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17 Sep · Sat 2005

A second strange yearning for the past...

Until yesterday I had never heard of Ann Coulter. How I yearn for that state of grace. This quotation seems to be as representative as any: "To put the Supreme Court's recent ban on the Ten Commandments display in perspective, here is a small sampling of other speech [sic] that has been funded in whole or in part by taxpayers: ... —- Korans distributed to aspiring terrorists at Guantanamo. —- U.S. military " (THOU SHALT NOT COMMIT RELIGION, June 29, 2005) My word. Imagine taking the cost of holding captives indefinitely without trial, and having the irresponsible profligacy to add to that the cost of providing them with the means to practice their religion. If they were acknowledged to be covered by the Geneva Conventions, it would be a must*. I'm not going to link to the full article; if you want more, I'm afraid you'll have to google it for yourself. Don't blame me if it puts you off your food.
*Religious Services Adequate premises must be provided to prisoners of war (Convention III, Art. 34) and internees (Convention IV, Art. 86) for religious services to be held.

Posted by racingsnake @ 05:38 PM GMT+00:00 [ Comments [2] ]

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But of course if Ms. Coulter had her way there wouldn't <u>be</u> any Moslems, thus no need for Korans. If you search her web site, you'll find that she has called for America to invade all Moslem countries, kill their leaders, and convert all the rest to Christianity. (I'm not going to pollute your blog by including the URL here.)

That state of blissful ignorance to which you referred must seem even more attractive now....

Posted by Geoff Arnold on September 18, 2005 at 02:13 AM GMT+00:00 #

[shudder]
Thanks, Geoff.
I pretty much stopped leafing through her output once I realised that, in the unlikely event I found an opinion of hers which I shared, I would have to change mine at once purely on principle.

Posted by Robin Wilton on September 18, 2005 at 01:51 PM GMT+00:00 #

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