<< FAMILY BLAMED ~ MAIN ~ FREE DRINKS FOR DIEBOLDERS >>

THREE OUT OF THREE

Among his other qualities, the Pope is an excellent shot.

UPDATE. “Excellent grouping,” observes Infidel Tiger. “Must have learnt to shoot during his Hitler Youth days.” Not only that, you’ll note that the Pontiff achieved a perfect Red Cross ambulance hole through one of the doves—despite using a shotgun. Way to go, Ratzy!

Posted by Tim B. on 09/19/2006 at 12:33 AM
  1. Oh, man, the Catholics are so going to riot.

    Posted by Dave S. on 2006 09 19 at 12:48 AM • permalink

  2. Decent cartoon actually. Excellent “D’oh!”
    slapping of his forehead by John Paul II.

    Posted by scooper on 2006 09 19 at 12:54 AM • permalink

  3. Perhaps the elderly imams of Somalia should lie low for a while.

    Posted by SwinishCapitalist on 2006 09 19 at 12:58 AM • permalink

  4. Is there an interactive version so we can play too?

    Posted by Big Jim on 2006 09 19 at 01:02 AM • permalink

  5. Oh! I didn’t know it was an animation—Michelle Malkin has the final frame up at her site that pretty much says it all (in their view) and I thought that it was just an editorial cartoon. Still, I’m disappointed that there wasn’t a Star of David somewhere on the Pope’s clothes. I hope someone loses his job over that faux pas.

    Posted by andycanuck on 2006 09 19 at 01:05 AM • permalink

  6. Exactly, how many muslims am i supposed to kill for this?

    Posted by LupodiGubbio on 2006 09 19 at 01:07 AM • permalink

  7. Lets form an angry mob…..theres no justice like mob justice!

    Posted by Mospact on 2006 09 19 at 01:20 AM • permalink

  8. Excellent grouping. Must have learnt to shoot during his Hitler Youth days.

    Posted by Infidel Tiger on 2006 09 19 at 01:32 AM • permalink

  9. Papal pigeon pie! Perfect potting by the pontiff.

    (Isn’t it a little insulting that an Islamic site is showing a zombie John Paul 11? “Yaaarrrgh….cerebrum…...”)

    Posted by Habib on 2006 09 19 at 01:34 AM • permalink

  10. Exactly, how many muslims am i supposed to kill for this?

    I don’t know. I wish someone would hand out assignments.

    Posted by Kyda Sylvester on 2006 09 19 at 01:34 AM • permalink

  11. The pope may shoot cartoon doves with a cartoon gun in a cartoon but in reality kills no people and no animals but the evil muslim bastards kill for real, and besides who the hell are they to insult him with a dumbass cartoon, its time we torched a few embassys and machine gunned a few mosques.

    Posted by phillip on 2006 09 19 at 01:35 AM • permalink

  12. Any more of these Po-toons and im rallying the troops. Sister Mary-Anne is coming and she’s bringing her ruler.

    Watch out infidels.

    Posted by Nic on 2006 09 19 at 01:43 AM • permalink

  13. Excuse me while I wrap a long scarf around my face….....

    Posted by The_Real_JeffS on 2006 09 19 at 01:51 AM • permalink

  14. If Aljazeera does not remove that cartoon IMMEDIATELY and apologize, I am going to pray to the Christian God at a Christian Church to enlighten them and ALL Muslims to the spirit of rational faith.

    That might scare them more than a threat to send them pig’s trotters through the post.

    Posted by LaVallette on 2006 09 19 at 01:58 AM • permalink

  15. #6, LupodiGubbio:

    Exactly, how many muslims am i supposed to kill for this?

    #10, Kyda Sylvester:

    I don’t know. I wish someone would hand out assignments.

    Ok, here’s the drill. 10 gets you in, but only on the “econo, space available” level. 50 secures your reservation. 100 bumps you to 1st class. 1000 gets you preferred seating for eternity.

    For ID and head count purposes. If they are not among those serving honorably in the fight against the jihadi (either in a uniformed armed service of a western or allied nation or in civilian intel or policing of the same nations (excluding Saudi religious police) then they are the jihadi.

    Women count as a full point each but children under 12 only score a half point each.

    Posted by Grimmy on 2006 09 19 at 02:01 AM • permalink

  16. Wow!

    His Holiness didn’t even need to reload between shots!

    Maybe the Power of the Gun was bestowed upon him by the Arabic on his cloak?

