Two posts I published at my own blog:
Kill… With Manners: The New York Times published a fascinating article about informal Jihadi rules of conduct, also known as “Jihad etiquette.” There are six basic rules. Two of them:
– You can kill bystanders without feeling a lot of guilt: This is the “let-God-sort-them-outâ€-line of thinking: in essence it means that God knows who of the bystanders deserved to die and who did not. Those who did not deserve to die will go to heaven (as martyrs), those who did deserve to die will go to hell.
– You may need to ask your parents for their consent.
To find out what the other four rules are, please read my post.
Failing Your Own Test: Katie Couric delivered a great commencement address at Williams College. She said (among other things): “The proliferation of celebrity magazines makes Lindsey Lohan’s latest stint in rehab seem more important than what’s happening in Darfur.”
The question is, does Couric live up to her own standards?
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