PatriotsReign

Well, I know you and 13 have your issues, so I'm not going to get involved any more.

Unlike you & I who are bestest buddies!

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patsfan13

Didn't read the article at all. I am aware of the attacks on the Christian moinority in Egypt.

Some need nits to pick when they can't agrue the issues.

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PatsWSB47

I wasn't trying to be snotty or anything. Just trying to keep things real. Anyone, feel free to be critical of me whenever it looks like I'm going off course...i'll probably make excuses though

Nikolai

You guys are arguing over something stupid. The reason that some say 5% and some say 10% is because there are no hard numbers on the percentage of Coptic Christians in Egypt. Consider it a relic of the Mubarak regime.

At least we can dispense with the silly notion that Egyptian is a utopia of religious tolerance compared to America.

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“On a day when they could have had impact players David Terrell or Koren Robinson..they took Georgia defensive tackle Richard Seymour, who had 1 sacks last season in the pass-happy SEC and is too tall to play tackle at 6-6 and too slow to play defensive end. This genius move was followed by trading out of a spot where they could have gotten the last decent receiver in Robert Ferguson and settled for tackle Matt Light, who will not help any time soon.”

chicowalker

Has anybody suggested that's the case?

Nikolai

That was the feeling I got from a few people in this thread...before it was derailed.

What Americans Can Learn From Egyptians

EDIT - I just realized I typed "Egyptian" instead of Egypt in the first post. Nice...

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“On a day when they could have had impact players David Terrell or Koren Robinson..they took Georgia defensive tackle Richard Seymour, who had 1 sacks last season in the pass-happy SEC and is too tall to play tackle at 6-6 and too slow to play defensive end. This genius move was followed by trading out of a spot where they could have gotten the last decent receiver in Robert Ferguson and settled for tackle Matt Light, who will not help any time soon.”

chicowalker

ah, got it -- yeah, that thread title should have had the word "some" inserted before both Americans and Egyptians

reflexblue

Not for nothing, but what does it matter what the percentage is....they're a minority with a capital M.

Mrs.PatsFanInVa

Do you find it equally laughable to think that a minority of Muslims in the USA (2.4% of the population) are provoking attacks against the American majority?

If you find it laughable that Egyptian Muslims (90%) might fear coptic Christians (10%) why do you not find it equally laughable that American non-Muslims (97.3%) fear American Muslims (2.7%) enough that several states and local municipalities are trying to pass laws banning Sharia laws which have never even been considered?

patsfan13

Because there is a history of Jiahd against American Infiedels by American Muslims (Fort Hood being just 1 example and no similar pattern of attacks on Muslims.

Of course in Egypt the government give tacit if not explicit approval to violence against Christians. See the rantings by the Head of the MB against Non Muslims and their status and the results of the Pew and Zogby polls.


This is why non Muslims are being driven out of Muslim countries (think ethnic cleansing) and Muslims want to move here, If Muslims in American were treated the way non Muslims are in Muslims countries they wouldn't be emigrating here.

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"Some guys play in all-star games, some guys don't. I don't know who picks all those all-star teams. In all honesty, I don't know who picks the combine, for that matter," Belichick said. "How does (Miami-Ohio offensive lineman Brandon) Brooks not get invited to the combine? How did Vollmer not get invited to the combine? I don't know. We can't really worry about that. We just have to try to evaluate them the best we can."