Sunday, September 17, 2006

Just wondering

How many churches do Islamists have to firebomb in order to make their point that the Pope was wrong to have quoted 14th century Byzantine Emperor Manuel II Palaeologus who said everything the criticism of the Prophet Mohammad brought was evil "such as his command to spread by the sword the faith he preached"?

OK, so may be not everything. Is that the point?

2 comments:

Bob Collins said...

It's quite a poor analogy for the Pope did not utter the Islamic equivalent of an "N" word.

Your analogy would be better if you'd asked what my reaction would be if George Allen had put a burning cross on someone's lawn because they called him a racist.

Bob Collins said...

Of course. But I'll feel a little better when more Muslims take to the streets to denounce those who would kill in the name of Islam. Frankly, I think Christians are a little better at protesting Christians.