    Posted by Dan Lewis on 2006 09 19 at 02:15 AM • permalink

  17. #6

    how many muslims am i supposed to kill for this?

    Are you serious? Who ever heard of people killing over a cartoon?

    Oh. Wait…

    Posted by Dan Lewis on 2006 09 19 at 02:17 AM • permalink

  18. That Al Jazeera site seems to have two dates, one the regular 2006/9/17 (well the US version of the date), and also 1427/8/24.

    It really is the 15th century for these guys!

    Posted by pjw on 2006 09 19 at 02:36 AM • permalink

  19. Their calender is based on when ‘Mo hatched.

    I have no idea why it progressively advances- they only need months.

    Posted by Habib on 2006 09 19 at 02:53 AM • permalink

  20. Just on Ten news.

    Al Hilaly has challenged George Pell to a public debate about Islam - via Trad, I think.

    Wonder what language the debate will be conducted in?

    I guess he wants to debate the, er, misconceptions…

    Posted by kae on 2006 09 19 at 03:13 AM • permalink

  21. I thought the Pope reminded me a bit of John Wayne.  They should have given him a winchester instead of a shotgun though.

    I’m just waiting for the Pope’s next sermon,

    There’s right and there’s wrong.  You got to do one or the other.  You do the one and your living.  You do the other and you may be walking around, but your dead as a beaver hat.

    Quote from The Alamo

    Quote from True Grit “Fill your hands you son of a bitch” could be taken as not in the spirit of interfaith dialogue.

    Posted by youngy on 2006 09 19 at 03:15 AM • permalink

  22. Interesting - an under-and-over shotgun which does not operate on a break-open breech system, and appears to be semi-automatic. 

    Man, those Beretta guys are good!

    Also, you have to be afraid of any guy who can hit a fast-moving target using a sawn-off shotgun - imagine what B16 could do with a full length stock!

    Typical towelheads and their guns - who could ever forget the weapon-handling techniques (key: don’t grab hot barrels) of al Zarqari and friends.

    Posted by Apparatchik on 2006 09 19 at 03:23 AM • permalink

  23. Apparatchik (#22) But it’s an Italian shotgun!

    These guns have mystical powers far beyond those of more pedestrian guns.

    Conspiracy theorists believe that John Wayn’e sixguns were secretly made in Italy, and everyone knows that the Duke never had to reload, and every shot would drop at least four of the baddies.

    I suspect Rove (or the mysterious Paco cabal).

    Posted by Pedro the Ignorant on 2006 09 19 at 03:47 AM • permalink

  24. That Al Jazeera site seems to have two dates, one the regular 2006/9/17 (well the US version of the date), and also 1427/8/24.

    It really is the 15th century for these guys!

    Yup. For the Jews however, it’s the year 5766 so they are about 3760 years ahead of everybody.

    It is also the year 4703 in the Chinese Calendar, which is very significant, as it means the Jews went without Chinese food for 1063 years. Oh the humanity.

    Posted by Dan Lewis on 2006 09 19 at 03:54 AM • permalink

  25. #21- “I’m not gonna smite ya….......the hell I’m not!”

    Posted by Habib on 2006 09 19 at 05:01 AM • permalink

  26. On our local ABC (Australian) news, some Muslim leaders aren’t satified with the Pope’s apology and are calling for a “non-violent day of rage.”

    Posted by Dminor on 2006 09 19 at 05:18 AM • permalink

  27. # 26 thats code for “strap on the bomb belts and prime the virgins - its show time”

    Posted by surfmaster on 2006 09 19 at 05:30 AM • permalink

  28. A lot of confusion comes from a mistake in etymology.  It’s believed that ``outrage’’ has something to do with ``rage.’‘

    But ``outrage’’ is from French ``outre,’’ beyond what is proper, made into a noun with -age.

    English sees the resulting ``-rage’’ and assumes that what is beyond what is proper deserves rage.  The word itself says so.

    This is so useful that it was re-imported back into France.

    Posted by rhhardin on 2006 09 19 at 05:57 AM • permalink

  29. Love the SMH’s headline about Cardinal Pell’s speech

    Pell links Islamists to violence.

    I got a sneak preview of tomorrow’s SMH headline,

    Scientist links sun to light

    Pell

    Posted by pommygranate on 2006 09 19 at 06:12 AM • permalink

  30. #24 Didn’t the Muslims discover China on their way to Australia?

    Posted by Nic on 2006 09 19 at 06:18 AM • permalink

  31. #31. Don’t know about that, but apparently they did discover Oz before Captain Cook.

