Pakistan cricket team captain said sorry to Muslims

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  1. The Webmaster

    The Webmaster IdeasOfOne

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    #41
    Dud, if anyone here is self-loathed, it's you. I've openly admitted many times and been in arguement with believers, that I'm an agnostic and I do not believe in God/Religion.
    Calling someone retarded is abuse and insult. They have their faith, we have ours.
    Calling names isn't a sign of maturity either, it's a sign of weakness.
    when you cant argue with mature and strong statements you start calling names. It doesn't make you smart, it makes you weak.
     
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    #42
    well you can call me lazy but not abusive, as english isn't my native language I don't know all subtilities, so if not retarded then maybe "delayed kid" will do!
     
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    #43
    "retarded" is the correct word for what he wanted to say. It's just a shame that "the webmaster" doesn't have as good a command of the English language to realise it.

    Use a dictionary next time you encounter a word that you don't understand the webmaster.
     
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    #44
    I don't need a dictionary to distinguish between an insult and a mature argument, that of course you are incapable to carry stox.

    You run your mouth abusing anyone who happens to disagree with you.

    Cant blame you though, negligence from parents in early childhood makes some teenagers to behave that way.
     
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    #45
    There seems to be a pattern with the way you debate. You hardly ever actually address any points and you only seem to talk about talking about a subject.

    "retarded" means suppressed, Held back. It's the correct word to use when describing someone who hasn't grown up, and you didn't understand it's meaning.
     
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    #46
    Your parents, grandparents, brothers, sisters, girlfriend(s) are all atheists Stox?
    Leave the others, are your parents atheists?
     
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    #47
    See what i mean about you never addressing the issue? You quoted what i said and then go off on a tangent and ask what religion my family are. How has that got anything to do with what you quoted?

    Ill humor you though, The people in my family range from jewish, to catholic, agnostic to atheist. My dad is jewish (though to particularly practicing), My mum has no particular religion that i know of but would probably say agnostic if i asked her.
     
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    #48
    Was just wondering how do you feel about being in a family full of retarded... No offense meant.
     
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    #49
    If they ever bring up thier gods i tell them they are wrong. I tell tham that to believe in something that has no evidence to support it is silly and immature.

    By the way, Your last sentence is a linguistic abomination. "family full of retarded"? It doesn't even make sense.
     
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    #50
    I was actually shocked by that statement "Thanks /sorry Muslims all over the world "
    But i think Shoaib malik accidentally said this . He is not good at speaking English .
     
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    #51
    Of course thats one of the reasons. 1)Shoaib is not a politician so I do not expect him to make politically correct statements. 2) His English is not that good so he had very limited choice of words. Whatever he said meant nothing to anyone...
    But do you tell them that they are retarded? Since they are believers? According to you, believers are one who refuge to grow up and are retarded...
     
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    #52
    I can't remember ever calling them that, But there are a lot of things i don't call them. In fact, I haven't even called anyone it in this thread or ever on this forum.

    All i said was that it's the correct word to use for someone who's development has been held back. Learn to read what people say.
     
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    #53
    Then you are saying his use was incorrect, because obviously, my development was never held back. That definition works best on cars if you want to RETARD the timing. In English, the word retard used towards someone means mental retard. Usually a retarded person can not learn basic things, even refusing to learn since they actually think they know everything - remember this next time you start claiming "your military"
     
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    #54
    You can argue that it doesn't apply to you (though that would be a tough argument to win) but his usage was correct. He was saying religion delays someone development, Retards their development, Which would make them retarded (ie. held back, proceed slowly, hindered progress)
     
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    #55
    Look, this is hopeless, they will never admit they are still kids in their head, because they need so strongly not to loose that sense of protection.
    So stop arguing with believers, they think they have seen the light and atheists haven't. We know it's the contrary, but they're a lost cause, very few of them become atheist or agnostic. And anyway if they do they'll loose something, because having a sense of protection is good, it's just that my mind will never allow me to believe that BS, because that's too late for my brain, that's a training that needs to be done very early to be effective and lasting.
     
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