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[quote=thesightless;376898]on a completely, [B][I][U]NON serious thought[/U][/I][/B]...

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Amazing you have to outline your joke as such...the world is lacking humor and takes itself far to serious.

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[quote=Lorn;376906]Amazing you have to outline your joke as such...the world is lacking humor and takes itself far to serious.[/quote]

that is the most truthful, logical comment ever posted in this forum.

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what is really frightening, especially for me here in NY, is that mulitple militant groups are posting up tapes telling muslims to leave the US immedietly, i.e. get out before we wreck shit....

like i said, attack my city again, and i get my pistola and hop in the car. we will show you the definintion of over reaction.

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[quote=thesightless;376917]like i said, attack my city again, and i get my pistola and hop in the car. we will show you the definintion of over reaction.[/quote]

Remember dude you are a western white man, not a muslim, which would surely deem that action as racism under current mentality. :!:

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i dont care, i lost two family members and the best friend i ever had last time. next time, the losses hit the other column. if immediate family, i.e. my parents and siblings, were ever killed, i would be in jail within a day.

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[quote=malayday;376405]as as far as mirosav was asking the intent all i wanted to make clear was (according to the discussions up to that response) that it seemed like the intent is percieved to be a sort of imposition of beliefs and way of life..and that is simply not true...[/quote]

Oh really...well, before you go stating your own biased fantasies as fact, you may want to note that Al Qaeda Egypt disagrees with you.

[URL]http://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/europe/09/18/pope.islam.ap/index.html[/URL]

[B]CAIRO, Egypt[/B] (AP) -- An al Qaeda-linked extremist group warned Pope Benedict XVI on Monday that he and the West were "doomed," as protesters raged across the Muslim world to demand more of an apology from the pontiff for his remarks about Islam and violence.

The group said Muslims would be victorious and addressed the pope as "the worshipper of the cross" saying "you and the West are doomed as you can see from the defeat in Iraq, Afghanistan, Chechnya and elsewhere. ... [B]We will break up the cross, spill the liquor and impose head tax, then the only thing acceptable is a conversion (to Islam) or (killed by) the sword.[/B]"

How much more "heavy speculation" do you think we need to understand that statement?

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lets not forget our friends in darfur, the ICU who has taken somalia by force and is fighting ethiopia, our friends over in kashmir, the tamil tigers, the taleban and the people having fun in iraq. add in chechnya, turkey, egypt and now, lebanon since nazzrallah seems to think he is running the place, putting himself at kofi's table rather than say, the actualy president of syria. add in help from amenjihad (sp) in iran.... wow, nice little pot we have there.

at least PY Kim and Chavez arent motivated by religion, just ego and economy.

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wat do you mean man..thats like one guy in egypt somehwere...talking aload of shit that some crazy fuks spread all over the world would like to believe....its not the reason the twin towers got targeted is what im saying...and i dont say 'fell' because i dont think anyone could have anticipated that....and impose "their" particular way of life... i really dont think religion is the REASON its being used as an instrument rather....

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We need Pope John Paul II back

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we need a nice virus outbreak, or an alien invasion. a war with aliens might get this species united.

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^^^ been watching too much Independance Day and War of the Worlds imo :D

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my favorite bit of irony right now is how they want to show they are a religion of peace by telling the pope he is a dead man, and telling everyone we will die as they will cut the heads of those who dont convert. am i the only one seeing this?>

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yup [/sarcasm]

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[URL]http://cagle.com/news/PopeRemarks/[/URL]

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FINE< then we get to arrest amenijihad, kohmeni, al sadr, all of hamas, nazrallah, the saudi royal family, and all the others.

[URL]http://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/europe/09/19/pope.turks.reut/index.html[/URL]

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The similarities to the climate just before WWII grow by the day.

If shit hasn't hit the fan yet its definitely feeling a breeze on it's face.

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^I wish it werent so.

