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12927746, Would alot of the Middle East violence stop if they could drink,
Posted by Buddy_Gilapagos, Fri Nov-13-15 07:12 AM
smoke, get high and had strip clubs and sexual freedom?

Seems like a lot of frustrated dudes over there. Could you imagine how much more violent our hoods would be if there were no drugs and sex (without making a statement regarding whether that's a good thing or bad thing)?



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12927747, So you think Chiraq will be good?
Posted by imcvspl, Fri Nov-13-15 07:32 AM

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12927774, Ha! Nice
Posted by Brotha Sun, Fri Nov-13-15 08:55 AM
12927751, RE: Would alot of the Middle East violence stop if they could drink,
Posted by Deacon Blues, Fri Nov-13-15 07:48 AM
>smoke, get high and had strip clubs and sexual freedom?
>
>Seems like a lot of frustrated dudes over there. Could you
>imagine how much more violent our hoods would be if there were
>no drugs and sex (without making a statement regarding whether
>that's a good thing or bad thing)?
>
>
>

I kind of think your second statement disproved the first (way too much violence in the U.S.A and we have all that).

I think violence has more to to with history, environment, economic inequality and injustice.
12927755, No. But I might be more likely to visit.
Posted by SoWhat, Fri Nov-13-15 08:20 AM
12927756, 'the middle east'
Posted by blackrussian, Fri Nov-13-15 08:27 AM
as if it's all the same. and believe me, they do drink, get high & go to strip clubs.
12927759, sho you right.
Posted by SoWhat, Fri Nov-13-15 08:31 AM
12927776, Let's not paint with a broad brush
Posted by ConcreteCharlie, Fri Nov-13-15 08:58 AM
In Morocco, for example, you can get high as fuck and there are plenty of hookers.

I think those things in particular, especially alcohol, wouldn't alleviate much in and of themselves. But obviously the stronghold of religion and the individual suppression are challenging realities.
12927828, But would we say that rates of drug abuse in middle eastern countries is
Posted by Buddy_Gilapagos, Fri Nov-13-15 09:46 AM
higher or lower that other parts of the world.

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12927976, in some it's higher, in some it's lower. and generally ...
Posted by ConcreteCharlie, Fri Nov-13-15 11:46 AM
drug use is a predictor of violence, in abundance they both are kinda negative signs of a society, no? i mean, i like drugs, but i'd be the first to admit that a lotta people can't handle them and most people can't handle a lotta them.
12928019, Morocco??? Middle East???
Posted by PoppaGeorge, Fri Nov-13-15 12:33 PM
>In Morocco, for example, you can get high as fuck and there
>are plenty of hookers.

http://static.tumblr.com/dd02196234e926cc642c04a0a8cc97d8/0lwlca2/KBNmu0ubq/tumblr_static_aku_smile.jpg

12928072, where to begin with this?
Posted by Kwesi, Fri Nov-13-15 01:11 PM
12928091, Try this: Moroccans will tell you they're African, not Middle Eastern
Posted by PoppaGeorge, Fri Nov-13-15 01:22 PM
http://www.themiddleeastmagazine.com/wp-mideastmag-live/2014/12/moroccos-arabafrican-option/

“We are an African country,” says Said Ibrahimi, chief executive officer (CEO) of the Casablanca Finance City Authority. “We have ties with the Middle East but we are more African than Middle Eastern.”

“Apart from oil what do we buy from the Middle East? Not much,” says another senior business figure from Morocco. “We have ties of language and religion with the Middle East and we welcome Middle East investors to Morocco. However, from an economic point of view we are more integrated with Africa. Moroccan companies are very much involved in Africa, but they are not involved in the Middle East.”


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"Where was the peace when we were getting shot? Where's the peace when we were getting laid out?
Where is the peace when we are in the back of ambulances? Where is the peace then?
They don't want to call for peace then.
12928253, i had a jewish coworker try to tell me egypt was in the middle east
Posted by Kwesi, Fri Nov-13-15 03:35 PM
i thought she was nuts, but had no clue more people are fucking around like this.
12928437, he clearly meant muslim countries, chill, i know where it is
Posted by ConcreteCharlie, Fri Nov-13-15 08:55 PM
my whole family is from there. algeria, tunisia, libya, yes, these have been referred to as "north africa" but also lumped into the middle east in more recent years it was easy to see where he was going here.
12927779, No... pretty sure they do mosst of that on the low... and shit aint changed
Posted by legsdiamond, Fri Nov-13-15 09:01 AM
12927782, so basically if they abandoned islam?
Posted by southphillyman, Fri Nov-13-15 09:08 AM
a cool 2 for 1er
dead sectarian violence + increase quality of life
probably grow the tourism industry beyond dubai + pilgrimages too

