Sunday, November 17, 2002

police chief laughs with the Bali bomber

Q: Why did Indonesia's police chief laugh with the Bali bomber?

A: they are both Islamic!


The gut reaction for a great many will have been a profound, nauseating, anger. The repugnant images of an Indonesian police chief and a confessed Islamic mass murderer smiling and laughing about the nightclub bombing before the cameras in Bali reinforces, as powerfully as any symbolism could, the magnitude of the challenge in bridging the gulf of misunderstanding from The Free World toward the so-called "Religon of Peace" Islam.

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