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hifiguy

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15. Yep. Even Stalin and Hitler left the libraries open.

Wed Feb 25, 2015, 08:44 PM

Feb 2015

Filled with revisionist bullshit, but the buildings were still there to be put to use.

I am convinced that the Pukes would shutter most of the libraries in the US if they could get away with it.

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ISIS burns Mosul library [View all] SoLeftIAmRight Feb 2015 OP

All irreplaceable Muslim texts. I have changed my mind - this IS a religious war, and the religion under attack is Islam. Fred Sanders Feb 2015 #1

It's also got me rethinking my views. lovemydog Feb 2015 #5

What about the Qurans in that library? DetlefK Feb 2015 #53

Well, since they blew up the library with explosives maybe they did not need to..and they can always come back. Fred Sanders Feb 2015 #64

Exactly my point: DetlefK Feb 2015 #65

I am sorry, sir, I truly can not follow your thought train even out of the station. Fred Sanders Feb 2015 #66

Hmm. Okay, it was a bit farfetched. DetlefK Feb 2015 #67

Sorry, same train, new engine. Fred Sanders Feb 2015 #68

Thousands of years of history lovemydog Feb 2015 #2

If this does not convince folks ISIS is simply Satan in disguise and an enemy of all religions... Fred Sanders Feb 2015 #4

I'd perhaps say an enemy of human rights. lovemydog Feb 2015 #6

They're nihilists.... Dorian Gray Feb 2015 #54

I don't have any magical powers. AngryAmish Feb 2015 #58

Can you detect allegory? Fred Sanders Feb 2015 #62

tragic Liberal_in_LA Feb 2015 #29

Evil. Universal hate and evil. No religion I know of. Fred Sanders Feb 2015 #63

And it is ALWAYS done in the name hifiguy Feb 2015 #3

Almost all the time. I love that Mark Twain quote. lovemydog Feb 2015 #8

Even the Khmer Rouge, whom IS is now starting to rival hifiguy Feb 2015 #12

That's a great point hifiguy. lovemydog Feb 2015 #21

Even the Nazis only stole art; they didn't destroy it. alarimer Feb 2015 #69

When you can truthfully say "Not even the Nazis, Stalin hifiguy Feb 2015 #70

Muslims, Christians, Yezedis, Buddhists if there were any. ISIS is a common enemy of mankind. Fred Sanders Feb 2015 #22

That's a damn shame. AtomicKitten Feb 2015 #7

Just like the Taliban did with the sandstone Buddhas KamaAina Feb 2015 #9

I saw a photo of that again yesterday. lovemydog Feb 2015 #10

This breaks my heart. annabanana Feb 2015 #11

I don't know if they were backed up digitally. lovemydog Feb 2015 #14

Well if some of the physical texts themselves were considered sacred (like a Torah) then annabanana Feb 2015 #19

The artistry is astonishing: Fred Sanders Feb 2015 #23

Yes, it is. Brigid Feb 2015 #43

Republicans just defund libraries to destroy them. tridim Feb 2015 #13

Yep. Even Stalin and Hitler left the libraries open. hifiguy Feb 2015 #15

True. However, the slim pickings meant Dewey had no use for decimals. Glassunion Feb 2015 #17

True. lovemydog Feb 2015 #16

They are cowards Marrah_G Feb 2015 #18

And THAT is at the base of it all. . . .n/t annabanana Feb 2015 #20

Here is a more complete report: Fred Sanders Feb 2015 #27

UNESCO statement: Fred Sanders Feb 2015 #24

knowledge is the enemy of all religions. nt awoke_in_2003 Feb 2015 #25

This is one of the few absolute truths I know. Nt hifiguy Feb 2015 #26

If ISIS were really Muslims, why would they burn their own sacred and priceless books and texts? Fred Sanders Feb 2015 #28

makes you wonder. ND-Dem Feb 2015 #31

ISIS = Blackwater/Xe or another type of American mercenary outfit??? blkmusclmachine Feb 2015 #41

There's a certain breed of religious fanatic that fears and despises all knowledg but their own... Hekate Feb 2015 #48

Uh melman Feb 2015 #52

Uh... Fred Sanders Feb 2015 #59

The Klan burned and bombed hifiguy Feb 2015 #71

I cried when US troops ravished Iraq...this makes me sad. nt kelliekat44 Feb 2015 #30

a**h0le5 They_Live Feb 2015 #32

Do these morons even know what they're destroying? Jack Rabbit Feb 2015 #33

How could they not? They have been in control of Mosul for a year. Not much longer I think. Fred Sanders Feb 2015 #34

More like something Rumsfeld would do whatchamacallit Feb 2015 #35

"What's the definition of is?" blkmusclmachine Feb 2015 #40

Cui Bono? Depaysement Feb 2015 #36

At one time . . . Brigid Feb 2015 #37

a lot of it was right from the Greek horse's mouth, and they vastly built upon it MisterP Feb 2015 #39

It is not Muslims "destroying their own treasures", it is criminals and murderers who would destroy Fred Sanders Feb 2015 #47

ISIS may be GOP operatives. blkmusclmachine Feb 2015 #38

Or maybe, like the Joker in "The Dark Knight" . . . Brigid Feb 2015 #42

Or maybe they're exactly leftynyc Feb 2015 #50

FUCKERS!! lastlib Feb 2015 #44

K&R. JDPriestly Feb 2015 #45

Afraid of knowledge, afraid of education PumpkinAle Feb 2015 #46

Cheny, Wolfowitz and Rumsfeld are ultimately to blame for this DFW Feb 2015 #49

This message was self-deleted by its author DetlefK Feb 2015 #51

And today wrecking the Nineveh museum, Iraq Bosonic Feb 2015 #55

Something needs to be done about these bastards. romanic Feb 2015 #56

There is not "something" being done?.....Google "5000" Airstrikes and"Mosul surrounded"...sigh..... Fred Sanders Feb 2015 #60

If the ISIS torture, rape and murder of humans didn't move people to action against them seveneyes Feb 2015 #57

Last line....makes about as much sense as folks demanding "something" be done! What year is it again? Fred Sanders Feb 2015 #61