tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-620033997567463526.post2029119440976577683..comments2023-04-02T01:24:09.580+11:00Comments on The Michael Duffy Files: Stuart Jeffries, Jacqueline Pascarl, Sarkozy, Robespierre and the joy of foot bindingUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-620033997567463526.post-85022737015456450682009-06-26T19:42:25.072+10:002009-06-26T19:42:25.072+10:00I'm presuming, hoping that you mean the eradic...I'm presuming, hoping that you mean the eradication of religious beliefs of a fundamentalist kind, in which case no argument from me, but I must say that I find the eradication of people, as a way of curing them of their foibles, beliefs, follies and foolishnesses more than a tad extreme, and inclined to make me break Godwin's Law very loudly.dorothy parkerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00816807935021738560noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-620033997567463526.post-59344975493944920742009-06-26T17:45:32.209+10:002009-06-26T17:45:32.209+10:00ly more westerners would read the Koran. It's ...ly more westerners would read the Koran. It's barely 150 pages of widely spaced sentences - nowhere near as tedious as the Torah or NT; as a 19thC french arabist it was simply the OT redacted for the arab mind.<br />The thing that really pisses me off is seeing young, pre pubertal Oz girls shrouded.<br />As Pascarl accurately points out "the veil, much lauded by so called Islamic teachings, is a protection for men" which I STRONGLY RESENT. If their kultur has so warped muslims that they have to do something to something to someone else to cover up their own failings then they need education or, failing that, eradication.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com