In reply to this comment by poolcleaner:
Until I hear something from his mouth that I disagree with, I'm going to love the man. I see several of you auto-downvoting, so I'm going to assume you disagree with critical thinking in regards to religion; you disagree with stand up comedy, which can be crude at times; OR you have a past disagreement with Condell in particular.

In all honesty, I don't know much about this man, but here's a quote from Wikipedia (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pat_Condell):

"I used to talk about this stuff in comedy clubs until I discovered internet video. Now I get a lot more death threats, but I don't have to deal with drunks."

I automatically like the guy.

hear,hear.....well spoken.

>> ^poolcleaner:
I like this guy.


You should probably write him a sappy email telling him how much his videos moved you and how you're in the middle of a self-renaissance.

>> ^Farhad2000:
Pat Condell lots of hot steam. Nothing constructive.


Or de-strucitve, for that matter.


Truly, words have no power.
Even though the mountain becomes the sea,
Words cannot open another's mind.

Pat Condell lots of hot steam. Nothing constructive.

Thanks for the Pat Condell video. While aggressively toned, I almost always appreciate the message.

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Jordass, If you've watched Pat Condell, you'd understand he isn't talking about treating Muslims fairly and equally, he's talking about appeasement towards the aggressive Muslim forces.

Ok this is just an observation and I dont condone anything here but i found it interesting that videos like Pat Condell where he talks about how Europe (Britain especially) has rolled over to Islam and lets them get away with anything. The comments on those videos are full of frustration and the unfairness of it showing that even though he is probably exaggerating he is hitting on a real problem on many Britons minds. Now a video showing the opposite in America where they have gone extreme in the other direction of being racist gets the reaction of how much more open minded America must be (like Britain maybe) to accept Muslims completely and so on. Like I said i dont agree with racism, especially in this video, i just thought it was interesting how both countries get populace who disagree with how they handle it. Guess somewhere in the middle is the right way, hope we get there someday.

Don't worry, by 2015 or so, most of the kids growing up in the west being taught to be tolerant and sensitive to others, because they, like you, are entitled to their way of being, will be young adults, in a country whose culture and borders have been butt-raped, and will be living among the neo-terrorist of Islamica....clean-shaven, recently arrived via Mexico, and just as entitled to their way of being as those thoughtful, sensitive, fair and amicable human beings......Where is Pat Condell, I'd vote for his cross-pond rantin' ass for president before I'd waste my time casting a vote for one of the 3 plants offered.....at least he has solid principles grounded in reasonable sensibilities, and speaks semantically...

America is fucked ladies and gentlemen.......

Woohoo, I'm watching movies with friends!

Thank you all. I'm not the most prolific sifter, but I try to only sift what I really like.

Heads up, BRM. Pat Condell's easter vid is dead.

A good first post, Lendl. Pat Condell always gets an upvote from me.

Unfortunately moderate voices in Islam are hardly heard or ignored by the sensationalist media and figures like Pat Condell.

If you've actually seen any of his videos, Pat Condell each and every time directs his rants against the extremists, and not the moderates.

"Peace, especially to those muslims who are as embarrassed as I am..."

Moderate religion is nothing but washed out religion, but that makes it a thousand times better than actual religious followers. I simply do not understand how you can make statements like :

[Islam] doesn't preach segregation or enslavement of women, thought control or violence but it is a religious movement that has been corrupted through political aspirations of those seeking power.

YES IT DOES, it preaches ALL OF THE ABOVE, and more.

Most muslims living in the year 2008, however, are grown enough to know that all these things are wrong. Those who cannot live with making a woman's word worth half that of a man, or who cant condone the killing of an apostate, these people are the true "corrupters of Islam", because they do NOT follow the insane babblings of a 7th century warlord. They think they do, of course, and they all think they've figured out just right what this guy dreamed up 1400 years ago.. That it sounds conspicuously like the UN human rights declaration after passing their own moral filtering, is not the prophet Mohammads fault, I guarantee you, its their own making, because they are not as ignorant as he was, and they have brains to decide what real morality is.

