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Triva Question of the Day : What is the only Muslim Nation on the Visa Waiver Scheme?

"Alex, is the answer Brunei?"

Muslim Nation? Well, yes, but a few a facts need to be exposed. This Muslim Nation is a Monarchy(same family over 7 centuries) and under English Common Law and was a British Colony for about a hundred years until 1984. One freedom that is difficult to find in any Muslim Nation is granted in Brunei, freedom of religion. This is certainly not the typical "Muslim" nation. With a Monarchy in place, a 12% Christian population, natural resources, 3% unemployment, and the wealth of this nation it sounds inviting. Aaahhh.... the benefits of colonialism. Now, if we could just implement the practice again............

At least you can say the word freedom in muslim countries.

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I suspect that China, over time, will be a bigger problem than terrorism ever will. Makes me wonder whether our money is misapplied.

Typical. Your claims are your claims, logic unsound and invalid as it is.

.... and then there is your historical revisionism (and the politicization of history) that involves being creative with some facts and ignoring other facts to try to "score points".

Do you still advocate beating "the natives" into submission?

The following words directed at you before are apparently applicable yet again:

This is getting to be too routine.

To refresh your memeory:

I have visited Brunei 9 times in the past 15 years. I also know one of the Brits who hade extended dealings with this country in the 70s and 80s. Just to be on the safe side, I did a fact check on my numbers about the country before posting and they are spot on.

Some more facts for your viewing pleasure:

1) My claims are valid, regardless of your comments.

2) KentownFlorida started the thread on a Muslim Nation.

3) You were very willing to respond and join in a discussion about a Muslim Nation. It took you all of 14 minutes to respond to a Muslim thread. What does that tell us about your motives?

4) I am discussing the topic of the thread. See post #1 and post #2.

Now for my last two sentences in my original post in this thread: "Aaahhh.... the benefits of colonialism. Now, if we could just implement the practice again............" The first sentence refers to the positive results gained of implementing English Common Law and maintaining freedom of religion. Two ideas that reasonable people would consider a desirable goal and practice. The last sentence is a thinly disguised reference to President Bush's current Foreign Policy.

Yes it is. Your pre-packaged comments and race baiting practices used over and over again in various threads is too routine. How about a discussion of the topic and facts next time GU?

A bit off topic but relevant - How do you, GU, maintain your immunity status from "prosecution" and recieve "granted" permission to invoke racist labels and engage in race baiting?

For example:
http://flyertalk.com/forum/showthread.php?t=442956

Yes, this is getting to be too routine, both GU's rants and his "get out of jail free card" for every violation. Maybe that is one of the rewards of Evangelist status - no guidelines for racist rants.

Flawed logic. Example: I have visited Walter Reed 9 times in the past 15 months. I also know one of the Americans who had extended dealings with the medical center in the 70s and 80s. Just to be on the safe side, I did a fact check on my numbers about the medical center before posting and they are spot on. Invalid, implied conclusion: I am an expert on Walter Reed.

Irrelevant. The implication of your claims are not.

Regarding Item 3, the mind-reading has failed. You have no idea about the extent of my willingness to discuss that item. Posting a simple response is not an indicatioin of a willingness to discuss that item. I just respond to questions where I know the answer already and I don't need to be spoon-fed.

Only in the most creative and convoluted sense possible.

More revisionism. You really want to post in OMNI, right?

Bringing in material from other threads in such an explicit manner is clear indication of a desire to go off-topic. Try again.

To refresh your memory, you have still failed to answer a simple question asked of you earlier in this thread:

Do you still advocate beating "the natives" into submission?

Due to the embedded presuppositon in your question by the injection of the word "still", I will not answer the "simple" question.

You were unwilling to discuss a thread topic but you posted in the thread anyway. Are you indicating that someone was forcing you to submit post#2 and your subsequent posts in this thread? Are you being held hostage and forced to post as a form of punishment?

No need to fear answering a simple question, which I can answer if asked of me.

DMorris, do you still advocate beating "the natives" into submission?

Your claims are your claims. I'll save myself some time -- especially given the futility of our prior exchanges. I'm done having discussions about discussions. There is no point in wasting my time responding to non-responses, mischaracterizations, misunderstandings, ignorance and incorrect readings.