I know!  I'll start a school for would-be suicide bombers.  The first lesson is free...

sharke
What I have to say in full about this entire religion and its associated culture of death would get me banned 10 times over so I'll just leave it at that.

Well, okay now I'll go and risk getting banned but there's nothing inherent in their religion that makes Islam more of a "culture of death" compared to Christianity or Judaism. The "honor" in dying and killing for a cause is something that's repeated through almost every religion and culture since the beginning of recorded history. But terrorism always comes from something more than just religion and the death toll spread is still thousands to one in "our" favor over the last two decades...
 
Sven

Maybe the interesting thing about history is that you can learn from it. Sad to say that some religions missed out on Enlightenment.

Hi,
 
Sorry folks ... you're full of media hype and bs!
 
PDQ Bach was way better and more fun! And he was no spring chicken!
 
NP: Seasonings 1/2 TSP Oratorio

Come enjoy the hype over here in Brussels!
Anyway, wish Bach was back.

Which contemporary musicians do you think folks will still be listening to and playing 300 years from now?
 
 

bitflipper
Which contemporary musicians do you think folks will still be listening to and playing 300 years from now?

The Forum Monkeys?

As with all types of music, the times/fads/infatuations will always come and go. The truly good music will stand the test of time........even if only a few will appreciate it.

SvenArne

sharke
What I have to say in full about this entire religion and its associated culture of death would get me banned 10 times over so I'll just leave it at that.

Well, okay now I'll go and risk getting banned but there's nothing inherent in their religion that makes Islam more of a "culture of death" compared to Christianity or Judaism. The "honor" in dying and killing for a cause is something that's repeated through almost every religion and culture since the beginning of recorded history. But terrorism always comes from something more than just religion and the death toll spread is still thousands to one in "our" favor over the last two decades...
 
Sven

+1
 
If you get banned for that, then I'm going with you. I know we're not supposed to discuss religion or politics on this board, and you didn't. You spoke to terrorism. There are Christian terrorists. Jewish terrorists. Muslim terrorists. Atheist terrorists. Probably no Buddhist terrorists. Terrorists hide under the umbrella of something convenient, a means to an end, nothing more.
 
I have Muslim neighbors. I even have one who wears a burka, immaculately laundered and pressed. She's never spoken to me, but her children have. Very nice kids. I'm not the least bit threatened by their presence.
 
What's going on in Europe is scary. I've lived and worked there. I spent a LOT of time in Paris and lived in Germany. My nephew just spent the last 5 years in Paris studying chiropractic. My brother and his wife (French) are retiring from Chicago to Marseilles in 2 years, and taking the nephew and his new wife (French) with.
 
I am concerned. We need peace, love and understanding, not conventional war against an unconventional enemy. We, and I mean ALL of us, have a common enemy: anyone who uses fear and personal harm to achieve their ends.
 
This gives new meaning to the old traveler's acronym for the defunct Belgian national airline, SABENA: Such A Bad Experience Never Again.
 
I'm hurting.

sharke
They are subhuman Stone Age savages and it's only going to get worse. What I have to say in full about this entire religion and its associated culture of death would get me banned 10 times over so I'll just leave it at that.

Not to defend, condone or any other similar sentiment towards terrorism or those who commit these things, but at least they have the guts to actually go and DO, to ACT on something they believe in (rightly or wrongly, it is not the point) you on the other hand don't even have the guts to type a few words on an internet forum for fear of being banned!! instead big note your own trumpet by alluding to the fact that you would like to say something, lol. Be they 'subhuman Stone Age savages or not, they certainly display a lot more conviction and willingness to stand for something they believe in (rightly or wrongly) then many of the spineless jellyfish who sit back and comment, or perhaps comment without actually commenting.
 
And yes, it is a terrible thing that has happened, but that is the way things are today, there is a certain amount of conditioning already in play due to these events being relatively frequent, a couple of days/weeks no one will care much about it at all, it will be business as usual. (except perhaps for those directly involved, or with some direct relationship to the event) The rest of us will say our obligatory 'what a terrible thing' etc and life goes on.
 
As for old JSB, that type of 'music' sucks, it sucked back then, it sucks today, it will always suck, no great loss there.