Sunday, April 12, 2009
Iraq and Afghanistan
Currently in Iraq there are 100 Gay men convicted of homosexuality awaiting execution by hanging. As of April 7th it is reported they will be executed 20 at a time.
IMO: You can understand the vigilante execution of the Mayor of San Francisco, Harvey Milk, as he seemed to have wanted to make actual practical buggery classes a necessary item in the US kindergartens. Harvey Milk was a nice guy who sold me a good camera, still in use, but there are limits. You can reasonably take the view, from biblical studies, that the idea of gay Bishops and clergy in the Anglican church is unchristian and divides the church. If it was up to me I'd rather consider putting back the Gospel according to Mary - found in Nag Hammedi - in the Bible rather than the current Anglican behaviour which seems unchristian. But it does seem a bit much to execute buggers. If McBride had been believed (we do not know of any underlying truth in his allegations), Cameron should have been executed if he visited Iraq. Whilst many people might applaud that, it is hardly cricket. For that matter, some of the UK cricket team could also be executed if they ever visit Iraq.This execution of buggers seems to be happening because the US got involved in Iraq as they claimed they needed the oil. In Afghanistan the US seem to be happy enough to allow the abandonment of women's rights, and of course the US encouraged the Taliban there in the first place to get the Russians out. Hard to draw a moral from this, we have to hope that the US will behave better or face the consequences. Obama's assaults on personal freedom make an overall useful strategy unlikely to date.
IMO: You can understand the vigilante execution of the Mayor of San Francisco, Harvey Milk, as he seemed to have wanted to make actual practical buggery classes a necessary item in the US kindergartens. Harvey Milk was a nice guy who sold me a good camera, still in use, but there are limits. You can reasonably take the view, from biblical studies, that the idea of gay Bishops and clergy in the Anglican church is unchristian and divides the church. If it was up to me I'd rather consider putting back the Gospel according to Mary - found in Nag Hammedi - in the Bible rather than the current Anglican behaviour which seems unchristian. But it does seem a bit much to execute buggers. If McBride had been believed (we do not know of any underlying truth in his allegations), Cameron should have been executed if he visited Iraq. Whilst many people might applaud that, it is hardly cricket. For that matter, some of the UK cricket team could also be executed if they ever visit Iraq.This execution of buggers seems to be happening because the US got involved in Iraq as they claimed they needed the oil. In Afghanistan the US seem to be happy enough to allow the abandonment of women's rights, and of course the US encouraged the Taliban there in the first place to get the Russians out. Hard to draw a moral from this, we have to hope that the US will behave better or face the consequences. Obama's assaults on personal freedom make an overall useful strategy unlikely to date.
# posted by uv : 3:49 AM
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