norris reacted to Ideas Man for a topic
Tex Murphy. I love all of the Tex Murphy games and wish they'd finish the story how they planned to. Probably would've years ago if not for Microsoft buying and killing Access. I'd be happy with remasters of UAKM, Pandora Directive and Overseer too, at least with modern controls. The stories in these games are still really good and while the FMV is clearly dated (UAKM was released on four CDs for MS-DOS), it's still got replay value, though I don't know how you could fix the FMV quality.1 point -
Samsung's Chairman Lee Kun-hee dies aged 78
Miskkie reacted to NewGuy123 for a topic
Yeah, he's probably been dead for years they just announced it right now after doing their tax. If they announced it at the time of his actual death the heirs would have been forced to liquidate a significant amound of the samsung ownership to pay for S. Korea's inheritance tax.1 point -
Instagram changes nudity policy after backlash
darkpuma reacted to zikalify for a topic
I didn't realise it differentiated. I tried sharing a TV show about a tribe in Africa and Facebook took the link down because of nipples lol.1 point -
Discuss: Which abandoned video game franchise do you wish would make a comeback?
dead.cell reacted to inthewired for a topic
Many Konami franchises, like Silent Hill, Contra, Castlevania, Metal Gear, etc.1 point