Just, not the one you'd think. Roger Kimbell comments on the very shallow deep thoughts of Our Gracious Lord of Canterbury with respect to the rise of Islamism. Roger's money quote:
"The proper answer to such gambits was formulated in the 19th century by General Charles Napier when dealing with sutte, the Indian custom of burning a widow on her husband’s funeral pyre: “You say that it is your custom to burn widows. Very well. We also have a custom: when men burn a woman alive, we tie a rope around their necks and we hang them. Build your funeral pyre; beside it, my carpenters will build a gallows. You may follow your custom. And then we will follow ours.”
Works for me.
UPDATE: There are now serious calls for Dr. Williams to step down as Archbishop after his comments on accepting the "inevitability" of Islamic sharia law. I hate to say it, but I agree he should resign. Dr. Williams has proven himself utterly incapable of defending the Faith from threats from within our Communion ("prophetic gifts", etc.), or from outside threats such as Islamism. Is the epitaph of Anglican Christendom going to be, "Stood for nothing; fell for anything?"
UPDATE: I'm wondering how long it will be before we see burquas in "the colors of sunrise"...
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