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[quote=malayday;377288]wat do you mean man..thats like one guy in egypt somehwere...talking aload of shit that some crazy fuks spread all over the world would like to believe....its not the reason the twin towers got targeted is what im saying...and i dont say 'fell' because i dont think anyone could have anticipated that....and impose "their" particular way of life... i really dont think religion is the REASON its being used as an instrument rather....[/quote]

So if you're so sure of that, then what is the reason?

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dude, when i was sued for kicking the shit our the guy who beat up my 21 yr old FEMALE cousin, in court when i was on the stand, i didnt keep telling the judge ''it wasnt because he beat her up'' then never give the reason why i did....

i.e., the more and more you look a tthe last decade, the more and more it really does expose the coimpletely un-PC fact that it is indeed about religion. our foreign policy in the 80's and 90's is a factor, but more of a tipping point against our society. just lok around in your cities. especially if you are in mainalnd europe. there are countless social studies odne where they openly admit that the integration isnt happening, but its simply more of an existence within another society, look at the french riots if you want a recent example, or look at the non-violent happenings in turkey, or even the incident at the F1 race. varied examples i know, but they span from extreme violence, to the more peaceful, yet equally disturbing, political movements and ignorance. shit the muslim people in turkey have proven that they are the ones who deem cyprus part of the empire. they just filed a request for the pope to be arrested there as well. peaceful.. yes... but justifiable? not at all.

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and i really need to spellcheck

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And they still want MORE apologies!

[url]http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060919/ap_on_re_mi_ea/muslims_pope[/url]

I want to slap the shit out of these people, it pisses me off so much...fucking morons. The pope says something relatively benign, and no apology is sufficient to heal their grevious wounds. Meanwhile, their Imams preach murder of all of us infidels daily in their mosques, and we're supposed to be just fine with that. Fuck that.

We need to remember to demand as many apologies next time another horde of their religious barbarians comes over here and kills another 3,000 of our countrymen (and women).

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In other news:

Muslims around the world continued today to stage riots, burn churches, and rape and kill nuns in defiance of the Pope's implications that modern-day Islamic practice may be prone to violence. "The rapings and beatings and killings will continue until the Pope grovels like a dog and publicly states that we are really nice and friendly people", said Mehmet Aydin, Turkish State Minister.

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SHOCKING! Yesterday in Hungaria the National TV station was attacked and parts of it set on fire!!!

by Hungarians enraged because the PM lied about the economic situation of Hungaria. Guess muslims aren't the only fire starters eh? :p

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^^hehe...shocking indeed. :p

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[URL]http://wfan.com/imusinstantreplay/[/URL]

listen to the sept 20 link, you'll need realplayer. its the president of the catholic league.

for kinkyJ and the others who arent in america, Imus is a great radio personality, who gears towards politics, but hates everyone equally. one day you''ll get mccain, then tomorrow, you'll get john kerry. he calls out the bullshit and promotes the normal folks a lot. he tries to be fair and hear everyone's side, but wont let them ''preach'' thier buzzwords. his show, normally is histerical. this is the man who told bill clinton that his wife was evil and frigid. but then told clinton, that outside of the lies on TV and the fact he ignored a few things he shouldnt have, he was a great president. it takes balls to tell a man you like him but his wife is a shrew.

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[quote=chemicalbeavis;376872]What the fuck are these muslims whining about now? that they are not following a vicious and violent religion? Great, so they prove it by burning effigies of the pope and chanting for his death, attacking catholic churches, and even shooting an Italian nun! :evil:[/quote]

Actually CB what they are proving is that only their religious leaders can come out with derogatory statements about other religons without the world going apeshit.

The supposed religion of peace has no problems denegrating Jews, Christians, Hindus, Buddists even each other on a regular basis. If however you say anything agaisnt them, well, remember poor Rushdie!!!!

Its about time the world wakes up to the fact, and i've said it before and here it is again, we are on the verge of all out war with these fanatics. This is a religion that, according to its own holy book, kills people who do not convert to their brand of fanaticism.

Lets remember that some 1400 years ago Islam never existed and now its followers of this vile doomsday cult reaches nearly 2 billion people world wide. Anyone wanna hazard a guess at how many of its members joined up willingly?