tbs, i think all of that stuff happens on the low by those with the money/power to conceal it
12927788, Islam is not the only major religion that prohibits
Posted by SoWhat, Fri Nov-13-15 09:12 AM
partying.
12927787, they've got hashish tho
Posted by Mongo, Fri Nov-13-15 09:12 AM
12927790, and heroin.
Posted by SoWhat, Fri Nov-13-15 09:13 AM
12927805, SO WHY HAVEN'T THEY MADE PEACE YET smh narcotic fail
Posted by Mongo, Fri Nov-13-15 09:30 AM
12927807, lol
Posted by MiracleRic, Fri Nov-13-15 09:31 AM
12927815, it be cold at night. how the fuck do they posed to keep peace? (c) T-Baby.
Posted by SoWhat, Fri Nov-13-15 09:38 AM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aktLRiWXfqg
12927978, afghanistan is not really the "middle east" but i guess ppl think of it
Posted by ConcreteCharlie, Fri Nov-13-15 11:47 AM
that way
12928083, STOP TRYING TO MAKE 'CENTRAL ASIA' A THING
Posted by Mongo, Fri Nov-13-15 01:17 PM
THERE IS MURICA

MEXUCO

SOUTH AMERICA

EUROPE

RUSSIA

CHINA

MIDDLE EAST

AND AFRICALAND

IF YOU ARE NOT ONE OF THESE YOU ARE JAPAN OR AUSTRALIA

12928087, lol
Posted by SoWhat, Fri Nov-13-15 01:19 PM
12928085, yup.
Posted by SoWhat, Fri Nov-13-15 01:19 PM
12927806, i like this let's be ignorantly offensive game
Posted by MiracleRic, Fri Nov-13-15 09:31 AM
12927970, this offends you?
Posted by Binladen, Fri Nov-13-15 11:39 AM
12928070, lol
Posted by legsdiamond, Fri Nov-13-15 01:09 PM
12927814, Uday did all of the above n then some...People gonna be people
Posted by ambient1, Fri Nov-13-15 09:38 AM
there is no ideal equation
12927825, Was sharing the partying with the people though.
Posted by Buddy_Gilapagos, Fri Nov-13-15 09:45 AM

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Appropriate Behavior - http://goo.gl/isCzTM
Ma
12927832, Yes
Posted by AFRICAN, Fri Nov-13-15 09:48 AM
Instead of bombs the U.S should drop Grey Goose and porn DVD's and introduce Bikini's to the middle east.
Voila,wars,misogyny and repression are ended.
12927876, Reminds me of Generation Kill dialogue
Posted by veritas, Fri Nov-13-15 10:15 AM
Cpl. Ray Person: Look at this shit, how come we can't ever invade a cool country, like chicks in bikinis, you know, how come counties like that don't ever need Marines, I'll tell you why, it's lack of pussy that fucks countries up, lack of pussy is the root fucking cause of all global instability, if more hajis were getting quality pussy, there'd be no reason for us to come over and fuck em up like this, cause a nutbusting haji, is a happy haji.
Sgt. Brad 'Iceman' Colbert: Ray, how much ripped fuel have you ingested.
Cpl. Ray Person: I'm on it like a mother fucker Brad, haha!...
Sgt. Brad 'Iceman' Colbert: Well, no more of that shit...
Evan 'Scribe' Wright: An interesting theory though.
Cpl. Ray Person: Yeah, yeah, you should quote me on it, you know what, you should definitely quote me on it, this whole thing comes down to pussy! Look, if you take the Republican Guard and comp their asses for a week in Vegas, no fucking war!
Evan 'Scribe' Wright: So the war is not about oil or WMDs.
Cpl. Ray Person: No, in the opinion of this Marine, its about pussy.
Evan 'Scribe' Wright: And its not about Saddam.
Cpl. Ray Person: No, Saddam is just part of the problem, if Saddam invested more in the pussy infrastructure of Iraq than he did in his fucking gay ass army, then this country would be no more fucked up than say, Mexico.
12927981, funnier and more poignant than the OP
Posted by ConcreteCharlie, Fri Nov-13-15 11:48 AM
12927917, RE: Would alot of the Middle East violence stop if they could drink,
Posted by kaytomah, Fri Nov-13-15 10:50 AM
We forget euROPE had 100 years wars and most were between families and external factors were not at play.

Most of the Middle East issue stamp from external actors playing for financial games at the expense of human lives. Shyt is not anymore different from your reaction when someone take your stuff(rob your house) except millions of lives are at stake and billions are exchange for arms.





Everyone is crying out for peace, yes
None is crying out for justice
Everyone is crying out for peace, yes
None is crying out for justice

-P. Tosh
12928061, Not to mention WW2.
Posted by denny, Fri Nov-13-15 01:04 PM
If we're gonna play the numbers game.....70 million people in 6 years. And that was 80 years ago. 17,500 deaths PER DAY for 6 YEARS. It's difficult to even wrap our heads around those numbers. BY FAR the greatest 'deaths per day' in the history of the world and it's not even close.
12928455, ...........
Posted by husam, Fri Nov-13-15 09:56 PM
seriously?