On decency...
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herveusI am particularly heartened by the treatment of bin Laden's body. As I understand it, Muslim practice is to bury the dead promptly. I find it right and proper that he was buried in accordance with Islamic practices -- that respect was paid.
I have seen remarks about heads on pikes and the like. I reject such calls. They are small and petty. We can be better than that.
I have seen remarks about heads on pikes and the like. I reject such calls. They are small and petty. We can be better than that.
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Date: 2011-05-03 01:55 am (UTC)Moreover, we should be better than that. We are not savage barbarians, no matter what the reigning opinion of the rest of the world may be; we are a civilized people and ought to behave as such.