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Says the man from the state

Orlando — Tue, 21 Sep 2010 13:20:20 +0000

In reply to It's like when McArdle writes

Says the man from the state that brings us The La Brea Tar Pits.

I am a "cultural relativist",

David Seaton — Tue, 21 Sep 2010 07:15:27 +0000

In reply to Sharia Law: The answer to all America's problems

I am a "cultural relativist", because I have lived the greater part of my life in countries not my own and I have learned well the basic lesson that different cultures, histories and traditions go about solving life's problems in different ways. I wish I knew the Latin for "different strokes for different folks", because it should be written in stone, on some noble building.

If Americans make the same mistake as the Soviets in thinking that "one size fits all"... The USA will end up sharing the fate of the USSR... or worse. We have to get out of people's faces.

Beards

Michael Wolraich — Tue, 21 Sep 2010 03:58:27 +0000

In reply to I don't get what the wingers

Beards

I don't get what the wingers

artappraiser — Tue, 21 Sep 2010 02:13:33 +0000

In reply to Sharia Law: The answer to all America's problems

I don't get what the wingers are so upset about.

Pick up trucks (and yay, with no seat belts!) for all the guys, and.barefoot and pregnant wimmins stuck in the kitchen. What's not to like? True that the beer thing could be a problem, however with something like that, it's not that hard to get yourself the right mullah with the right fatwas. Fatwas, they're a dime a dozen, and people like Pat Robertson already have lots of experience at them.

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quinn esq — Mon, 20 Sep 2010 22:01:13 +0000

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Rachid's working Clash street.

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Richard Day — Mon, 20 Sep 2010 20:04:13 +0000

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JqowmHgxVJQ

It works pretty well except

DF — Mon, 20 Sep 2010 19:53:33 +0000

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It works pretty well except when it doesn't. Sharia might look pleasant next to the life of refugees, but lets remember we're talking about people who are refugees in their own country and that it is the very same people who advocate Sharia as the law of the land who perpetrate these conditions on their own people. You're basically arguing that submitting to theocracy is preferable to being totally oppressed and physically abused by it. Down that road lies madness.

Actually in a place like a

David Seaton — Mon, 20 Sep 2010 19:21:04 +0000

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Actually in a place like a wild place like anarchy-ridden Somalia where Sharia is "the only law west of the Pecos", it works pretty well, (women can walk home from shopping without getting raped sort of thing) without the need of a sophisticated state system to back it up. If anybody in Washington really cared about bringing some sort of law and order to what we call "failed states" they would be supporting Sharia, not dissing it.

It's like when McArdle writes

DF — Mon, 20 Sep 2010 17:17:23 +0000

In reply to Musical geniuses, those

It's like when McArdle writes "all else ceteris paribus."

Musical geniuses, those

acanuck — Mon, 20 Sep 2010 17:13:42 +0000

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Musical geniuses, those guys!

And Wolfie, I'll weigh in with my standard objection that it's sharia, not sharia law. Sharia already means "Islamic law," so the word "law" is redundant. Aside from that, though, your proposal makes a lot of sense.

Unfortunately, songs by The Knack would be banned. Enjoy them while you can.