Saturday, August 02, 2003
Does this have Orwellian overones or what - "Office of Homeland Security" or how about "The Authority for the Promotion of Virtue and Prevention of Vices" or maybe "Total Information Awareness". What about this line -
How do you feel about the phrase
I can remember one of the reasons going to war in Afghanistan (remember that place? - there's still 10,000 G.I.s there) was to get rid of the Taliban who had let the religious right run rampant. In Saudi Arabia (remember that place? fifteen of the nineteen 9/11 wild bunch were from there) a recent fire caused the loss of life of several children because going outside [out of the burning buildings] without a head covering would be against the "law" according to the relgious police. It kinda makes you think doesn't it?
I'm also more than a bit worried about the old pope. He's extorting his minions to make sure that they don't allow civil law to over ride their religious teachings. Remember that if you happen to live in a state or city where the head of state is a catholic -- that head of state is toying with the hell and damnation of excommunication if they don't make you live the way the pope wants you to live. And of course, we all know that the Roman Catholic heirarchy has a lock on moral living.
By the way, do you suppose that the weapons of mass destruction have been sunk in the Gulf of Tonkin?
2fers: http://campus.northpark.edu/history/WebChron/USA/GulfTonkin.html and http://www.catholic.net/RCC/Periodicals/Dossier/1112-96/column3.html
"I believe a marriage is between a man and a woman, and I think we ought to codify that one way or the other." When asked his views of homosexuality on Wednesday, Bush said "we're all sinners," but McClellan said this should not be interpreted as a belief that homosexuality was a sin.
How do you feel about the phrase
"Hadd offences carry specific penalties, set by the Koran and by the prophet Mohammed. These include unlawful sexual intercourse (outside marriage); false accusation of unlawful intercourse; the drinking of alcohol; theft; and highway robbery. Sexual offences carry a penalty of stoning to death or flogging while theft is punished with cutting off a hand. "
I can remember one of the reasons going to war in Afghanistan (remember that place? - there's still 10,000 G.I.s there) was to get rid of the Taliban who had let the religious right run rampant. In Saudi Arabia (remember that place? fifteen of the nineteen 9/11 wild bunch were from there) a recent fire caused the loss of life of several children because going outside [out of the burning buildings] without a head covering would be against the "law" according to the relgious police. It kinda makes you think doesn't it?
I'm also more than a bit worried about the old pope. He's extorting his minions to make sure that they don't allow civil law to over ride their religious teachings. Remember that if you happen to live in a state or city where the head of state is a catholic -- that head of state is toying with the hell and damnation of excommunication if they don't make you live the way the pope wants you to live. And of course, we all know that the Roman Catholic heirarchy has a lock on moral living.
By the way, do you suppose that the weapons of mass destruction have been sunk in the Gulf of Tonkin?
2fers: http://campus.northpark.edu/history/WebChron/USA/GulfTonkin.html and http://www.catholic.net/RCC/Periodicals/Dossier/1112-96/column3.html
