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To: Bilow who wrote (29943)	5/17/2002 10:33:46 PM
From: LindyBill	Respond to of 281500

a sense of decorum can be maintained. Naah. The kids would love it. My wife used to keep a reticulated Python at school. When she fed it live mice, the kids would line up around the classroom to watch. She made them get signed passes from their parents. lindybill@kidsarebloodthirsty.com

To: Bilow who wrote (29943)	5/18/2002 2:57:17 AM
From: Climber	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 281500

Hi Carl, I'm opposed to the death penalty, but I believe if we're going to make it law then executions should be done in public so that we the people can fully appreciate and understand what's done in our name. More on topic, the issue of Sharia Law is getting more press recently. "Saudi 'torture' condemned by UN" news.bbc.co.uk The United Nations Committee against Torture has criticised Saudi Arabia over the amputations and floggings it carries out under Sharia Islamic law. "Nigeria man sentenced to stoning" news.bbc.co.uk Current Sharia Law news: sharia.newstrove.com "Are Today's Islamic Movements Compatible with Democracy?" danielpipes.org Is Sharia Law fundamentally at odds with democracy? And if it is, how do we (the West) reconcile our respect for religious freedom with our democratic concept of inalienable rights guaranteed to each individual? Sharia -- as practiced as legitimate jurisprudence in Saudi Arabia and northern Nigeria, among other places -- leaves the law-making to God, and justice to those who are God's interlocutors on earth. There's no appeal, no legislative remedy, and nooobody, as Monty Python would say, escapes the Inquisition -- that is, the question of bona fides as per who has or has not the direct line to Divine Intention. ("Here come da Mullah!") Women are relegated to second-class status, sexual freedom is verbotten, free religious inquiry is banned (in fact, Belief is mandated) and violations will result in death. Sharia is as antithetic to modern free societies as is communism or fascism, but still we turn a blind eye to it, especially where our Saudi friends are concerned. Amnesty International has done some good work on exposing the human rights violations that take place as a result of Sharia, but I'm afraid our foreign policy wonks don't think it's really worth making a fuss over. Climber@sohelpmeGod.com