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M.A.Ramezani

20:01

That's easy. The effing western general can just say we were targeting terrorists. Among them damn terrorists, some civilians died.

user116848

Yeah it is sad. I have heard that women in Pakistan etc. have dug graves to put all their family in because all males are gone (dead due to drone strikes).

M.A.Ramezani

Man I'm gonna sleep in half an hour!

Why did you say that now?

:'(

user116848

okay

user116848

@M.A.Ramezani Well, just came to mind.

user116848

Sorry for depressing you.

M.A.Ramezani

20:04

NVM.

in English Language & Usage, May 27 at 22:05, by Jez

but at the end of the day if you were Jainists it would be peaceful there

>:|

user116848

I disagree.

user116848

Argh! I know.

M.A.Ramezani

Everything old is bad, but an old religion is good?

What logic says that?!

user116848

Nonsense, I know.

M.A.Ramezani

in English Language & Usage, May 27 at 22:19, by Mitch

@Arrowfar mostly one local state is doing the sponsoring (your neighbor on the other side of Afghanistan)

That's like saying the pencil wrote, not me!

user116848

20:07

Heh!

M.A.Ramezani

It's always been the divide and conquer motto...

user116848

Exactly!

user116848

in English Language & Usage, May 27 at 19:12, by Arrowfar

Game of Thrones everywhere it seems.

M.A.Ramezani

in English Language & Usage, May 27 at 19:27, by Robusto

You have to examine the country you live in. Was it the US who assassinated Benazir Bhutto? Who harbored bin Laden?

Was it Pakistan?

Was it Pakistan's people? >:|

user116848

Yeah all politics.

user116848

20:14

I mean I tried to say that like a level headed guy.

M.A.Ramezani

in English Language & Usage, May 27 at 21:20, by Robusto

@Mr.ShinyandNew安宇 I'm just circling around the observation that Pakistan is an unstable country, with nukes, one that sponsors terrorism, and so they make some countries nervous, and that leads to all kinds of shit. Crazy shit. And I don't mean by this to absolve anybody, only to set the stage for what is really going down.

Then the US should've been drowning in sh*t right now.

user116848

Ugh. I know.

M.A.Ramezani

in English Language & Usage, May 27 at 21:35, by Arrowfar

@Jez Well, that is not true. I am a muslim myself but I never, ever think about taking another person's life. Why would I? I mean these are (IS etc.) terrorist organisations. So blaming Islam (religion) is not a good thing I'd say. Islam basically teaches us to live peacefully, I can tell you that much.

Thumbs up

user116848

Yay!

M.A.Ramezani

in English Language & Usage, May 27 at 21:36, by Jez

@Arrowfar not really. there are plenty of parts of the Quran that could be interpreted to be unpeaceful, and there's the whole dhimmi tradition toward non-Muslims

user116848

20:18

Argh!

M.A.Ramezani

If I were you, I'd've told him OK, which parts?

Chop the fruits

That could be something unpeaceful.

user116848

I know, I kinda tried to end the discussion there.

user116848

I mean ELU chat is very lenient but I was not prepared.

user116848

He caught me off guard.

user116848

I have studied a lot of Quran though.

user116848

20:19

And Sahih Bukhari etc.

M.A.Ramezani

Well, lots of Quran is interpreted as unpeaceful, by people who claim to be Muslims.

@Arrow you should've said

> Then all these Muslims slaughtered in Syria...

> Did Quran say anything about slaughtering them?

I wish I was there.

user116848

@M.A.Ramezani Me too.

user116848

I was extra nice there on purpose.

M.A.Ramezani

Good, but you could challenge them with rhetorics.

user116848

I mean I didn't want to get flagged.

user116848

20:23

M.A.Ramezani

Hhhh, I'm off to sleep. Cya!

user116848

See ya!

Co Koder

user116848

Hi!

Co Koder

I have a quick question, I am writing a formal email. Is it appropriate to start the email by saying "Dear publications Department"?

user116848

20:30

I think it is fine because we write "Dear Human Resources" sometimes too in emails.

user116848

I found this:

user116848

answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20110804031900AAr1fEF

Aaron Brown

@CoKoder "Dear Publications Department" is fine

Depends on where you are, as well. Email etiquette varies by culture

Less formally you might write, "Hello Publications Department,"

Co Koder

20:58

@AaronBrown Thanks!

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