Saturday, February 09, 2008
OWLBROWS HITS BACK
The Archmullah of Canterstan claims he was merely exploring and teasing:
Dr Rowan Williams hit back on Friday night over criticism of his comments amid growing calls for his resignation.
He made no proposals for sharia, and “certainly did not call for its introduction as some kind of parallel jurisdiction to the civil law”, a statement on his website said.
He was “exploring ways in which reasonable accommodation might be made within existing arrangements for religious conscience” and his core aim was “to tease out some of the broader issues around the rights of religious groups within a secular state”.
So that’s all he was trying to do! With these revisionist skills, ol’ Owly really should be writing about cricket. Speaking of which, it’s as though Peter Roebuck never wrote a certain column last month:
The time has ... come to thank Hayden and Gilchrist for their services.
Get lost, losers. Yet here’s Roebuck today:
Matthew Hayden and Adam Gilchrist reminded spectators at the SCG of their value to the Australian team.
Not only spectators, apparently.