    OF course, so did Dirk Hartog and a host of others, but this is getting beyond ridiculous.

    Further to the link above is this follow-on story with a wonderful view of muslims’ contribution to our heritage:

    Muslims played key roles in some of modern Australia’s major developments - inland exploration, the gold rush, the overland telegraph, railroads and the Snowy Mountains hydroelectric scheme.

    So there you have it. We owe it all to islam.

    Mind you, I don’t remember anything about Hume and Hovell or Major Mitchell or Joseph Banks praising allah, but I could be wrong.

    Posted by Nilknarf Arbed on 2006 09 19 at 07:15 AM • permalink

  32. Are Muslims violent?
    Is the Pope a Catholic?
    Do cars leak oil?
    Tune in next week for the answers to these puzzling questions.

    Posted by blogstrop on 2006 09 19 at 08:07 AM • permalink

  33. #31

    Was the before or after Muslims were the first to walk on the moon?

    Posted by murph on 2006 09 19 at 08:12 AM • permalink

  34. this is by far the best one I’ve found so far…

    I thought everyone knew that astronaut Neil Armstrong, after he had heard the Muslim call to prayer on the moon, became a Muslim after he returned to Earth. Then I heard that Neil Armstrong had denied becoming a Muslim, and that really surprised me. Then I heard that he had actually become a Muslim after hearing the Muslim call to prayer on the moon, but was forced to publicly deny he had become Muslim under pressure and even threats from the United States government because they were afraid the fact that Neil Armstrong had heard the Muslim call to prayer on the moon and become Muslim would influence many millions of Americans to become Muslim. Now I don’t know for sure what to think, but I think it’s most likely he is now a Muslim, and even though hearing the Muslim call to prayer on the moon sounds kind of strange, it could happen.

    The strange thing is that this person can also read and write.

    Posted by murph on 2006 09 19 at 08:18 AM • permalink

  35. #8: I think he was actually using slugs, which makes him an even better shot than I thought.

    Couldn’t find Al-Jazeera’s cartoon of Big Mo wringing the heads off of doves. Do you suppose it’s archived somewhere?

    Posted by paco on 2006 09 19 at 08:19 AM • permalink

  36. What does a Christian get if he martyrs himself by blowing up an Arab-owned 7-11 or cell phone store?  Not that Christians are that stupid, I’m just wondering what’s in the pot.

    Posted by RebeccaH on 2006 09 19 at 08:34 AM • permalink

  37. #31, That’s what I was referring to.

    Murph, I prefer this one:

    When Apollo Mission Astronaut Neil Armstrong first walked on the moon, he not only gave his famous “One small step for man; one giant leap for mankind” statement, but followed it by several remarks, including the usual COM traffic between him, the other astronauts, and Mission Control. Before he re-entered the lander, he made the enigmatic remark “Good luck, Mr. Gorsky.”
    Many people at NASA thought it was a casual remark concerning some rival Soviet Cosmonaut. However, upon checking, [they found] there was no Gorsky in either the Russian or American space programs.

    Over the years, many people have questioned him as to what the “Good luck, Mr. Gorsky” statement meant. On July 5, in Tampa Bay, FL, while answering questions following a speech, a reporter brought up the 26- year-old question to Armstrong. He finally responded. It seems that Mr. Gorsky had died and so Armstrong felt he could answer the question. When he was a kid, Neil was playing baseball with his brother in the backyard. His brother hit a fly ball which landed in front of his neighbors’ bedroom window. The neighbors were Mr. and Mrs. Gorksy. As he leaned down to pick up the ball, he heard Mrs. Gorsky shouting at Mr. Gorsky, “Oral sex? Oral sex you want? You’ll get oral sex when the kid next door walks on the moon!”

    Posted by Nic on 2006 09 19 at 08:58 AM • permalink

  38. How abot them showing a cartoon of an islamic goon shooting a 70 year old nun in the back in a hospital in somalia, best not hold your breath, hypocrite nazi scum.

    Posted by phillip on 2006 09 19 at 09:01 AM • permalink

  39. Surely there must be an Arabic word for BLAM! ?

    Posted by CWCW on 2006 09 19 at 09:08 AM • permalink

  40. al-Blammo?

    Posted by ErnieG on 2006 09 19 at 09:14 AM • permalink

  41. John Howard just had some good things to say about the Pope’s comments on Lateline. Transcript should be available tomorrow morning.