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i think the [I]converts[/I] to Islam is what has been increasing. I dont know the current figures but im pretty sure it was the fastest 'growing' religion in the west. Implying not forcefull acceptance, but rather a voluntary conversion, and i dont understand what you saying homes, you say it is on the verge of an all out war with 'fanatics' which seems to narrow the cross section you adress in the very next sentence of all muslims, 'vile doomday cult' ?...its is a 'religion' that makes people convert to 'thier' brand of [I]fanaticism[/I]...i dunno...are you saying muslims are fanatics....or are you saying fanatics exist independant of beliefs...because it seems you adress the 'fanatics' but then immediately generalise to encompass all...im confused.... the fanatics (i will jump on your boat for this one), of anything should be eliminated, extremism of any form is fuked, but to say that kkk leaders who hide behind 'good' christian stuff..shouldnt mean all christians are kkk crazy mofo's or extremists...seems unfair, to say that the colonial conquests which definately fuked up a lot of people, aboriginal, indian (native american) were triggered by crazy christian fuks is not the same to say all christians thus have a disposition to be crazy murder obsessed power hungry fuks....or to say that the japanese who massacered the chinese with utmost brutality doesnot mean that buddhists are fuked and wanna kill kill kill...or to say that the buddhist who burnt themselves to a crisp in protest is not to say that buddhists in general are suicidal fuks...or the germans who fuked up all the jews...im sure they had some sort of ethnic purification in mind...a belief that was supported and reinforced thorugh christianity is not to say all christians are jew hating crazy fuks...in fact just because those people had christian names, or buddhist names or jewish names (israel was formed after a good deal of 'terrorist' activity) the ira also...one cannot connect them to the faith and then generalise about the faith...and everybody in it.... about the 'holy book' talking about killing everyone non muslim and making themn convert...horse shit man...taken out of context and please..the quran is written in METAPHORE.....you cant read the bloody translation and think you know what it is saying.... all im saying is there is a need for a dichotomy...

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Well put bro.

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No maladay, what you're saying is that there is need for appeasment, and we know how well that attitude worked in the past.

Whether the Koran is written in metaphor or not is not relevant and those fanatics who speak in its name take the words of the koran literally.

There are many many muslims around this planet that are peace loving individual, but alas are spineless when it comes to taking on the more extreme vocal elements of their society.

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[quote=davetlv;378384]No maladay, what you're saying is that there is need for appeasment, and we know how well that attitude worked in the past.

Whether the Koran is written in metaphor or not is not relevant and those fanatics who speak in its name take the words of the koran literally.

There are many many muslims around this planet that are peace loving individual, but alas are spineless when it comes to taking on the more extreme vocal elements of their society.[/quote]

this is where i am in 100% agreement. no longer can we say sorry because we are afraid of thier reactions. we need to say "this is world, this is how we are, if you do not agree, do not deal with us and ignore us." and if they agress, then we react. and also, the world needs to step up and stop thier poster boys in the various african and middle eastern countries. if anything, its so beyond what iran palestine and iraq is......its the courts union, hezzbollah and hamas, 3 organziations that are essentially the new versions of taleban rule, in that they get into power through peace, then flip and spread thier vile message. poor little ethiopia is feeling thier wrath right now for trying to help somalians against the ICU. thier leadership has been bombed because they oppose an islamic government, as opposed to one void of a strong religious hand. its happening every single day, and no one wants to look, they want to look at why iraq is america's fault, when in fact, its sick religously fueld fanatics bent on chaos who kill thier neighbors. christians in lebanon and gaza (go read have your say on BBC) have been essentially driven into hiding in thier homes after the pope's comments. its so far beyond the few dozen terror voices that we know of, its deep, its driven and its a battle of societies now. there is zero way anyone can deny it. just look around at the last few years. look beyond isreal palestine and iraq.

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still not going away....

[URL]http://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/asiapcf/09/21/pakistan.pope.ap/index.html[/URL]

fuck em. the more they do , the less everyone else feels for them, and if they act, it will only bring down the world on the region.

