Christ, What An Asshole - Any Religion But That One Edition
Published by Pokerwolf on Thursday, September 20, 2007 at 2:24 PM.
New Jihad Watch: Footbaths on the March - Hot Air
The video is where all of the blathering goes on about "Muslim pressure" and so forth. The really amusing part of the video is that, during the first minute or so, Robert Spencer talks about how wonderful footbaths are and how it would be great to soak your feet at an airport. Which I, and most travellers who are stuck in an airport because of a plane transfer or a delay, agree with. Then, the rest of the segment is spent talking about how these specific footbaths are bad. Why?
Because, GASPSHOCKHORROR!, Muslims requested them. The comments section has more of the same sort of thinking in it:
Obviously, this commenter (and other commenters with similar thoughts) haven't been in an airport in the past 30 to 40 years. Every single airport I have been in has a chapel which is open to the public. Likewise, the footbaths that are going to be installed will be, you guessed it, open to the public. (How would they keep them closed to just Muslims? A special password or a funky handshake?)
Mr. Spencer wonders, at the end of his segment, what will happen if a bunch of "Muslim taxi drivers" (because, you know, there can't be Muslim businessmen or businesswomen who would be flying in planes, for example) enters the footbath when a non-Muslim was soaking their feet.
I'm betting the answer would be what would happen if a non-Chrisitan was in the chapel having some quiet time and a gaggle of Christians came in to have a quick prayer session.
Nothing.
The Indianapolis airport has joined several other airports and universities in installing footbaths, at taxpayer expense, for Muslims to use in preparation for their prayers. Robert Spencer brings us the story.
The video is where all of the blathering goes on about "Muslim pressure" and so forth. The really amusing part of the video is that, during the first minute or so, Robert Spencer talks about how wonderful footbaths are and how it would be great to soak your feet at an airport. Which I, and most travellers who are stuck in an airport because of a plane transfer or a delay, agree with. Then, the rest of the segment is spent talking about how these specific footbaths are bad. Why?
Because, GASPSHOCKHORROR!, Muslims requested them. The comments section has more of the same sort of thinking in it:
I would like a small Christian chapel where I could pray before flights that no suspicious-acting muslims would be on board my flight, spouting “Allah this and Allah that”, putting their seatbelt extenders on the floor, and moving about the cabin speaking in Arabic with each other.
Obviously, this commenter (and other commenters with similar thoughts) haven't been in an airport in the past 30 to 40 years. Every single airport I have been in has a chapel which is open to the public. Likewise, the footbaths that are going to be installed will be, you guessed it, open to the public. (How would they keep them closed to just Muslims? A special password or a funky handshake?)
Mr. Spencer wonders, at the end of his segment, what will happen if a bunch of "Muslim taxi drivers" (because, you know, there can't be Muslim businessmen or businesswomen who would be flying in planes, for example) enters the footbath when a non-Muslim was soaking their feet.
I'm betting the answer would be what would happen if a non-Chrisitan was in the chapel having some quiet time and a gaggle of Christians came in to have a quick prayer session.
Nothing.
