Oh, I love this girl:

First, let me say that I was alarmed by the historical inaccuracies of the Pope’s speech. Far be it for your humble servant to question the learning of the highest power in Catholicism, but I should think it would be obvious to anyone that the great reverend Emperor whose remarks “Show me just what Mohammed brought that was new, and there you will find things only evil and inhuman, such as his command to spread by the sword the faith he preached” have caused much of the furor, did not get to Constantinople by walking. Christianity has been spread by the sword since the Emperor Constantine (after whom Constantinople was named, and not because it sounded nice) took the faith in the 4th century. Very few of the so-called ‘great religions’ have an unstained history, and I am saying ‘very few’ to be polite. (I think ‘none’ is probably more accurate.) It is convenient to the point of imbecility that adherents of these faiths are so willing to forget their own history as soon as the violence that put them in power allows them to relax and reap the fruits of their conquest. I can promise you that if the jihadis ever did manage to take over the world, the first thing they would do is hang up their guns and ask why the enslaved nations took up arms against their just and peacable rule.

So Mr. Pope, I have one thing to say to you: Pot, meet kettle.

Preach it sister. Then she gives it Muslims with equal heat:

So: were the Pope’s statements, including those about his own religion (let alone ours) innacurate, misleading and vaguely slanderous? Yes. Absolutely they were.
And, as usual, they were topped only by the innacurate, misleading and vaguely slanderous response of the Muslim world. It’s been Denmark all over again: Muslim agitators tripping over themselves to be yet more disgustingly ignorant than the offending European bigots, ensuring better than any Neocon pundit ever could that Muslims lose every inch of moral high ground within the first news cycle. Thank you, Mullah Nutsack.

I love people who can pack a lot of scorn into a few words. (Hmmm, I wonder why I'd like someone like that?) And Aisha, co-blogger with Eteraz, can aim that Gatling gun pretty well.

This entry was posted by Michael Reynolds, on Friday, September 15, 2006. You can leave your response.