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[quote=thesightless;378516]still not going away....

[URL]http://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/asiapcf/09/21/pakistan.pope.ap/index.html[/URL]

fuck em. the more they do , the less everyone else feels for them, and if they act, it will only bring down the world on the region.[/quote]

Religion will end the world. Its a shame.

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[quote=thesightless;378516]still not going away....

[URL]http://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/asiapcf/09/21/pakistan.pope.ap/index.html[/URL]

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... i rarely, if ever, write my opinions on stuff like this as i tend to take a "live and let live" stance in life but this is seriously starting to ruffle my feathers. quoting the article above: [I][COLOR=White]"the clerics and religious scholars -- who gathered in the eastern city of Lahore from across the country -- in a joint statement claimed that the pope had never apologized.[/COLOR][/I][I][COLOR=White]"The Pope has neither accepted his mistake, nor apologized for his words," it said."[/COLOR][/I]

[COLOR=White][COLOR=Silver]what the hell ever... believe what you want to believe. he could say he's sorry a million times over and they'll never except it... he's qualified his remarks to no avail. well then, if you think his remarks are bad then stop, drop and roll cause you're not going to like this...

i, geoff gulley from cincinnati ohio usa and who's easily found walking the streets of my fair city could give a rats ass about you, your religion and/or beliefs. to be more precise, i don't [U]believe[/U] in your religion nor do i beleive in your supposed "prophet" or this book of "metaphor's". that being said however i do respect your right to practice this supposed "religion" [U][B][I]unless[/I][/B][/U] it turns into fanaticism along the lines of crazy christians who blow up abortion clinics in the name of "God". yes indeed, what a wonderful and great "religion' you have... like the way you treat your women as if they are nothing more than a breeding family dog, who if not clothed correctly, say and or do the wrong thing at the wrong time etc etc you will murder them without penalty (even if you make up what happened). go ahead, continue killing your innocent country men and women who believe exactly what you believe in futile attempts to eliminate the "infidels". I have some sorry news for you my muslim friends. we're not going anywhere. and if you think you honestly intimidate non-believers by your tactics you couldn't be any more wrong. you merely continue to polarize your "religions" detractors. oh yeah, lest i forget, your "victories" i.e., 9/11, British tube bombings, nightclubs in Bali etc etc etc.. you know, the stuff in the name of "allah" merely ruin any credibility you mistakenly think you have left in this world. "peaceful religion" my hairy white ass :roll:.... go talk to a buddhist about a "peaceful" religion.... oh that's right, they're "infidels" as well... fuckwits.

man do i feel a million times better now.... [/COLOR] [/COLOR]

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how utterly selfish and useless....get over yourself first dood...and second..ther probably not a lot of fanatical fukwited "supposed" muslims who listen to house music and love a good party....so your words really seem to be misdirected because you seem to be talking of such a minute section of these violent people...so about you feeling better for venting your self centered arrogant thoughts [I]here....[/I]makes no sense to me..you seem a bit delusional in fact...treat [I]your [/I]women...and the general completely misguided examples you use are really better left un said in your little attack on these 'so called peace lovers'...and [I]You have [/I]news for [I]your [/I] muslim friends..."that we are not going away"...(firstly i doubt youd call any muslims friends) but importantly ...dood who are you talking to?...the mercury server community who all have been brought together for the one purpose of brilliant music?.....or the fanatical insane fuks that are talking a load of shit...cuz im pretty sure those guys arent into the same tunes if ya know what i mean....

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[quote=malayday;379955]or the fanatical insane fuks that are talking a load of shit...cuz im pretty sure those guys arent into the same tunes if ya know what i mean....[/quote]

haha...good one. I sure hope they don't listen to what we do.

