Comments on: Patriots Day http://www.ericbrooks.com/soapbox/patriots-day/ Low-tech whining in cyberspace... Tue, 07 Oct 2008 20:00:56 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.1.2 By: Graham http://www.ericbrooks.com/soapbox/patriots-day/#comment-693 Graham Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.ericbrooks.com/soapbox/patriots-day/#comment-693 "Where are all the holy men? ... Why aren't they putting out a plea to the Iraqi looters and say "Hey, stop stealing other people's shit, and destroying 7,000 years of history and artifacts!" ?" Umm, they were... http://www.csmonitor.com/2003/0415/p10s01-woiq.html "Our people know in their hearts that what they are doing is wrong," Mr. Jaburi says. "I am asking God to help us make people understand that they must give stolen things back." But don't let the facts stand in the way of a good rant, eh? :) “Where are all the holy men? … Why aren’t they putting out a plea to the Iraqi looters and say “Hey, stop stealing other people’s shit, and destroying 7,000 years of history and artifacts!” ?”

Umm, they were…

http://www.csmonitor.com/2003/0415/p10s01-woiq.html
“Our people know in their hearts that what they are doing is wrong,” Mr. Jaburi says. “I am asking God to help us make people understand that they must give stolen things back.”

But don’t let the facts stand in the way of a good rant, eh? :)

]]> By: -=e=- the merciless http://www.ericbrooks.com/soapbox/patriots-day/#comment-694 -=e=- the merciless Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.ericbrooks.com/soapbox/patriots-day/#comment-694 Oh you know... ok, so maybe *one* Imam is doing something. Well maybe two: "Other clerics are less diplomatic. Outside one mosque in Al Doura, a knot of men emerging from noon prayers was abuzz with a fatwa - a religious ruling - said to have been issued by an imam in the holy city of Najaf, ordering wives to abstain from sexual relations with their thieving husbands until they returned their loot." heh heh... I love that one! In other words: "No Peace... no piece." :0) Oh you know… ok, so maybe *one* Imam is doing something.

Well maybe two: “Other clerics are less diplomatic. Outside one mosque in Al Doura, a knot of men emerging from noon prayers was abuzz with a fatwa - a religious ruling - said to have been issued by an imam in the holy city of Najaf, ordering wives to abstain from sexual relations with their thieving husbands until they returned their loot.”

heh heh… I love that one! In other words: “No Peace… no piece.” :0)

]]> By: Daphne http://www.ericbrooks.com/soapbox/patriots-day/#comment-695 Daphne Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.ericbrooks.com/soapbox/patriots-day/#comment-695 Beautiful, E, thank you:) Beautiful, E, thank you:)

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