My 2 cents: It's not the religion that makes people agressive, it's the people themselves. Thankfully many that call themselves muslims are not believers of the holy war nor are they terrorists. Of course in the current state of the world then that does indeed make it harder to identify friend from foe, but I still find it positive that far from all muslims want to kill all infidels (they simply do not have jihaad as part of their definition of islam, and many say it's actually a religion of peace). Furthermore, many different versions exist of all religions but they call it the same, also cristianity, some are extremely literal in their reading of their beliefs and imho act half-way nuts about, others are more down to earth and understand a joke from an insult etc.
There's more than enough misunderstanding in the world due to differences in comunication and too many people/groups try to put people into too narrowly defined groups. I for one reguse to be called a dane if people use it to guess my culture, interests, political stance etc. or blame me for those stupid drawings like some people did, one young american made a video singing that Denmark and danes all are bastards etc. and uploaded it on google video. That's kind of narrowminded isn't it?
Sorry for the very serious note but I thought it was important.
On a lighter side:
Adam was walking around in Eden but he was bored so he asked God for a companion. God said he could create a woman, who is a wonderful sweet being. Adam thought it was great and asked what it would cost. God replied: An arm and a leg. Adam replied: What can I get for a rib?
Now if you believe in the god this is linked to and can laugh at it then you can differentiate between a joke with no evil intention and a real insult.
And some more (I think this one is so funny
):
Santa Claus, upon trudging out to his sleigh for his annual night freight trip around the world, was surprised to find a guy with a shotgun standing next to his rig. Santa asked him why he was there. The man replied, "I'm from the FAA, and this is an unscheduled 135 inspection. I'll ride right seat." Santa responded, "With all due respects, sir, I've been doing this flight for over 700 years -- but if you insist, well, let's go." As they both climbed into the sleigh, Santa noticed that the FAA inspector brought his shotgun along with him, placing it in his lap, with his finger on the trigger. Santa queried, "What's the shotgun for?" To which the FAA inspector grumbled, "You're going to lose two on takeoff..."
Q. Why did Santa Claus ask Rudolf to lead his sleigh team?
A. Rudolf was the only one who was IFR current.
And from the Northeast U.S.:
"Mornin’ center, ABC123 Heavy checking in at 12,000 and 250kts assigned."
"Roger ABC123 Heavy, cross DRESR at 9,000 reduce speed to 210kts."
"Cross DRESR at 9,000 slow to 210, ABC123 Heavy."
From unknown crew...
"Yeah, we have one of those [Cross Dresser] at our company too."
And from India, where they use this as a classic example of 'standard phraseology':
U.S. Fighter pilot to tower: "This is chrome-plated stove pipe, triple nickel eight ball, angels eight, five in the slot, boots on and laced, I wanna bounce and blow.
Tower: "Roger you got the nod to hit the sod.
And from Sydney, Australia:
"Hold your push back QANTAS, you've got a Virgin with a tight slot behind you."
And one from Daytona, Florida:
"Tower, this is N123ER, how do you read?" "Usually at night, in bed with my light on."
"Approach, how far from the airport are we in minutes?" "N923, the faster you go, the quicker you'll get here."
"American Two-Twenty, Eneey, meeny, miney, moe, how do you hear my radio?"
In the space age, man will be able to go around the world in two hours -- one hour for flying and one hour to get to the airport.
Ok and for those movie-fans out there, how said this(this is Frank asking, not part of the quoted joke)?
Flying an aeroplane with only a single propeller to keep you in the air. Can you imagine that?
Frank
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