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October 11

Shape of My Heart

Hi. Please point me to the correct article. I remember a song that has the following lines:

I know that spades are the swords of a soldier

And clubs are weapons of war

I know that diamonds ...

But that's not the shape of my heart

That's not the shape, shape of my heart

Now what song is this? There's an article on a song that has this title, but that's definitely not it. It has to be one of the other songs with the same title. I also don't remember the entire line involving diamonds and some of the words may be wrong because I'm writing this from memory. Thanks. ~AH1^(TCU) 01:27, 11 October 2009 (UTC)

I put "spades are the swords of a soldier" into Google, and it came up with this Sting song:

I know that the spades are the swords of a soldier

I know that the clubs are weapons of war

I know that diamonds mean money for this art

But that's not the shape of my heart

Is this the one? →Baseball Bugs ^{What's up, Doc?} carrots 01:31, 11 October 2009 (UTC)

It's "The Shape of my Heart" by Sting. —Preceding unsigned comment added by TammyMoet (talk • contribs) 08:41, 11 October 2009 (UTC)

Yes, this is the one I'm looking for. Thanks. ~AH1^(TCU) 13:21, 11 October 2009 (UTC)

Missing Section

I was reading about misanthropy a while back, and there was a section showing examples of misanthropy in Pop Culture. One of the categories gave examples of songs misanthropic in nature, such as "Do the Evolution" by Pearl Jam and "People=Shit" by Slipknot. However, when I went back to the article, that part of the section was gone. What happened?

It was removed over a year ago, and the edit summary explains why the editor deleted it.[1] →Baseball Bugs ^{What's up, Doc?} carrots 07:45, 11 October 2009 (UTC)

What song is this?

Hi. Here is one portion of the song:

Wah can't we beh friends

Oh, wah can't we beh friends

Oh wah can't we beh fri-ends

Wah can't we be friends

I don't know the title of the song, nor the genre, nor when it was written. I've spelt some words the way they are pronounced in the song ("wah" for why, "beh" for be, and "friends" is pronounced frayends, and it's possible that this comes from the soundtrack for a certain movie. Thanks. ~AH1^(TCU) 13:24, 11 October 2009 (UTC)

This one? Try Youtube as well! Britmax (talk) 13:29, 11 October 2009 (UTC)

I think Britmax meant to link this: Why Can't We Be Friends (song). Deor (talk) 21:42, 11 October 2009 (UTC)

Saudi culture toward homosexuals.

I know the Government is highly against the homosexuals. But I want to know what's the Saudi peopla attitude toward gay people. Do they agree with their Government? --190.50.94.109 (talk) 21:47, 11 October 2009 (UTC)

In Saudi Arabia, they will agree with what they're told to agree with or else. This is the country that excecutes Christians for preaching God's Word, so publicly at least, they will be careful. In Private, which I believe is what you mean, I still believe the Saudi People would follow the Koran in its teaching, and most would have an attitude against homosexuals. I suspect Saudi Law would condemn them to death if found out. In Christianity, homosexuality is a sin, but God is merciful, and nowhere does he say they should die or even go to jail for that. One wonders if the strict regimes in certain Moslem countries work. God desires man to be holy, but only out of choice. We see women beaten for fornication and drinking alcohol, and the way drunks behave in Western Countries, would that not be tempting ? But no. There must be better ways to keep people from doing bad things. Western Culture suggests that if a person is not whoring about drunk they are not cool, which is against God's Word. Even a powerful world leader cannot make homosexuality right however many laws he passes, just to pay lip service to a minority of people. Moslem attitudes to homosexuality will be based upon Christian ones, and one way or another, if the people of Saudi Arabia believe the Koran, they will follow what it says. The Russian.202.36.179.66 (talk) 02:38, 13 October 2009 (UTC)

—Preceding unsigned comment added by 202.36.179.66 (talk) 02:36, 13 October 2009 (UTC) 

I think this would fall more into the question of how Islam teaches about it. That is, whether Islam prohibits it or is tolerant. →Baseball Bugs ^{What's up, Doc?} carrots 21:50, 11 October 2009 (UTC)

Why would you leap to this conclusion, Bugs? That's not what he asked. Comet Tuttle (talk) 20:57, 12 October 2009 (UTC)

This isn't really an entertainment-related question, is it. -- 202.142.129.66 (talk) 02:23, 12 October 2009 (UTC)

Depends on one's point of view? →Baseball Bugs ^{What's up, Doc?} carrots 02:28, 12 October 2009 (UTC)

Care to explain? -- JackofOz (talk) 11:55, 12 October 2009 (UTC)

See: this, for starters. It covers the change in culture (which I think you are looking for) vs legal/religious aspects. 70.4.90.173 (talk) 12:50, 12 October 2009 (UTC)