Posted on 02/06/2006 10:37:58 PM PST by smoothsailing
A missed chance to teach a lesson
By Wesley Pruden
Published February 7, 2006
The prophet Muhammad, who lived in the 8th century, never met Boss Tweed, who presided over New York in the 19th. But if the prophet runs into Mr. Tweed at the mall in a modest suburb somewhere in the afterlife, they can compare afflictions.
Mr. Tweed suffered boils and warts at the hand of the great newspaper cartoonist, Thomas Nast. "Stop them damn pictures," the old Tammany tiger told his hit men. "I don't care what the papers write about me. My constituents can't read. But they can see the pictures."
If we are to believe the millions of Muslims who are racing into the streets from Damascus to Jakarta looking for Jews to torment, Christian churches to torch and European embassies to plunder, the prophet who invented Islam is suffering a similar migraine this morning, the gift of a Dane reckless with pen and ink. The prophet's constituents can't read, either. They're not even supposed to look at the pictures. The imams fomenting hysteria are apparently afraid they might peek.
Hollywood couldn't contrive this latest Islamic comic opera, which has been tough on government property but has afforded the bored Muslim masses an opportunity to entertain themselves, and a lot of pols and government bureaucrats the stage for a remarkable performance of pandering, hot-dogging and grandstanding.
Several European heads of state have done what Europeans do best, the full grovel, and yesterday Kofi Annan, the secretary-general of the United Nations, did his usual shuck and jive on the high road. "I understand and share their anguish," he said of the plunderers and looters in the capitals of Arabia. "But it cannot justify violence, least of all attacks on innocent people. I appealto...
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"The prophet Muhammad, who lived in the 8th century"
Wes, not a good start. Muhammad was alive from 570-632. Be prepared for riots!
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lol! I wonder if 'ole Wes did that on purpose.He's usually pretty good about getting his facts straight.
Sounds like the editors at the NYT talking about their readers.
P.S. I'm hoping 8th century was a typo. :)
Maybe that's just a Muslim misdemeanor,he's forced to kiss a camel or something.:)
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