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[quote=malayday;379955]how utterly selfish and useless....get over yourself first dood...and second..ther probably not a lot of fanatical fukwited "supposed" muslims who listen to house music and love a good party....so your words really seem to be misdirected because you seem to be talking of such a minute section of these violent people...so about you feeling better for venting your self centered arrogant thoughts [I]here....[/I]makes no sense to me..you seem a bit delusional in fact...treat [I]your [/I]women...and the general completely misguided examples you use are really better left un said in your little attack on these 'so called peace lovers'...and [I]You have [/I]news for [I]your [/I] muslim friends..."that we are not going away"...(firstly i doubt youd call any muslims friends) but importantly ...dood who are you talking to?...the mercury server community who all have been brought together for the one purpose of brilliant music?.....or the fanatical insane fuks that are talking a load of shit...cuz im pretty sure those guys arent into the same tunes if ya know what i mean....[/quote]

take a deep breath.... it's called "venting" in the "[B][U]politics[/U][/B] ([SIZE=1]Discharge every humanly possible emotion on your retrospect of the world today[/SIZE])" forum section of "life" on "mercuryserver" all one word. therefore it's neither "selfish and useless" nor "misdirected" as you did the same thing in this section of the forum on the same subject...correct? don't get me wrong... i admire your passion and well thought out reponses but to call someone "self centered" backed with "arrogant thoughts [I]here[/I]" (once again) in the [U]politics[/U] thread.... come on now...

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no i get it if people want to feel good about themselves and talk to some imaginary villian so that they can feel they have done thier part, but i would assume that if this guy made the effort to choose this thread to come and rant about some thing he was wanting some sort of pat on the back or some sort of reassurance that he is right or some encouragemnet of some sort, he himself first starts of by saying.,..

oh yes i am one who does not stoop down to this level and im all for acceptance and turning a blind eye to things or trying to understand them or whatever, if he is upset sure i can understand there may be reason for him to be.....but to come out and directly malliciously and very crudely say these kinds of things does not reflect anything and im sorry but it only fuels the fire, which is completely unecessary....

i would hop we are here discussing real world issues as oppsed to gossiping and ranting....through our ideas and beliefs and all that good stuff, we can relfect upon ourselves and our lives and our thoughts so that we can better them, and eventually becaome a llittle more aware .... that is why i think it was utterly useless and completely selfish....for his own 2 minutes of glory to feel better about himself readiing his own piece of writing and thinking he is some action jack doing us all a favour by giving his two bits...im sorry two bits like that i and i think most other people can do without... if somebody want to talk a load of shit they can post a new topic labelled MY TWO BITS and he/she is welcome to rant and rave utter nonsense...thats why we have the option....

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^^ So...let's just just to cut all the BS and take this opportunity to set the record straight...consider these two statements:

1. [I]significant[/I] (but not complete) extremist religious influence in many Middle Eastern societies' regular norms and rules (i.e., Iran, Iraq, Afghanistan, Syria, Saudi Arabia) is a genuine current phenomenon.

yes or no?

2. assuming you agree to #1... this extremist religious influence harms basic human rights systematically. that is, it harms it necessarily due to its fundamental practices.

yes or no?

:D

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define fundamental...is it fundamental to the regime or political ideology..or fundamental to the religion....

