And no one took a blind bit of notice. Check Sandmonkey. Takes a while to crank up a mob… (Meanwhile, the Romans are reported to be about to invade again unless we ban this. The druids are unhappy, too, and they know where my house lives.)
It has been suggested that I post a Danish flag on this page. Unfortunately I don’t do flags, but this page is already pretty red-and-white and there’s a decapitated me floating top-right to demonstrate my sympathies. Some have succumbed, however.
Karim–who I believe to be an active believer, is such is possible, and who, for all I know, may want to cut my head off–has an eminently sensible response to the cartoons: Muhammed was used to get such situations with the kouraich and the whole unfaithful lobby who accused him with sorcery, and the ability…
With the universe about to go up in flames as a result of a couple of innocent cartoons (check Belgium’s Le Soir’s take on the French Egyptian Le Soir’s problems), I wonder what the effect would be were Hans Teeuwen’s God and Allah sketch to be translated into a language more generally understood. In it…
With the universe about to go up in flames as a result of a couple of innocent cartoons (check Belgium’s Le Soir’s take on the French Egyptian Le Soir’s problems), I wonder what the effect would be were Hans Teeuwen’s God and Allah sketch to be translated into a language more generally understood. In it…
Fernando Navarro suggests that both I and Joseph Townsend are wrong. The Spanish word for executioner, verdugo, he says, was applied originally to a rod cut green, verde, and used to administer beatings. If Townsend was wrong, then his confusion or that of his informer might have arisen if (a) executioners were clothed in, or…
I know where I should be grazing this Christmas, thanks to the Archbishop of York: We are so lucky in this country to have churches that are nearer our homes than most supermarkets. I encourage you to take advantage of that this Christmas. Unfortunately there’s no way he can be referring to the Queen’s churches,…