The Value Of An Apology, At Least From A Republican's Perspective!!

In rec.photo.digital.slr-systems Neil Harrington wrote:
Where in the U.S. do you see religious fanatics cutting people's hands and
feet off for not properly following religious law?

In Islamic law, cutting off a hand is the punishment for grand theft.

.....believe it or not, there are actually repeat offenders.

But aside from Saudi Arabia, I'm not aware of any *government* that
subscribes to this.

Where in the U.S. do you see religious fanatics stoning a girl to death on
suspicion of her having had illicit sex with someone?

Citation, please? The only Islamic law I'm aware of prescribes this as
punishment upon *conviction*, which takes four eye-witnesses to the
actual act. It's actually pretty rare.

Where in the U.S. do you see religious fanatics gang-raping a girl to punish
her family for some alleged breach of religious or tribal rules?

And again, what legitimate government does this?

Do you ever *think* before you write all this rubbish?

Ditto. I can recall a few stories about the backwaters of Kentucky and
West Virginia that do things.

Because if you're going to use backwater hicks as a basis for judging a
billion or so people, you might as well apply that principle
consistently.

- Solomon
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