Faithful readers know that Buster is "religiously tolerant", which is to say that I'm not a very religious person and can barely tolerate those who are, especially when they are behaving badly in the name of their religion.
Such behavior is not limited to American Christianity. Every faith has its history of succumbing to zealous stupidity. At the moment, a classic example is occurring in Afghanistan.
Somehow, for some reason, our security troops at Bagram Air Base tossed a few Korans into pile of burning trash. Not the brightest move, inadvertent or not, since Muslims believe that sort of thing is the worst form of blasphemy.
So we got busy apologizing our asses off -- the generals apologized, Hillary apologized, even Obama apologized, and all were fairly sincere. But it's tough to appease a righteously pissed-off Afghan. The local Muslims went apeshit anyway, throwing stones and rioting. Yesterday, they grabbed a couple of our soldiers and killed them. Another fine display of religion in action, all over a book. That's one of the tenets of all major religions, isn't it? An eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth, your life for a book? Or maybe I have that wrong.
In any event, we're fuckin' sorry as hell, OK? Jeez, give it a break! We'd be happy to replace your damaged Korans, maybe even throw in a few extra for your trouble. They're available brand-new on Amazon.com for just $39.99 each, and they have that great "new book smell." Our treat. Whadya say?
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