Sunday, February 12, 2006

Inscrutable Islam

Amazing trivia about the inscrutable religion of Islam:

Did you know that:
*in Islam it's OK to blow up ancient gigantic statues of Buddha in Afghanistan, but it's not OK to draw a picture of Mohammed.
*in Islam it's OK to behead living people on video but it's not OK to draw a cartoon of Mohammed.
*in Islam it's OK to bomb mosques filled with the faithful on holy days, but it's not OK to caricature Mohammed.
*in Islam it's OK to blow up buses filled with school children, but it's not OK to express an idea in pen and ink.
*in Islam it's OK to bomb public transportation such as subways and trains during rush hour, but it's not OK to put Mohammed in a cartoon.
*in Islam it's OK to fly commercial airliners into tall buildings filled with workers and kill 3000 people, but it's not OK to draw Mohammed, not even a stick figure.
*in Islam, it's OK to blow holes in navy ships in port, but it's not OK to imply that Mohammed is associated with terrorism.
*in Islam, it's OK to burn, loot, and destroy embassies of any country with whom you disagree, but it's not OK to draw a beard on Mohammed.

Does Islam seem like a stable, respectable religion based on centuries of civilization, culture, and reverence?
That's enough - my brain is ready to explode.