    Posted by The Prez on 2006 09 19 at 09:16 AM • permalink

  42. Oh, and here is my latest pop song cover for our jihadi friends

    Posted by The Prez on 2006 09 19 at 09:18 AM • permalink

  43. #31- surely you know that the transmission was edited by the filthy infidel CIA/NASA infiltrators who stole the signal from the triumphant Lion of Allah space project launched by cobbling some clapped out Soviet Scuds from Saddam (blessings be upon him for his return to the faith), which placed known acceptor of the Prophet Abdullah el Scimitar (formally known as the infidel Neil Armstrong) on the now Islamic Republic of the Moon, which he claimed in the name of the Prophet, and any stinky Jews or dhimmis who turn up there are mince.

    His actual words, before they were polluted by Zionist radio scrambling- “One small step for a humble believer, one giant leap for our Caliphate; holy Allah, there’s Moon Jews! Goddam Warner von Braun was right! We have to haul ass into orbit and nuke the site…. it’s the only way!......”

    What we can’t work out though is how come our holdings, which we celebrate on our flags before the Jews and their American lackeys shred them with superior ordnance, shrink to nothing then all of a sudden there’s a full moon again; no wonder those kikes are the only ones who can make money out of the market, we keep betting the moon’s going to stay in the first quarter, ‘cos that’s when Allah says it’s supposed to.

    Posted by Habib on 2006 09 19 at 09:30 AM • permalink

  44. holy Allah, there’s Moon Jews!

    Funniest thing I’ve read in a week! Habib, whatever you’re “on”, I hope you’ve got plenty on hand; grand farce is so rare these days.

    Posted by paco on 2006 09 19 at 10:21 AM • permalink

  45. andrea, andrea - we need a counter thingy on this site showing how many days since the publication of that toon with no taigs burning cars.  you know the kind of thing:

    number of days waiting for plastic turkey apology: 600

    number of days waiting for proof of leg amputating & cauterising ordnance that leaves no discernible trace:  32

    number of days waiting for catholic toon riots: 7

    Posted by KK on 2006 09 19 at 10:42 AM • permalink

  46. #31 nilk, they carried the bags.  how dare you underrate their contribution, without which godzone would never have become the mighty muslim nation it is today… oh wait

    Posted by KK on 2006 09 19 at 11:01 AM • permalink

  47. Moon-Jews! HAH!  Habib, don’t ever change.

    Posted by RebeccaH on 2006 09 19 at 11:14 AM • permalink

  48. o/t

    Coup underway in Thailand

    Posted by murph on 2006 09 19 at 11:23 AM • permalink

  49. o/t again - KOFFING ANUS HAS RESIGNED!!

    Posted by murph on 2006 09 19 at 11:42 AM • permalink

  50. hold off on the Kofi Annan thingy.  Still trying to get proper confirmation.

    Posted by murph on 2006 09 19 at 12:24 PM • permalink

  51. Er, maybe honesty isn’t always the best policy.

    Posted by paco on 2006 09 19 at 01:02 PM • permalink

  52. #26 A non-violent day of beheadings

    Posted by Wimpy Canadian on 2006 09 19 at 01:10 PM • permalink

  53. #40 Abu-blammo

    Posted by Wimpy Canadian on 2006 09 19 at 01:23 PM • permalink

  54. #48 When the Prime Minister’s away, the soldiers will play. He’s in New York at the UN.

    Posted by Wimpy Canadian on 2006 09 19 at 01:32 PM • permalink

  55. OT
    About Manuel II:

    If he was a Byzantine emperor, how come he’s got a Mexican name?

    Posted by ErnieG on 2006 09 19 at 04:09 PM • permalink

  56. [pedant alert]

    5700+ years or 15 billion? Something off-topic to ponder over your cornflakes.

    The year number on the Jewish calendar represents the number of years since creation, calculated by adding up the ages of people in the Bible back to the time of creation.

    However, this does not necessarily mean that the universe has existed for only 5700 years as we understand years. Even Orthodox Jews will readily acknowledge that the first six “days” of creation are not necessarily 24-hour days (indeed, a 24-hour day would be meaningless until the creation of the sun on the fourth “day”).

