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August 18

Reliable sources critical of islam

Where are there reliable sources that are critical of Islam? I want sources that offer legitimate criticism,not merely ones that they try to portray all Muslims as being a bunch of bloodthirsty terrorists. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Uncle dan is home (talk • contribs) 19:35, 18 August 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Criticism_of_Islam Sir Joseph ^(talk) 19:37, 18 August 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Mandatory evacuation

Reading today's article here the article states that fire officials ordered mandatory evacuations. What does that entail? Do they go around making sure everyone has left? What happens if someone refuses to leave? 199.19.248.107 (talk) 22:51, 18 August 2016 (UTC)[reply]

It depends on the state, and I don't know what it entails in California, but you might be interested in "Fight or Flight: On Enforcing Mandatory Evacuations (David Bohannon, Law Practice Today, April 2011) ---Sluzzelin talk 23:36, 18 August 2016 (UTC)[reply]

This article suggests that while failure to evacuate in such a situation does carry a legal penalty, it is rarely enforced. http://www.csmonitor.com/USA/2016/0818/Blue-Cut-fire-Should-California-evacuations-be-mandatory However, I do wonder if it would invalidate life insurance policies if someone ignored such advice? Wymspen (talk) 12:06, 19 August 2016 (UTC)[reply]

As the article Life insurance notes, policies commonly exclude claims relating to suicide and many have clauses that exclude reckless activities such as deliberate risk taking. Life insurance specifically for firefighters can be bought but the high premiums reflect their extraordinary occupational risk. AllBestFaith (talk) 14:14, 20 August 2016 (UTC)[reply]

I worked in insurance for 25 years and although life insurance wasn't my thing, as a general rule, you can't exclude claims if the exclusion isn't specified in the policy. You'd have to look in the small print I'm afraid, but it seems a bit unlikely to me that failure to comply with an evacuation order would be in there. BTW, it's common for life policies to actually pay out for suicide, but there's usually a period of a couple of years during which it's excluded, to prevent people from buying insurance just before they kill themselves. See The Truth About Suicide & Life Insurance. Again, you need to check the small print if you're thinking of chucking yourself off a cliff. Alansplodge (talk) 00:48, 21 August 2016 (UTC)[reply]