| | Nor does that matter. What matters is what the [[Qu'ran]] actually says. And it says:<blockquote>Fight and slay the infidels wheresoever ye find them; seize them, besiege them, ambush them with every ambush.<br><br>''Surah'' 9:5</blockquote>And the above passage is current. Therefore to be a good Muslim is to be a murderer and a traitor--and not to be either of these things is to be a "cafeteria Muslim"--one who would take scissors to the [[Qu'ran]] and snip out those parts about which one is squeamish. (That is, if one is telling the truth.) | | Nor does that matter. What matters is what the [[Qu'ran]] actually says. And it says:<blockquote>Fight and slay the infidels wheresoever ye find them; seize them, besiege them, ambush them with every ambush.<br><br>''Surah'' 9:5</blockquote>And the above passage is current. Therefore to be a good Muslim is to be a murderer and a traitor--and not to be either of these things is to be a "cafeteria Muslim"--one who would take scissors to the [[Qu'ran]] and snip out those parts about which one is squeamish. (That is, if one is telling the truth.) |
| − | And if an argument ''not'' be taken to its logical extreme, what, then, shall we say about the law? Does the law stop ''short'' of its logical extremes? And you call yourself a lawyer-in-training. How did you get past the Logic Games section of the LSAT? Sir, the law proceeds ''relentlessly'' to its logical extremes, as any judge could tell you. The law is not what its drafters wanted it to mean. Rather, the law is ''the law'' and is nothing more, nor less, than ''the text of the law as it is written.'' | + | And if an argument ''not'' be taken to its logical extreme, what, then, shall we say about the law? Does the law stop ''short'' of its logical extremes? And you call yourself a lawyer-in-training. How did you get past the Logic Games section of the [[LSAT]]? Sir, the law proceeds ''relentlessly'' to its logical extremes, as any judge could tell you. The law is not what its drafters wanted it to mean. Rather, the law is ''the law'' and is nothing more, nor less, than ''the text of the law as it is written.'' |
| | Likewise is evolution--and the [[Qu'ran]].--[[User:TerryH|TerryH]]<sup>[[User talk:TerryH|Talk]]</sup> 23:24, 2 April 2007 (EDT) | | Likewise is evolution--and the [[Qu'ran]].--[[User:TerryH|TerryH]]<sup>[[User talk:TerryH|Talk]]</sup> 23:24, 2 April 2007 (EDT) |