They Were Never Really All That Different Anyway
The former Archbishop of Canterbury is defending the Pope:
The former Archbishop of Canterbury Lord Carey of Clifton has issued his own challenge to “violent” Islam in a lecture in which he defends the Pope’s “extraordinarily effective and lucid” speech. Lord Carey said that Muslims must address “with great urgency” their religion’s association with violence. He made it clear that he believed the “clash of civilisations” endangering the world was not between Islamist extremists and the West, but with Islam as a whole. "We are living in dangerous and potentially cataclysmic times," he said. "There will be no significant material and economic progress [in Muslim communities] until the Muslim mind is allowed to challenge the status quo of Muslim conventions and even their most cherished shibboleths."
Sigh. We really liked Westminster Abbey. He also used the term "Westophobia," which is funny but misses the point where it's not fear but hatred that's driving these lunatics.
This article says that the Pope is going to speak again this morning. It also looks like the riots have quieted down in most places, so we're not really sure what he's going to talk about. With any luck, he'll say something like "I knew you couldn't sustain your riots for more than a week - you've gotta get hungry, and those UN aid packages aren't going to open themselves up and put themselves on a plate for you."
We'll have the speech when we have the speech, but we doubt it's going to be anything spectacular. Probably more of "I'm sorry you're so stupid. There, I said it. Please stop shooting my nuns".
The former Archbishop of Canterbury Lord Carey of Clifton has issued his own challenge to “violent” Islam in a lecture in which he defends the Pope’s “extraordinarily effective and lucid” speech. Lord Carey said that Muslims must address “with great urgency” their religion’s association with violence. He made it clear that he believed the “clash of civilisations” endangering the world was not between Islamist extremists and the West, but with Islam as a whole. "We are living in dangerous and potentially cataclysmic times," he said. "There will be no significant material and economic progress [in Muslim communities] until the Muslim mind is allowed to challenge the status quo of Muslim conventions and even their most cherished shibboleths."
Sigh. We really liked Westminster Abbey. He also used the term "Westophobia," which is funny but misses the point where it's not fear but hatred that's driving these lunatics.
This article says that the Pope is going to speak again this morning. It also looks like the riots have quieted down in most places, so we're not really sure what he's going to talk about. With any luck, he'll say something like "I knew you couldn't sustain your riots for more than a week - you've gotta get hungry, and those UN aid packages aren't going to open themselves up and put themselves on a plate for you."
We'll have the speech when we have the speech, but we doubt it's going to be anything spectacular. Probably more of "I'm sorry you're so stupid. There, I said it. Please stop shooting my nuns".
