by keeping_it_riel » Thu Dec 20, 2012 7:24 pm
KL&fool wrote:keeping_it_riel wrote:One less Arab. Oh dear, how sad, never mind.
Sent from my HTC Desire using Tapatalk
A refutation of your cynicism here:
http://www.canadianarabcommunity.com/co ... zation.php
Stuff like this:
MATHEMATICS
Astronomy and mathematics were the most favored by the Arab scientists.
The Arabs discovered and invented many of the basic principles of:
- Arithmetic
- Geometry
- Algebra
- Trigonometry
Did you know:
- The word (Algebra) is taken from the Arabic word (Al Gabr or Al Jabr). The word Algorithm is a variant taken from the name of the author Al Khwarizimi. Al Khwarizmi is the father of Algebra and he wrote his treatise titled " Hisab al-Jabr wa'l-muqabala" from which the word Al Jabr is taken...
And in more modern times, they've blessed us with such lovely things as executing people just for being gay, 9-11, stoning apostates to death, female circumcision, a religion that worships a desert warlord who married a nine year old etc etc
KL&fool wrote:And I'm not PC, nor am I particularly religious. I just resent your knee-jerk bigotry in insinuating that Arab = Bad. Have a nice Christmas celebrating the birth of a certain chap in Palestine...
I'm not a Christian. Kindly don't make presumptions.
KL&fool wrote:I've heard that 'alcohol' is also an Arabic word/invention, so they can't be all that bad, can they?
Remind me of that brewery in Saudi Arabia one more time?
[quote="KL&fool"][quote="keeping_it_riel"]One less Arab. Oh dear, how sad, never mind.
Sent from my HTC Desire using Tapatalk[/quote]
A refutation of your cynicism here:
http://www.canadianarabcommunity.com/contributionstocivilization.php
Stuff like this:
MATHEMATICS
[i]Astronomy and mathematics were the most favored by the Arab scientists.
The Arabs discovered and invented many of the basic principles of:
- Arithmetic
- Geometry
- Algebra
- Trigonometry
Did you know:
- The word (Algebra) is taken from the Arabic word (Al Gabr or Al Jabr). The word Algorithm is a variant taken from the name of the author Al Khwarizimi. Al Khwarizmi is the father of Algebra and he wrote his treatise titled " Hisab al-Jabr wa'l-muqabala" from which the word Al Jabr is taken...[/i][/quote]
And in more modern times, they've blessed us with such lovely things as executing people just for being gay, 9-11, stoning apostates to death, female circumcision, a religion that worships a desert warlord who married a nine year old etc etc
[quote="KL&fool"]And I'm not PC, nor am I particularly religious. I just resent your knee-jerk bigotry in insinuating that Arab = Bad. Have a nice Christmas celebrating the birth of a certain chap in Palestine...[/quote]
I'm not a Christian. Kindly don't make presumptions.
[quote="KL&fool"]I've heard that 'alcohol' is also an Arabic word/invention, so they can't be all that bad, can they?[/quote]
Remind me of that brewery in Saudi Arabia one more time?