| sebastian_dangerfield |
05-03-2011 12:37 PM |
Re: My God, you are an idiot.
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Originally Posted by Sidd Finch
(Post 452316)
I agree with the first two paragraphs.
The third, no. It would have unleashed a celebratory parade in his honor -- just like, for example, the funerals of the Black September killers did. Think about how that would have affected Americans. And, while I'd be greatly concerned about how that would affect "average" Americans, as well as members of the military or those who lost friends and family on 9/11, I'd be at least as concerned about the reaction from the more rabid anti-Arab Americans -- because they would likely respond in a way that would only fuel the cycle of hatred. A quiet, non-public burial that did not get any coverage or crowd, and that does not leave the possibility of his grave as a shrine, was best.
Beyond that, I have certain (relatively minor) questions, that I don't know enough about Islam to answer, and I'm sort of curious. These include:
-- would this have been possible? I believe Islam requires burial within 24 hours of death (I'm not sure, see above). In that timeframe, could we have located family or others who would have agreed to accept the body, and the choice of whom would not have offended some?
-- when devout Muslims bury a murderer, a criminal, someone who has been executed for blasphemy, etc, what do they do? Head pointed towards Mecca still? Or is that a burial of honor that is only given to honorable people?
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I say let them have a shrine, with walls of cameras around it. What better flypaper?
As to the first question, I heard the Saudis refused to have the body shipped into the country, and none of the family members wanted anything to do with it. Given that, my criticism of burial at sea is tempered. If we had no other place to put him and had to do it within 24 hours, the dump's the only choice.
As to the second, no one can really be sure which way those heads are facing. Post-decapitation, they tend to roll around a bit in the coffin. And no, I believe even murderers, or worse, queers, are buried facing Mecca. Just as they are situated during beheading... atop a blue plastic tarp in a public square, drugged with sedatives to avoid any spastic jumping that might cause the swordsman to split a head open like a cantaloupe.
The more I consider fundamentalist Islam, the more I argue myself into thinking we should've shot his corpse into space. Confuse the superstitious idiots... "That disposal isn't in the book now, is it? What would Muhammed have thought of burial as a satellite? Read the infallible word of God and and get back to me with a ruling. And for God's sake, shave. The only people who have any business working that look are doing a greatest hits show at the MGM Grand. If you can't play 'Jesus Just Left Chicago' or 'Tush,' that 'pubic ascot' you're sporting has to go." |