    There are “two calendars”:

    [open quote aish.com]There are early Jewish sources that tell us that the Bible’s calendar is in two-parts (even predating Leviticus Rabba which goes back almost 1500 years and says it explicitly). In the closing speech that Moses makes to the people, he says if you want to see the fingerprint of God in the universe, “consider the days of old, the years of the many generations” (Deut. 32:7) Nachmanides, in the name of Kabbalah, says, “Why does Moses break the calendar into two parts—‘The days of old, and the years of the many generations?’ Because, ‘Consider the days of old’ is the Six Days of Genesis. ‘The years of the many generations’ is all the time from Adam forward.” [end quote aish.com]

     

    For a fascinating (albeit somewhat defensive) article by a nuclear physicist showing how Einstein’s Theory of Relativity sheds light on the correspondence between the Torah’s age of the universe and the age ascertained by science, see “Age of the Universe” .

    Brought to you by the good folks at aish.com!

    [/pedant alert]

    Posted by MentalFloss on 2006 09 19 at 04:28 PM • permalink

  57. We’ve been on vacation for a while and I was “trying” to take a break from the news.  But it found us.  When my dad heard about the Pope apologizing, he turned to my mom and me and half-jokingly said “Get ready to be fitted for your Burkas.”

    Posted by ladcraig on 2006 09 19 at 05:18 PM • permalink

  58. #37 Urban myth alert! Official transcript and the following note at the NASA Lunar surface log site.

    [During November 1995, a clever (and slightly risqué) story was widely circulated on the Internet concerning a statement Neil is supposed to have made during the Apollo 11 EVA. At the suggestion of several readers, let me state that Neil never said “Good luck, Mr. Gorsky” at any time during the mission. Indeed, on November 28, 1995, Neil wrote, ” I understand that the joke is a year old. I first heard it in California delivered by (comedian) Buddy Hackett”.]

    Posted by Kaboom on 2006 09 19 at 07:00 PM • permalink

  59. According to ‘distinguished Oz historian’ Inge Glendennon[?] [never heard of her] the Pope must have made a mistake relying just on ‘an offical document’ for his opinion.

    Fran Kelly gave Inge a free run to rubbish the Windschuttle side of the history wars.
    Highlights:
    Windschuttle ‘needs a controversy to fire him’ and relies too much on dry ‘official documents’, while Henry Reynolds et al all do ‘solid, lucid work’ in contrast, and have established their position by using Aboriginal oral history [though 150 years old now].
    So Reynolds was NOT controversial by asserting the genocide of Tasmanian aborigines in many 1000s of undocumentable murders?

    The history wars were an ‘intellectually unequal debate’.  That’s telling them, Inge!!
    Even Inge didn’t claim that Robert Mannes’ weak edited book added any cogency to the case against Windschuttle.
    Neither does she.. Inge doesn’t LIKE any ‘adversarial squabbles’ in history as they are just ‘wasted effort’. 
    As long as all historians agree then, history is OK by her..

    Fran didn’t see any irony here at all…

    Posted by Barrie on 2006 09 19 at 07:05 PM • permalink

  60. Not all Muslims are attacking the Pope for his lecture.  Mohammed from Iraq the Model takes a look at Muslim history and early wars spread by the Caliphs.

    Here we always insist that the greatest miracle of the prophet is the words he was sent with, the same words that tell Muslims to use logic and kindness in their attempts to invite others to the Islamic faith, the same words that discourage them from using a rude or repulsive tone in their conversations.
    The sad thing is that in spite of all these advices, most of the common people and the elites choose offensive, rude if not violent reactions as a first measure to counter criticism.

    It is a long piece but well worth the read.  If they Muslim leadership was like Mohammed the Pope would have enjoyed a worthwhile dialogue instead of threats.

    Posted by youngy on 2006 09 19 at 07:11 PM • permalink

  61. #55. Manuel? He’s from Barcelona.

    Posted by Nilknarf Arbed on 2006 09 19 at 07:23 PM • permalink

  62. The Anchoress blogger writes: . This is Benedict’s blunder, you see. As if he has any control over how the press presents a story:
    In clinging to theology and orthodoxy, the bookish Benedict has shown little regard for media management in getting his message across, unlike the communications-savvy John Paul II.

    The same world media which wimped out on printing a few innocuous Mohammed cartoons to avoid offence, couldn’t wait to headline a Christian leader who, they claim, is not media savvy and so is unnecessarily provocative. Talk about irresponsibility and hypocrisy.

    Posted by Barrie on 2006 09 19 at 07:30 PM • permalink

  63. #43 Buzz Aldrin actually took communion by himself while on the Moon in the LEM - Armstrong didn’t as he’s an agnostic.
    So the Moon is now Christian territory since 1969, and all Christians will kill any infidels who dare to walk on our sacred land!

