It's not meant to make you feel sorry for them and in fact it's an illegal tactic in many places
TheOctonaut
joined 2 years ago
Oh sure, unless they haven't bundled your drivers and then you lose days of pain. Some people value their time and having an OS that they don't need to configure everything for, buy specific hardware for, is good. There's a reason Linux is the default for the computers most people use.
I've never agreed with someone on this and yet been certain they are wearing polished coal rings before
Why are you linking me to stuff about recycling and plastic straws that have little or nothing at all to do with carbon emissions or climate change?
Please stop trotting out a six year old story in some weird attempt to say people bear no blame for the things they consume. Who do you think those companies are selling to?
Uh, yeah? It's all in the phone book anyway
You didn't. But you seem to be under the impression that "they don't treat him special" when they absolutely do and make no pretense that they don't. They do deny his divinity, which is what you're thinking of. You're welcome for this helpful untangling of your own thoughts.
It's a quite literal rule - idols and idolatry are things that have actual meaning in Abrahamic religions, and in the pagan religions that Islam supplanted at Mecca. See also the icons and iconoclastic conflict in the neighbouring Orthodox Christian tradition.
"Wow he's perfect" isn't idolatry in the literal sense of an actual physical idol object mean to be physical manifestation of, or place of residence of, a deity.
No, there is a middle ground between "he was not just human but also divine" and "he was not in any way special". They consider him the most perfect human that has ever lived. They make no secret of this. They bless his name every time they use it. They have rules around his image and his reputation. And they make no secret of this. If you've interpreted "he's not divine" as "he's not special", that's your upbringing coming through, not theirs.
And no I don't need a list of all the abhorrent things Muhammed and his followers have done.
Do you often accuse women of being dickheads who are part of misogyny? Or are you just using a pathetic excuse to pretend you didnt read the next paragraph? Grow up. It's the Internet. Nobody is going to remember that you were silly.
Weird, you assume I'm a man.
I am, but then again on the Internet I could be anyone I want to be. I could tell you I manage a software dev team that is majority female. What's the point? I could also tell you I'm Ada fucking Lovelace risen from the crypt.
Skill with a computer has nothing to do with sex or gender. It's almost entirely down to experience and exposure at an age when you're willing to break things and learn from it - or capturing that attitude at whatever age.
False. This is a cat hole.
The cat flap was invented by Isaac Newton, or at least I choose to believe so.