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are you really bill clinton

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View results from: Dictionary | [URL="http://thesaurus.reference.com/browse/is"][COLOR=#568c1e]Thesaurus[/COLOR][/URL] | [URL="http://www.reference.com/search?q=is"][COLOR=#568c1e]Encyclopedia[/COLOR][/URL] | [URL="http://www.reference.com/search?db=web&q=is"][COLOR=#568c1e]the Web[/COLOR][/URL] [URL="http://dictionary.reference.com/help/luna.html"][COLOR=#666666]Dictionary.com Unabridged (v 1.0.1)[/COLOR][/URL] - [URL="http://dictionary.reference.com/cite.html?pt=is&ia=luna&url=http%3A%2F%2Fdictionary.reference.com%2Fbrowse%2Fis"][I][COLOR=#666666]Cite This Source[/COLOR][/I][/URL] [B][SIZE=3]be[/SIZE][/B]  [COLOR=#880000][FONT=Helvetica]/[/FONT]bi; [/COLOR][I]unstressed[/I] [COLOR=#880000]bi, bɪ[FONT=Helvetica]/[/FONT][/COLOR][COLOR=#116699] [/COLOR][URL="http://www.mercuryserver.com/forums/"][U][COLOR=#116699]Pronunciation Key[/COLOR][/U][/URL][FONT=Helvetica][COLOR=#880000] - [/COLOR][/FONT][URL="http://www.mercuryserver.com/forums/"][U][COLOR=#116699]Show Spelled Pronunciation[/COLOR][/U][/URL][COLOR=#880000][FONT=Helvetica][[/FONT][FONT=Verdana]bee; [/FONT][/COLOR][I]unstressed[/I] [COLOR=#880000][FONT=Verdana]bee, bi[/FONT][FONT=Helvetica]][/FONT][/COLOR][COLOR=#116699] [/COLOR][URL="http://www.mercuryserver.com/forums/"][U][COLOR=#116699]Pronunciation Key[/COLOR][/U][/URL][FONT=Helvetica][COLOR=#880000] - [/COLOR][/FONT][URL="http://www.mercuryserver.com/forums/"][U][COLOR=#116699]Show IPA Pronunciation[/COLOR][/U][/URL][COLOR=#116699] [/COLOR][I][COLOR=#558811]verb and auxiliary verb, present singular 1st person [/COLOR][/I][B]am, [/B][I][COLOR=#558811]2nd [/COLOR][/I][B]are [/B]or ([I]Archaic[IMG]http://cache.lexico.com/dictionary/graphics/luna/thinsp.png[/IMG][/I]) [B]art, [/B][I][COLOR=#558811]3rd [/COLOR][/I][B]is, [/B][I][COLOR=#558811]present plural [/COLOR][/I][B]are; [/B][I][COLOR=#558811]past singular 1st person [/COLOR][/I][B]was, [/B][I][COLOR=#558811]2nd [/COLOR][/I][B]were [/B]or ([I]Archaic[IMG]http://cache.lexico.com/dictionary/graphics/luna/thinsp.png[/IMG][/I]) [B]wast [/B]or [B]wert, [/B][I][COLOR=#558811]3rd [/COLOR][/I][B]was, [/B][I][COLOR=#558811]past plural [/COLOR][/I][B]were; [/B][I][COLOR=#558811]present subjunctive [/COLOR][/I][B]be; [/B][I][COLOR=#558811]past subjunctive singular 1st person [/COLOR][/I][B]were, [/B][I][COLOR=#558811]2nd [/COLOR][/I][B]were [/B]or ([I]Archaic[IMG]http://cache.lexico.com/dictionary/graphics/luna/thinsp.png[/IMG][/I]) [B]wert, [/B][I][COLOR=#558811]3rd [/COLOR][/I][B]were; [/B][I][COLOR=#558811]past subjunctive plural [/COLOR][/I][B]were; [/B][I][COLOR=#558811]past participle [/COLOR][/I][B]been; [/B][I][COLOR=#558811]present participle [/COLOR][/I][B]be‧ing. [/B][I][COLOR=#558811]–verb (used without object) [/COLOR][/I]1.to exist or live: [I]Shakespeare's “To be or not to be” is the ultimate question. [/I]2.to take place; happen; occur: [I]The wedding was last week. [/I]3.to occupy a place or position: [I]The book is on the table. [/I]4.to continue or remain as before: [I]Let things be. [/I]5.to belong; attend; befall: [I]May good fortune be with you. [/I]6.(used as a copula to connect the subject with its predicate adjective, or predicate nominative, in order to describe, identify, or amplify the subject): [I]Martha is tall. John is president. This is she. [/I]7.(used as a copula to introduce or form interrogative or imperative sentences): [I]Is that right? Be quiet! Don't be facetious. [/I][I][COLOR=#558811]–auxiliary verb [/COLOR][/I]8.(used with the present participle of another verb to form the progressive tense): [I]I am waiting. [/I]9.(used with the present participle or infinitive of the principal verb to indicate future action): [I]She is visiting there next week. He is to see me today. [/I]10.(used with the past participle of another verb to form the passive voice): [I]The date was fixed. It must be done. [/I]11.(used in archaic or literary constructions with some intransitive verbs to form the perfect tense): [I]He is come. Agamemnon to the wars is gone. [/I] [Origin: bef. 900; ME [I]been,[/I] OE [I]bēon[/I] ([I]bēo-[/I] (akin to OFris, OHG [I]bim,[/I] G [I]bin,[/I] OS [I]bium, biom[/I] (I) am, OE, OHG, OS [I]būan,[/I] ON [I]būa[/I] reside, L [I]fuī[/I] (I) have been, Gk [I]phy-[/I] grow, become, OIr [I]boí[/I] (he) was, Skt [I]bhávati[/I] (he) becomes, is, Lith [I]búti[/I] to be, OCS [I]byti,[/I] Pers [I]būd[/I] was)) + [I]-n[/I] inf. suffix. See [URL="http://dictionary.reference.com/search?q=am"][COLOR=#116699]am[/COLOR][/URL], [URL="http://dictionary.reference.com/search?q=is"][COLOR=#116699]is[/COLOR][/URL], [URL="http://dictionary.reference.com/search?q=are"][COLOR=#116699]are[/COLOR][/URL][COLOR=#116699]1[/COLOR], [URL="http://dictionary.reference.com/search?q=was"][COLOR=#116699]was[/COLOR][/URL], [URL="http://dictionary.reference.com/search?q=were"][COLOR=#116699]were[/COLOR][/URL]]

