Comments on: Warping your religion http://www.yourish.com/2008/10/02/5403 Cutting straight to the point Sun, 22 Nov 2009 00:07:42 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Alex Bensky http://www.yourish.com/2008/10/02/5403/comment-page-1#comment-33654 Alex Bensky Fri, 03 Oct 2008 13:54:34 +0000 http://www.yourish.com/?p=5403#comment-33654 Of course, whenever I see the complaint that "the remarks were taken out of context" I always ask, "OK, then what is the context?" There may well be an innocent context to "Allah hates Jews and wants you to kill them," but I can't offhand think what it might be. Of course, whenever I see the complaint that “the remarks were taken out of context” I always ask, “OK, then what is the context?”

There may well be an innocent context to “Allah hates Jews and wants you to kill them,” but I can’t offhand think what it might be.

]]> By: Sabba Hillel http://www.yourish.com/2008/10/02/5403/comment-page-1#comment-33651 Sabba Hillel Fri, 03 Oct 2008 12:28:30 +0000 http://www.yourish.com/?p=5403#comment-33651 I see now how this mistake occurred. In the U.S., a billion is a thousand million giving a ratio of 300 to 1. In other locations, a billion is a million million giving a ratio of 300,000 to 1. The math is still wrong but I see where the mistake could have occurred. <blockquote>Billion From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Jump to: navigation, search Look up billion in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Billion may refer to: In numbers: * Billion (word), explanation of long and short scales * 1,000,000,000 (number), one thousand million, 109, in the commonly used "short scale" * 1,000,000,000,000 (number), one million million, 1012, in the "long scale" </blockquote> I see now how this mistake occurred. In the U.S., a billion is a thousand million giving a ratio of 300 to 1. In other locations, a billion is a million million giving a ratio of 300,000 to 1.

The math is still wrong but I see where the mistake could have occurred.

Billion
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Billion may refer to:

In numbers:

* Billion (word), explanation of long and short scales
* 1,000,000,000 (number), one thousand million, 109, in the commonly used “short scale”
* 1,000,000,000,000 (number), one million million, 1012, in the “long scale”

]]> By: Sabba Hillel http://www.yourish.com/2008/10/02/5403/comment-page-1#comment-33650 Sabba Hillel Fri, 03 Oct 2008 12:22:28 +0000 http://www.yourish.com/?p=5403#comment-33650 OOPs typo on my part, should have been 30 million non-Jews. In any case, the arithmetic is wrong. 4,500,000,000 divided by 15,000,000 is a ratio of 300 to 1 not 30 million. OOPs typo on my part, should have been 30 million non-Jews. In any case, the arithmetic is wrong. 4,500,000,000 divided by 15,000,000 is a ratio of 300 to 1 not 30 million.

]]> By: Sabba Hillel http://www.yourish.com/2008/10/02/5403/comment-page-1#comment-33649 Sabba Hillel Fri, 03 Oct 2008 12:19:01 +0000 http://www.yourish.com/?p=5403#comment-33649 <blockquote>Hamas Parliament Member Fathi Hammad tells Al-Aqsa TV, the television station of the Hamas terrorist organization in the Gaza Strip, that Allah hates the Jews more than anyone and that the 15 million Jews in the world are worse than the 4.5 billion infidels in the world. Hammad adds that killing one Jew is like killing <b>30 million Jews</b> in the eyes of Allah.</blockquote> Typo here. should have been <i>30 billion <b>non-Jews</b></i> Of course since "Allah" considers this a horrible crime worthy of the worst punishment, this is actually a compliment.

Hamas Parliament Member Fathi Hammad tells Al-Aqsa TV, the television station of the Hamas terrorist organization in the Gaza Strip, that Allah hates the Jews more than anyone and that the 15 million Jews in the world are worse than the 4.5 billion infidels in the world. Hammad adds that killing one Jew is like killing 30 million Jews in the eyes of Allah.

Typo here. should have been 30 billion non-Jews

Of course since “Allah” considers this a horrible crime worthy of the worst punishment, this is actually a compliment.

]]> By: Alex Bensky http://www.yourish.com/2008/10/02/5403/comment-page-1#comment-33642 Alex Bensky Thu, 02 Oct 2008 22:17:54 +0000 http://www.yourish.com/?p=5403#comment-33642 Once again, Meryl, you show your lack of cultural understanding. What the Palestinians really mean is what they whisper softly to the western media and people like Carter. These bloodcurdling threats? These assertions that Jews--not Zionists, Jews--are the wickedest and most depraved people on Earth? Just colorful Arab rhetoric. Nothing to get upset about but since they do seem agitated, no doubt it would calm them down for Israel to release a few hundred more Palestinian prisoners. Once again, Meryl, you show your lack of cultural understanding. What the Palestinians really mean is what they whisper softly to the western media and people like Carter. These bloodcurdling threats? These assertions that Jews–not Zionists, Jews–are the wickedest and most depraved people on Earth?

Just colorful Arab rhetoric. Nothing to get upset about but since they do seem agitated, no doubt it would calm them down for Israel to release a few hundred more Palestinian prisoners.

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