Breath, read my comment again. Relax.

I'll be the first to admit that Islam has issues especially in places like Saudi Arabia, Afghanistan and fundamentalist elements within Pakistan. But we are talking about a fringe here that has come to represent the wider religion of Islam.

The problem is largely stemming from Saudi Arabia and lawless regional areas of Pakistan, which both construct and fund maddrassas preaching a ultra conservative, anti western Islamic subsect called Wahhabist Islam. This is all ties back to funding from Saudi Arabia, though for some odd reason no Western power ever criticizes its funding and application (OIL) this subset of Islam which created 11 of the 19 hijackers on 9/11 and continues to send soldiers into areas where 'Jihad' thrives be it Chechnya, Afghanistan or Iraq. The Saudi Royal family controls the masses through its oppressive religion that allows them to stay in power indefinitely, western powers are too afraid to question the de facto standard fearing economic effects with regards to oil. See how Washington took no stance on the recent abusive verdict of a Saudi woman who was gang raped and then punished herself for being with unrelated man at the time of the attack.

Islam is a religion with at war with itself, but it doesn't preach segregation or enslavement of women, thought control or violence but it is a religious movement that has been corrupted through political aspirations of those seeking power. The Islamic Caliphate at its height ruled from Spain to Iran, it mingled with other faiths and peoples, and did not impose its religion on those areas it claimed. Unfortunately moderate voices in Islam are hardly heard or ignored by the sensationalist media and figures like Pat Condell.

There is no separation between those that follow the faith according to the teachings and do so with respect to other gender and minorities such as Sunni Hanafism, Sufi Islam and Ismaeli movement. Indonesia, Turkey, Uzbekistan are just some of the Islamic states I can think of, they are not operating on that level you mention. Not to mention the large and growing Islamic communities in Canada and the USA.

Take for example those extremist elements in the UK preaching Sharia law acceptance and other restrictive practices, they are trying to create a social divide between those who are faithful and those they deem outside of Islam. By actually paying attention to them and reporting on it you are creating a self feeding cycle, because they can claim oppression, and build further divides between elements of society. But at the end of the day they are all immigrants living in a foreign land bound by the laws and regulations of that land, all coming there to lead a better life then the one they lead in their own nations. I believe they are hypocritical cunts personally that use the religion for their own ends.

The UK government is at fault here as well, they are being overly politically correct to a religious movement that should be treated as religion not some atomic bomb. Muslims follow the faith at their choice they shouldn't be treated any more special then Christians or Jews, bar preventing religious conflicts if targeted (this applies to all).

A recent Economist article looked at how Islam and immigration is being used by European politicians hoping to gain votes by inciting differences, especially when it comes to certain issues (eg Mosques being built). The benefits are easy to deduce, they benefit those extremists who can claim their religion is being attacked, and they benefit those hoping to garner votes and political power based on xenophobia and misunderstanding (see previous Swiss elections). In Germany, Netherlands and France the influx of immigrants from North Africa and the Middle East only aggravates the problem, cohesion into European society is hard for immigrants, and there aren't many institutions that deal with it. But I don't see Islam putting shackles on European society thats a bit silly and sensationalized.

I think the problem is a little more complex then just saying lets get rid of Islam tomorrow, forcing people down a certain path of action is just as bad as imposition of thought control. I think a dialog should be made, I think there needs to be understanding on both sides, between those who don't know the faith and those who follow it. I personally think Islam needs to comeback to tolerance and major reforms should take place. In the short term understanding will allow intermingling and eventual passive shifts in thought through being exposed to a free society, and higher education. Religion becomes a choice and or leads to atheism. However attacking the faith and citing it as being foolish or stupid or a bad idea is only going to create further divides.

I welcome criticism of Islamic Sharia law and other issues but definitely not from Pat Condell who doesn't know the first thing about the Islamic faith, half of his stuff sounds like racist rant against different people invading the British Isles.