Notes on a pending disaster
S.A.M. said:
Its better than British bombs on Afghanistan, methinks. Now that the Americans are bombing Pakistanis, the British better watch out.
Yes, yes, yes. We know. Do you really think the people who most need to think about those things actually
care?
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Michael said:
It's perfectly fine to have Scientology courts for Scientologists to CHOOSE to follow BUT it's perfectly moronic to give Scientology courts legally binding rulings which are enforceable with the full power of the judicial system, through the county courts or High Court. That's ASININE and I don't care what superstitious bullshit your believe in.
I really really want to see someone PLEASE someone open up a Jedi Court and build a huge mega Jedi Temple in London. That would be wonderful 
And I want to see a FSM court and perhaps a Scientology one as well. Oh, and a Pagan court where they sacrifice animals prior to certain ceremonies. Surely their must be some rich crazy bastard willing to donate some cash towards these wondrous enterprises?
It never fails to amaze me what people will advocate for the sake of contempt. Look, I think the whole Jedi thing is hilarious. And the FSM bit made for a fine argument in its time. But these sorts of religions exist for only one reason: for the followers to be contemptuous bastards.
Judaism, Christianity, Islam, Hinduism ...
any religion can be twisted and turned through history to become a nightmarish parody of itself. But there is little to be said on behalf of churches that were
actually founded out of pure spite.
And there is little to be said of people who actually can't tell the difference. Now, perhaps that's not
you, but, still, think about it. For instance ....
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While this certainly seems the long way 'round the mountain, there is a way to work the situation toward integration. The establishment of a Sharia court in the UK will only, at the outset, serve to further alienate Muslims. We should not be surprised when, over the next couple of years, someone files on behalf of a minor
against the Sharia court. Will parents be allowed to force their children to be subject to such a system? Not for long, else the glorious empire of Brittany will finally come to an end.
Personally, as an American, I would find that ironic. I mean, as fucked up as our own system is, it has the flexibility and strength to actually recover itself, should the people ever wake up and smell the smoke of burning hope in the morning air. I think the British are capable of figuring things out, but the first test of this will be when Her Majesty comes face to face with that strange concept of equal protection under the law.
After all, when certain Muslims realize they will get better justice in a standard British court, what then? Who is going to force them back to Sharia court?
As alienation grows, younger generations will attempt to reconcile. As I've said before, the difference between Christianity and Islam, as far as violence and injustice is concerned, is that in the United States and most of the West, Christianity is in apostasy. The "faithful" are too dedicated to their material luxury to take the religion seriously. And, given time and opportunity, the same thing will happen to Islam. It will adapt, or it will disappear. And the long-term effect of a Sharia court in Britain will favor the equality of all people under one law.
