Buddist monks kill muslims!!!!

[forumdude]

Pizza be upon you, Caesar Dude.

Damned good idea Oliver! Domino's will deliver within 30 minutes I believe! (probably some Muslim dude on a bike!)

Take it easy dude.

Ha ha. Right you are CD. Only in the States it's usually a Latino and in Thailand it's usually a Burmese or a Lao person (who probably licked my pizza, just as I sometimes did to people who didn't tip me, when I was a pizza delivery guy. Ha ha.)

Oh one thing I wanted to add but forgot - that anything in the Daily Mail is obviously not to be trusted. This is a funny article calling them out for their calculated fraud:
http://www.cracked.com/blog/5-easy-ways-to-spot-b.s.-news-story-internet/

[MindAbiding]

Hey Caeser dude,

I'm with you and anyone else who thinks that the anti-Muslim comments that have been made are coming from a short-sighted, uninformed, and shallow way of thinking about the world and people in it.  I think I even posted something a while back about how this kind of thinking is self-defeating.  I'm also appreciative of you and others drawing a line in the proverbial sand, saying that this aggression will not stand.

But Dude, I'm not sure what it is you want to happen.  All of us jumping on the bandwagon probably won't do much -- it will strengthen this guy's resolve and push his views to a more extreme place.  To be honest, I was contented not to fuel the fire, and to let a short-sighted comment like this fall on deaf ears.  At the end of the day, people who make comments like this need to get outside of their shells, meet people, and realize that judging the worth of a group of people based upon the actions of an extreme few is damaging to everyone involved.

It sounds like you want this guy to hand in his Dude card or something.  I don't know if that's the solution.  I think part of being a dudeist is realizing that we're all works in progress, man.  We can disagree completely with what this guy's saying and also appreciate that his isn't the final word on anything.  Hell, it probably won't even be his final word if you give it a little time.

My two cents, Dude, with all do respect to all involved.

Well I'm calling it!

I don't like it. I don't think it's appropriate and I don't think it's at all dudeist.

If someone started spouting racist hatred such as " that the majority of black people fuck monkeys. Or "It is common knowledge that the majority of Jews should be burned because they eat babies" or " It is common knowledge that the majority of Scottish people would sell their families into slavery"

Would that be Tolerated!??

I've never talked about banning anyone! I have never indicated that! I am asking for clarification on what is and what is not considered "Dudeist"

I'm saying that I cannot and will not associate myself with a religion that wishes peace and harmony but has an "anything goes policy".

I guess what you are saying is paedophiles, despots and serial killers can all be dudes as long as they don't rock the boat too much and we give them space?

[BrotherShamus]

I miss Righteous Dude...

I wish he wouldn't have left so hastily

[DigitalBuddha]

Am I wrong, or just an asshole?

You're being an asshole to be fair DB

This is not the movie. This is a forum where someone is expressing blatant racism. and you are now not only tolerating it but making up excuses.

Oliver has also come out with the most banal fucking statement I've ever come across! Tolerate intolerance! What the fuck is that about!?

Nah. Not convinced and seriously not happy.

My take on "tolerate intolerance" would simply be to tolerate people that are not perfect (that of course, would be all of us), we all have some intolerance in us, some Walter in us, and we all make mistakes and have our own prejudices. I for one think that people who hate dark beer should be put against the wall and shot...just kiddin', but I think you see my point. Perhaps the answer to people who have high degrees of intoleration is to be an example of being toleration in front of them? If we refuse to tolerate everyone who is intolerant, we would have to trash all of dudemanity.

That's just like my opinion, man.

[DigitalBuddha]

Pizza be upon you, Caesar Dude.

With peperoni and pineapple?

...and who the fuck came up with the word "pineapple" anyway? It's neither pine or apple. WTF?!