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[COLOR=#666666]Dictionary.com Unabridged (v 1.0.1) Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2006.[/COLOR][URL="http://dictionary.reference.com/help/luna.html"][COLOR=#666666]Dictionary.com Unabridged (v 1.0.1)[/COLOR][/URL] - [URL="http://dictionary.reference.com/cite.html?pt=is&ia=luna&url=http%3A%2F%2Fdictionary.reference.com%2Fbrowse%2Fis"][I][COLOR=#666666]Cite This Source[/COLOR][/I][/URL] [B][SIZE=3]is[/SIZE][/B]  [COLOR=#880000][FONT=Helvetica]/[/FONT]ɪz[FONT=Helvetica]/[/FONT][/COLOR][COLOR=#116699] [/COLOR][URL="http://www.mercuryserver.com/forums/"][U][COLOR=#116699]Pronunciation Key[/COLOR][/U][/URL][FONT=Helvetica][COLOR=#880000] - [/COLOR][/FONT][URL="http://www.mercuryserver.com/forums/"][U][COLOR=#116699]Show Spelled Pronunciation[/COLOR][/U][/URL][COLOR=#880000][FONT=Helvetica][[/FONT][FONT=Verdana]iz[/FONT][FONT=Helvetica]][/FONT][/COLOR][COLOR=#116699] [/COLOR][URL="http://www.mercuryserver.com/forums/"][U][COLOR=#116699]Pronunciation Key[/COLOR][/U][/URL][FONT=Helvetica][COLOR=#880000] - [/COLOR][/FONT][URL="http://www.mercuryserver.com/forums/"][U][COLOR=#116699]Show IPA Pronunciation[/COLOR][/U][/URL][COLOR=#116699] [/COLOR] [I][COLOR=#558811]–verb [/COLOR][/I]1.3rd pers. sing. pres. indic. of [URL="http://dictionary.reference.com/search?q=be"][COLOR=#116699]be.[/COLOR][/URL] [I][COLOR=#558811]—Idiom[/COLOR][/I] 2.[B]as is. [/B][URL="http://dictionary.reference.com/search?q=as"][COLOR=#116699]as[/COLOR][/URL][COLOR=#116699]1[/COLOR] (def. 25). [Origin: bef. 900; ME, OE; c. D [I]is,[/I] ON [I]es, er,[/I] G, Goth [I]ist,[/I] L [I]est,[/I] Gk [I]estí,[/I] OCS [I]jestĭ,[/I] Skt [I]asti[/I]]

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