Archive for 3/2/2004

Who stands to benefit from civil unrest in Iraq?

Mar 2nd

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AlJazeera Poll: “Who stands to benefit from civil unrest in Iraq?”

Neighbouring Arab country : 13%
Neighbouring non-Arab country : 3%
Israel and the US : 38%
Internal Iraqi groups : 19%
Combination of the above : 12%
Unsure : 15%

Not surprisingly, “terrorists,” “Baathist thugs,” and “Al Jazeera” were not in the list. The article further implicates the US:

There might be infiltrators attacking the Shia to make it appear they are being targeted by Sunnis and the other way round. It is in the interest of both (Iraqi) Sunnis and Shia to agree on putting out this fire and not to react to such provocations,” said Shaikh Salman al-Udah.

(Needless to say, the problem in Iraq is a bit more serious than “civil unrest.”)

Applied Death Worship 101

Mar 2nd

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A wave of suicide bombings and mortar attacks on vast crowds of Shiite worshippers has killed at least 170 people in Baghdad and Karbala.
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The near-simultaneous attacks ripped through an annual ritual, banned under Sunni Saddam Hussein, during which Shiites beat their heads and chests and cut their heads with swords to honour a revered figure killed in battle 1,324 years ago.

Should it be any suprise that a religion glorifying death leads to death-worship in practice? Only to someone who glorifies death himself. The main difference between most Christians and Muslims is that the former tend to be much more consistent.

“Topless rights”

Mar 2nd

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Do you support equal topless rights, allowing women to show their breasts openly, just like men?

Choice Votes Percentage of 10465 Votes
Yes 6366 61%
No 3869 37%

In related news, porn = adultery:

DALLAS — This billboard in Dallas on Feb. 2, 2004, is a campaign by Dallas- based nonprofit software company by NetAccountability, a nonprofit software company that aims to help Christians confront the “secret sin” of pornography. The company is urging men to give their wives a special gift for Valentines — abstinence from porn. The billboards are scheduled to be displayed on Friday, Feb. 13, 2004, the day before Valentines Day.

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