Here's another potential member...listen to him speaking to a radical Islamist...
Posted on 05/30/2005 4:47:09 PM PDT by forty_years
Does Al Queda issue regulations on how to handle the Koran during a beheading, such as how far away it should be to avoid any splatter? This should be coming from the Onion.
We should take all of the damn Korans away. Say "Look, we don't want to offend anyone, but these rules for the "proper" handling of this book are so complicated, and you all get so upset when some perceived insult happens, we'd rather not risk that happening anymore. Now, how about a nice eggs and bacon breakfast?"
Perfect for lining that new puppies cage.
Makes great filler for that pig feed.
Perfect for leveling the lid on the septic tank.
Way past time for a reality check, indeed.
You know, I have a wall at work dedicated daily to your posts, and that wall has become something of an addiction for many in the office.
I keep one under my hood to wipe my dipstick when I check the oil.
I use page 45...the one with the passage about lying in wait for the infidel.....to apply jock itch medicine.
Hell will freeze over before I call Muhammadanism's book holy.
2ND, GREAT LAUGH TODAY!
TOO FUNNY!!!!!!!!!!!
GODSPEED!
Here's another potential member...listen to him speaking to a radical Islamist...
I resent not being included in your list as an enemy of islam.
YOU GUYS ARE TOO FUNNY!
GODSPEED!
Sorry about that. The mistake has been rectified.
Amen to your tagline, BTW.
May I be considered for membership in the club too?
This doesn't appear to be a forum for the serious discussion of this topic, but here goes anyway.
Go buy a bible, a koran, a torah - and do whatever you want with it as a private citizen. But I can't believe the people here really want representatives of the government acting in their official capacity flushing religious writings down the toilet based on the religious content.
For the US military personnel, DODD 1300.17 para 3.1. states, "A basic principle of our nation is free exercise of religion. The Department of Defense places a high value on the rights of members of the Armed Forces to observe the tenets of their respective religions." This same respect is extended to EPWs and other detained persons in the Army's FM 3-19.40, Internment & Resettlement Operations.
Religious harassment, as an act of a pissed off or sadistic guard, shows a lack of discipline. As a strategy for intelligence collection, it's ineffective and shortsighted.
HOWEVER ... having talked with folks who work at the USDB and in the federal prison system, the Gitmo rules for handling the Koran go way beyond what other federal institutions are doing. In other words, if you're a Muslim in Martha Stewart's "Camp Cupcake", your Koran probably won't get the white glove, treat-it-like-a-valuable-antique treatment when it comes time to search the cell.
The other side of free exercise in a military environment is military necessity. While I don't think it's necessary to intentionally mistreat the Koran (and neither does the CJCS according to public statements), it certainly is necessary to search prisoners and their cells for security purposes.
Love that tagline as well. Yeah, let's deal with it!
islam is not a religion.
It is a death cult.
Do you want the government making that decision? Maybe they'll decide your faith isn't a religion, either.
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