"Scholars for Peace in the Middle East has just set out on an ambitious effort to get 10,000 signatures on a petition, before the end of the month, calling on the Bangla government to drop the charges..."
Posted by KShaidle at March 4, 2007 9:54 AMThe Reverend Gore . . . peeeeeeerfect.
Posted by: Fred at March 4, 2007 10:01 AMYup a worthy cause indeed, Terry Glavin is not your typical frothing at the mouth progressive, his blog is always worth a read. This effort on Choudhury's behalf deserves support.
Posted by: BCF at March 4, 2007 10:59 AMThe religion of peace issues another death warrant for a heretic/infidel??? Say it ain't so!
Posted by: WL Mackenzie Redux at March 4, 2007 11:23 AMI wonder what John Lennon would have to say to this, after raising money for them if still alive ?
Posted by: Revnant Dream at March 4, 2007 12:35 PMI think you mean George Harrison, be that as it may this is a worthy effort.
Posted by: BCF at March 4, 2007 1:07 PMBCF:
You are probably right. I was never a big fan of either. I was more a Jimi Hendrix kinda guy.
Posted by: Revnant Dream at March 4, 2007 1:24 PMNo no, the danger is that America is theocracy.
Posted by: BillyHW at March 4, 2007 1:31 PM
Thanks for noticing this, Kate. And I hope everyone whose attention you've drawn to this will sign, and pass it on. Shoaib's a great guy.
So they need 10,000 signatures, eh.
But are there even 5,000 scholars in all the Middle East?
I remember my brother buying that "Concert For Bangladesh" album with the purple cover.
It was awful, but what I can't understand now is why Geroge Harrison supported the establishment of an islamic state in which Hindus have gone from 30% to just 8% of the population.
But then in the late60s/early70s, among a certain stoner class, "Shiva" and "Allah" were considered much the same.
Posted by: John Palubiski at March 5, 2007 2:25 PM