[milnie]

Religion is a strange thing, equally lifting humanity to its (arguably) highest highs and bringing down to its lowest lows. If we didn't have it where would we be and if we lose it where will we go?
It's the irrational trying to make sense of the intangible

[BrotherShamus]

DB, I like you're take on this. It's hard to find where to draw the line in the Dudely sand, that is, where is the point where we cannot simply let it go. But I definitely agree with leading by example. It seems like the only approach of reason

Carry on

[DigitalBuddha]

DB, I like you're take on this. It's hard to find where to draw the line in the Dudely sand, that is, where is the point where we cannot simply let it go. But I definitely agree with leading by example. It seems like the only approach of reason

Carry on

Thankie, dude. (though I had should corrected a misstated word where I said "be an example of being toleration in front of them" which should have been "be an example of being tolerant in front of them")

[meekon5]

Look I've been very good and let all you lot slug this out between you (without muddying the water like I usually do).

From my understanding the perpetrator has taken his bat and ball home (officially de ordained), and further proved my formula about names on the forum, watch anyone called "The One True Dude" or "The True Lebowski" or "The King of the Dudes" (you know the type) because they are bound to try to tell everyone else how to do things and usually prove not to be good team players.

So can we now all kiss and make up?

[RighteousDude]

... and further proved my formula about names on the forum, watch anyone called "The One True Dude" or "The True Lebowski" or "The King of the Dudes" (you know the type) because they are bound to try to tell everyone else how to do things and usually prove not to be good team players.

So then you're not a linguist, eh? "Righteous dude" is a 1960's/70's (US) slang term meaning, basically, that someone is well liked and can always be counted on. A big part of that is taking up the problems one might have with the person with whom he has them, face to face, rather than waiting until the other guy is walking away  to shoot him in the back. You had not shit to say while the dust was flying, but then when I leave you denigrate me?

Go in peace, brothers. I'm beating feet for greener pastures, but it was fun while it lasted. Be well.

[forumdude]

I think Meekon was mixed up regarding the identities. Righteous Dude wasn't a perp but a protester. He thought that Abideist was a perp. And since the response (or, rather I think, my response) wasn't strong enough against Abideist, Righteous Dude decided that Dudeism doesn't stand for anything and is too loosey goosey. So he de-ordained. Although I guess he's still checking into the forum.

At least I think that's what's going on. I could be wrong. Part of the problem is that this thread is so long that I didn't even realize what I was commenting on -- I thought people wanted Abideist banned from the forum when it seems that RD and Caesar wanted to know what the "official" (if there is such a thing) Dudeist stance on this sort of thing.

[Caesar dude]

At least I think that's what's going on. I could be wrong. Part of the problem is that this thread is so long that I didn't even realize what I was commenting on -- I thought people wanted Abideist banned from the forum when it seems that RD and Caesar wanted to know what the "official" (if there is such a thing) Dudeist stance on this sort of thing.

This is what I wanted and while in part protesting directly to Abeidist I actually wanted the Dudely Lama to clarify what his take would be.

I wasn't happy with DB's "Nothing is fucked here" statement and was even less impressed with Oliver's reply to another statement of mine (later clarified by him that he had replied to another of my comments as he had not read the whole thread!).

The thread is long because in my mind at least it is important!

Should dudeism incorporate beliefs in racism, mysogny, bigotry, paedophilia etc. because we should embrace tolerance? Or to use a fucked up phrase "Tolerate intolerism" There has to be a stand somewhere...that's all I'm saying!

I do NOT want anyone banned and never said I did!

It's one thing to hate wasps and crocodiles because they have no compassion for other living creatures...it's another to hate human beings for the same thing.

Peace.

[DigitalBuddha]

Well, having said all that, let's get us a lane, dudes. A few beers, a few burgers...

[Hominid]

So, group hug or not?   

Fucking tough to stay outa this one, but I was a bit late showing up like some others.  Not sure if anything I had to say would have helped, there are enough intellectual heavyweights here to say the important things. Just one observation: emotions were too high; the aggression was unnecessary. Just my $0.02.

Peace dudes!   

[DigitalBuddha]

So, group hug or not?   

Fucking tough to stay outa this one, but I was a bit late showing up like some others.  Not sure if anything I had to say would have helped, there are enough intellectual heavyweights here to say the important things. Just one observation: emotions were too high; the aggression was unnecessary. Just my $0.02.

Peace dudes!   

I was thinking more of a group rug. You know, hit some ganja and meditate.