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[quote=Anonymous][quote=jsteele][quote=Anonymous]

Discussing Islam shouldn't be threatening and intimidating. Yet here you are, repeatedly demanding that I prove my probity and questioning my motives. Now you write above that I shouldn't even ask certain questions about Islam because you claim "everybody here already knew the answer" but apparently nobody wants to say what the answer is, and apparently that should be OK.  Do you ask people in the Beauty forum why they're recommending certain eyeliners and not others?  Do you ask people in the parenting forums to prove they have kids before they ask about strollers or Sidwell?

So my questions for you are these. Do you know you're effectively shutting down conversation about Islam? And, if so, why are you doing this?

No, I have no intention of outing myself by telling everyone where I've lived or what my experience has been. I will say that I'm *not* the OP of this thread on the more clear-cut issue of disciplining your wife, and I barely participated in the negative posts in that part of the discussion. Nor am I the poster discussing divorce and flood pants in the posts right above this one. Yet you've singled me out for intimidation about my motives and even my right to ask certain questions. Additionally, Muslim Woman is a bully (besides being so random and off-topic that it's not worth addressing her points). I definitely feel intimidated by both of you, after simply trying to cut through some BS on Delaware and medieval kings to get a clear answer. I'd venture to guess that others reading this thread are thinking twice about asking questions about Islam that might bring down your scorn.[/quote]

I respond to posts that interest me and I have had some fairly heated discussions on the topic of Sidwell and other private schools. People absolutely post in the Private Schools forum with an agenda of making a school look bad and I do question their motives. I question your motive for demanding that a particular topic be addressed in a complete vacuum without any context. I am amazed that you refuse to address that motive, but avoid it by acting like such a question is an attack on you. But, let me be clear. I think your demand that the topic be framed in this narrow manner is the result of your desire to make Islam look bad. If you feel that my statement is an attack on you, then that is certainly your right. If I have misunderstood your motive, I would absolutely love to be corrected.

If someone started a thread asking whether the Bible says that women should be silent (which it does) and demanded that the topic be addressed in as narrow a fashion as you expect this one to be, I would question that poster's motives as well. While the simple answer is "yes", that does nothing to explain the significance (or lack thereof) of that passage in Christianity.

As for shutting down discussion, you are the one who demands that your question be addressed only in a specific manner. No context is allowed. No historical analogies. You basically want a "yes" or "no" answer without any discussion at all.

If you have read this thread, I have responded to a number of people. Why do you believe you are being singled out?
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You seem to think that asking for a clear-cut answer is the same as trying to "make Islam look bad" and must be part of a broader agenda to "make Islam look bad."  I disagree. If there's something controversial in any religion, it needs to be identified, not swept under the rug with nonsense about what Delaware did hundreds of years ago. What's relevant in 2013 is, what do practitioners of any religion believe in 2013? We need to be upfront about these questions, and not shut down debate by attacking peoples' motives or, as PP said, accusing them of spewing and then walking away.

Going over the thread, I agree you have attacked other posters who raised questions about Islam. I have never, however, seen you defend Christianity, Judaism or Catholicism. I'm not Catholic and never have been, but there's a group that could use a moderator to shut down some of the bigotry. If I'm wrong about your role regarding any religion besides Islam, I'm happy to be corrected.[/quote]

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