A new arabic member

Look humans, the fact is I am from a planet whose name cannot be spelt in your languages, and in order for you to say it I would have to dislocate your jaw and sever your vocal cords.

The point is all humans are a self important joke.

You don't even realise that your species was genetically engineered by what you call water in order to provide the only thing it lacked, mobility.

If some one is or wants to be known as a 37 y/o sea turtle who the hell are you to say they aren't / can't. Humans are so full of themselves.
If they are, then you might learn something, if they aren't then look how clever they are and how much fun they are having.

If I had a mutated optic nerve and associated cleaning fluids I would cry laughing at your inability to detect alternate realities.
Let me dumb it down for you......
If you believe it, then it is true for you.
You chose what to believe.
THUS you chose your own reality.

So who says your reality is better or more real than anyone else's
Now go back to your amusing manipulation of carbon structures:p

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ΨΦΩξδζЮĦЩЉian for one who gets lost in Oz and calls himself Dave.

So they have drugs on your planet too, huh? :rolleyes:

The magnificent euphoria of the emotional contact of our species can not be substituted for by 'drugs'. Drugs are universally the invention of lower order species with isolated emotional awareness.

I understand your reliance on mind altering substances to substitute for true emotional conectivity, I have studied your 5 pitiful senses, and reaslise they are purely physical and you have my pity.

This <strike>thread</strike> <strike>forum</strike> board is getting weirder by the minute.

I have to agree Grunt.

I am astounded at the intolerance of some of you. 17 or 70, male or female, white, black, yellow, green or purple, Muslim, Hindu, Christian, atheist or plain bloody heathen, every one has a right to post here provided they follow the rules.

I moved this thread to here as it is in an appropriate forum NOTHING AT ALL TO DO WITH WOODWORK.

The fact that someone wants to learn about OUR country is gratifying.

We are supposed to be the most racially tolerant people in the world and whilst I agree with some sentiments posted about having to alter things to suit minority groups, it is the law, so be it.

140 posts and 2,724 views at the time of this posting. :eek: This would have to rate as one of the all time best posts and it's in a forum titled NOTHING AT ALL TO DO WITH WOODWORK. Maybe we are running the wrong kind of BB.

:confused: I can't understand why some are so hot under the collar because a young girl wants to chat about a subject that isn't woodworking related.

Take a look at the forum heading again it's NOTHING AT ALL TO DO WITH WOODWORK.

Jeez!!!!!!!

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Maybe we are running the wrong kind of BB.

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Dont change a thing.....I love this whole BB the way it is.

[QUOTE=]I have to agree Grunt.

I am astounded at the intolerance of some of you. 17 or 70, male or female, white, black, yellow, green or purple, Muslim, Hindu, Christian, atheist or plain bloody heathen, every one has a right to post here provided they follow the rules.

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, you are confusing intolerance with scepticism. There is a big difference.

I don't think so.

I repect your right to be wrong. ;)

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, you are confusing intolerance with scepticism. There is a big difference.

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Alot of scepticism going on but I dont know about intolerance.......probably more a reluctance to listen to a young arab woman's perception of our country and some of the issues going on in the world today.

If people in here think Noora's totally off the target with her perception of Australia and the world outside her country then maybe we should do something about it....like sharing OUR perceptions of our own country with her.

On the scepticism issue....I have to admit I was sceptical at first and maybe Noora did give the impression she was interested in woodwork when she first started posting here. Maybe that was the only way she could think of getting a thread going......it was after all the first time she'd participated in a non arab forum.

I suspect by now some people in here think Im a middle aged perv whos gone sex mad because he hasnt seen a woman for 3 weeks and the rest of you probably think Im Al Queda's Australia Press Attache.....might be a good time to sit back for a bit and just watch the postings. Got work to do anyway.

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Drugs are universally the invention of lower order species with isolated emotional awareness.

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Hey Silent...hes comparing you to a nematode. Them's fighting words!!!

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Gumby, I just reread all the posts and you might be right but I am not confused. I was not talking about racial intolerance.

The point is that because of scepticism there has been intolerance towards her and in some cases downright rudeness.

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The point is that because of scepticism there has been intolerance towards her and in some cases downright rudeness.

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I agree to a point but when I read her email address (since deleted) she lost me completely. From that point on I did not believe she is who she (or he) purports to be. That is definitely not an address that would be used by a respectful 17 middle eastern female.

Australians believe that they are a tolerant society, and (as far as I can tell) this seems to be so. At any rate we're generally easy going. However just because we think we're tolerant and easy going doesn't mean the rest of the world thinks so. Looking at this thread, I started thinking that maybe we're not as tolerant as we think we are, at least this little slice of our greater society. And what do others think of us?
I'm sure most Americans don't think that they are loud, pushy, crass or insensitive, however that's how a lot of the people in the tourist industry around here percieve them to be. In today's global political climate it certainly wouldn't hurt for us as a nation, and as individuals to closely examine our PR image, and where ever possible, to foster more harmonious relationships. We all belong to some group or subgroup: family and friends, local community, internet community, global community.
I'm not always interested in all the forums on this BB, but I choose not to visit those, or, if I do I only lurk (just in case I miss out on some interesting exchange :) ) If you're interested, join in, if you're not, then don't. If you're sceptical about a person's bona fides then just lurk. Most fakes will trip themselves up and make fools of themselves. Besides a few people pushing their barrows of ware most people have been tolerated, even some rude ones. There's been a few people in the past on this board who've said some pretty silly things about woodworking and machinery but people have tolerated them.
So, why can't this person be tolerated? Because she's younger/female/has poor English skills/doesn't seem to be interested in WW? None of these attributes has prevented others being made welcome in the past. There's been quite a few younger members, there's a few females (I always look forward to Jackiew's posts), Soundman's and Al's spelling (amongst others ;) ) has been criticised but they're still made welcome (not to mention Captain Crabtree :D ) and there's probably 100s of posts from SilentC, BitingMidge and others that don't pertain to woodworking at all, yet where would we be without them?
And as for scepticism about a person's real identity, well I don't use my real name online and you just have to take my word that I'm a 42 year old carpenter that lives near Cairns. For all you know I might be a smart @rse 4th year apprentice from Chatswood who once visited North Queensland. Would it matter if Noora was not exactly who or what she says she is? I can't recall anyone else's bona fides being questioned before. We pat ourselves on the back and tell ourselves what a wonderfully tolerant society we are but is that the reality that others see or the myth that we believe?

Is tolerance the word, but intolerance the action?

Mick