    Posted by Barrie on 2006 09 19 at 07:42 PM • permalink

  64. Nilk - that is amazing. The amount of sub-infantile, peurile, self serving delusion on that site is stunning. No wonder those idiots have not invented anything except new torture methods in a thousand years.

    Un believable. Thanks for pointing it out.

    MarkL
    Canberra

    Posted by MarkL on 2006 09 19 at 08:44 PM • permalink

  65. Yesterday’s Australian letters.

    Today’s spiritual leaders must exercise common sense and an appreciation of the sensitivities of other beliefs. Whilst most will agree that the Pope has a right to make the comments he did, he stands in a position of great influence and should consider exactly what relevance such historical references have and what part they will play in achieving the goals of unity and peace, particularly in today’s highly volatile climate of extremism and hatred. Zaid Khan
    Blakehurst, NSW

    Hmm. I thought today’s highly volatile climate of extremism and hatred was incubated in the RoP. The whole letter is incredible in it’s bleating victimhood.

    Posted by kae on 2006 09 19 at 08:58 PM • permalink

  66. #36 Eternal Damnation.

    Posted by Infidel Tiger on 2006 09 19 at 09:06 PM • permalink

  67. Re 65: The Pope is a Catholic and not an Islami nor some sort of Universal Unitarian. He is not subject to anybody except His God nor does he have any obligation to to censor what he has every right to say lest others may be offended.
    He certainly is not subject to anything in the Koran or Hadiths viz a viz any criticism that may be directed at Mohammed.

    PS: Have the Islamists now promoted Mohammed to the same level as Allah. Blasphemy is against God not his “messengers”

    PS. The Rights I am claiming for the Pope are the same rights I claim for every free man woman or child.

    Posted by LaVallette on 2006 09 19 at 09:34 PM • permalink

  68. Well, the cardonay said it all.

    His speech in Australia talks of freedom of speech, hence why all of the Arab land is crazy.

    Long live the Virgin and the Saints and the king of kings the Jesus and moses.

    I like St therese of lieseux….

    Posted by ratio on 2006 09 19 at 09:44 PM • permalink

  69. I can see the day where the Popemobile will be an armoured personnel carrier, with the Pope’s head stuck out the turret with his trusty shotgun….. who needs the Swiss Guard, I’ll do the Goddam job myself!

    Posted by Bonmot on 2006 09 20 at 01:46 AM • permalink

  70. Wow!  Hot off the press.  Former Archbishop of Canterbury (the highest office in the Anglican Church) has just made a speech vigorously defending the Pope.

    He has also uttered the previously unuttered words that

    The fundamental problem for the West is not Islamic fundamentalism. It is Islam, a different civilisation whose people are convinced of the superiority of their culture and are obsessed with the inferiority of their power.”

    Times

    Ouch.  Strike 2.

    Posted by pommygranate on 2006 09 20 at 01:49 AM • permalink

  71. #68 ARRRRGGGHHH! Float to String Conversion Error Condition!

    x=1.618
    y=“ratio”
    print “Error for post %f, Error Message: %s” % (x, y)
    print “Error for post %s, Error Message: %s” % (x, y)
    exit 1

    Posted by MentalFloss on 2006 09 20 at 02:29 AM • permalink

  72. #60, youngy:

    If they Muslim leadership was like Mohammed the Pope would have enjoyed a worthwhile dialogue instead of threats.

    If the muslim leadership was of the same quality as the author of Iraq the Model then there’d be no cause for war, the lands of araby would not be a sewer and the populations of the muslim world would not live in daily terror of the religious police.

    The author of that site (ITM) lives every day surrounded by the fear, confusion, uncertainty, horror, anxiety and stress of a war being waged all around him, his family and his friends. Even under all that pressure, he is able to maintain a perspective based on the long view and the big picture. His kind are rare to any culture.

    Posted by Grimmy on 2006 09 20 at 02:30 AM • permalink

  73. #64. MarkL, which site? I’ve got a few bookmarked for when I’m in the mood for raising my blood pressure under the pretext of understanding root causes and why-do-they-hate-us?

    Posted by Nilknarf Arbed on 2006 09 20 at 07:56 AM • permalink

  74. Page 1 of 1 pages

Commenting is not available in this weblog entry.

Members:
Login | Register | Member List

Please note: you must use a real email address to register. You will be sent an account activation email. Clicking on the url in the email will automatically activate your account. Until you do so your account will be held in the "pending" list and you won't be able to log in. All accounts that are "pending" for more than one week will be deleted.