Speakout

Monday, September 15, 2003

How many virgins? Bwana, the natives are restless! But, in a most satisfying manner, the case for putting all fundamentalists in one leaky boat has been made by the ludicrous and pathetic comments to the initial letter recommending deportation. One made a feeble attempt to rewrite history by claiming the "founding fathers" were Christian fundies. As any child knows, the "founding fathers" were mostly deists with a few agnostics thrown in (otherwise, we'd all be answering the 4 a.m. call to prayer.) One made the preposterous suggestion that destruction of the Twin Towers was not a result of superstition; the implication being none of those naughty Moslems got their 72 virgins. Yes indeed, given full head, a towel to cover it and AK47s, our local fundies would be whooping up a dozen versions of Allah and shooting infidels, if not each other. Hmmm, maybe it's 74, er, 76 virgins? I leave it to the experts.

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