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2008-02-09 Britain

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Posted by Fred 2008-02-09 00:00|| || Front Page|| [5 views ] Top

#1 Yeah, these are the real telling moments:

1) That he's so isolated from other opinions that he thinks his own is the only correct one (endemic to liberals everywhere)
2) That Muslims came out against the idea.

This is just another example of a Western liberal desperately trying to kowtow before another culture. I swear, they have wet dreams about getting to kneel before others. Remember the scene in "The Phantom Menace"?

Posted by gromky 2008-02-09 01:05|| 2008-02-09 01:05|| Front Page Top

#2 I hope the "shocking" was done with a cattle prod....

Posted by Barbara Skolaut">Barbara Skolaut 2008-02-09 01:48|| http://ariellestjohndesigns.com/]">[http://ariellestjohndesigns.com/] 2008-02-09 01:48|| Front Page Top

#3 Sounds like Dr. Willams needs to do some field research.

Like in Saudi Arabia, Iran, Pakistan, or Egypt.....

Posted by CrazyFool 2008-02-09 01:56|| 2008-02-09 01:56|| Front Page Top

#4 "Good idea. Trade in the mitre for a paper hat."

Fred, I thought you had made a mistake and I was going to fix it with "Trade in the mitre for a ~~paper~~ tinfoil hat." Then I realized there's no need to trade. He probably already has several of those, made of double-strength Reynolds Wrap for extra protection, and wears them underneath the mitre. I'm sure he knows he can't be too careful when it comes to those mind-altering ol' cozmik rays...

Posted by Jomosing Bluetooth8431 2008-02-09 02:39|| 2008-02-09 02:39|| Front Page Top

#5 "Who will rid me of this turbulent priest?"

Posted by Atomic Conspiracy 2008-02-09 05:10|| 2008-02-09 05:10|| Front Page Top

#6 First the traitors. Then the enemy.

Posted by Excalibur 2008-02-09 07:49|| 2008-02-09 07:49|| Front Page Top

#7 More shocked than if your head was sawn off by a scimitar-wielding masked man?

In his case, probably yes.

Posted by no mo uro 2008-02-09 08:41|| 2008-02-09 08:41|| Front Page Top

#8 Dr. Williams, the peasants are revolting!
Yes...and they're ugly too!

Liberal Anglicans believe giving Sharia legal status would be to the detriment of women and gay people.

Sharia Implemented: Women, Minorities Hardest Hit...

Posted by tu3031 2008-02-09 09:33|| 2008-02-09 09:33|| Front Page Top

#9 Alas, that's pretty much been the case everywhere it's been imposted.

Posted by lotp 2008-02-09 09:52|| 2008-02-09 09:52|| Front Page Top

#10 Down with Rowan Williams. Up with Rowan Atkinson. At least Black Adder stood up for freedom of speach and the idea that this nonsense kills comedy.

Posted by rjschwarz 2008-02-09 10:43|| 2008-02-09 10:43|| Front Page Top

#11 As Supreme Governor of the Church of England, Queen Elizabeth should fire Williams. Alternately, she could contract out to Donald Trump to deliver the message.

Posted by DMFD 2008-02-09 12:30|| 2008-02-09 12:30|| Front Page Top

#12 "is said to be overwhelmed by the "hostility of the response" after his call for parts of Sharia law to be recognised in the UK"

Of course he is shocked. Had he expected that kind of response, he never would have said it. But to be fair, I think part of what he is saying is actually true, he is just saying it wrong.

There are several concepts in Sharia that are also in our own cultural common law. Say, for example, the return to corporal punishment for minor crimes such as petty larceny. It would reduce prison overcrowding and could possibly do something that actually modifies behavior in an initial offender. Singapore does it and we used to do it. Dover, Delaware still had the whipping post on the city Green the last time I was there.

Posted by crosspatch 2008-02-09 13:49|| 2008-02-09 13:49|| Front Page Top

#13 The saddest part of all of this is that he is so oblivious to his own inadequacies to hold his high office that he won't resign and doesn't seen the honorable imperative so to do. A church leader should use the power of his position to advance his faith to others, and to proudly extole the virtues of his belief system. This foolish man thinks being pliant, apologetic and accepting is his job. His comments simply reflect his viewpoint of the future path of British culture-namely surrender to the power of a more enthusiastic (albeit evil) faith. He doesn't want to fight, confront or critique Islam, he wants to embrace dhimmitude and cultural suicide. Tragic further proof of the rot that will sink Albion into a sump of brooding moon-cult worshipers.

Posted by NoMoreBS">NoMoreBS 2008-02-09 14:35|| 2008-02-09 14:35|| Front Page Top

#14 He was probably surprised that there was anyone left in the Anglican Church. Clergy like him have been doing their best to abandon the faithful for years.

Posted by RWV 2008-02-09 16:14|| 2008-02-09 16:14|| Front Page Top

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