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Short-sighted
January 20th, 2010 Posted in Judo Chops, Policy and PoliticsIf this really is “…the best example of violation of the separation of church and state in this country,” then I think we’re all going to be just fine. And I have trouble seeing how a coded Christian verse on a rifle sight, while odd, is ”literally pushing fundamentalist Christianity at the point of a gun.” Annoying misuse of the word ‘literally’ aside, that’s just plain silly. I mean, if you take a .30 caliber match-grade round right between your skeezy Taliban eyes, does it really matter whether someone who loves Jesus shot you? Shouldn’t your real concern be that there aren’t forty virgins waiting for you in hell?
Once again for the breathless Christ-haunted atheists among us: “Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion” doesn’t mean all religion gets banned. We know full well, in fact, that this is not at all what the Founders meant. What we can’t have is the state mandating a particular religion. So clearly what we need in this situation is not the elimination of the Jesus sights, but production of Jewish, Muslim, Gaia, Wicca, and I-have-no-bloody-idea-and-please-don’t-talk-to-me-about-it sights. Let’s show these Islamofascists that we really are a pluralistic society, and sight them in with all kinds of scopes.
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7 Responses to “Short-sighted”
By b
on Jan 20, 2010
After reading the article I started shopping for a new Trijicon…soon after I will need to purchase a new AR to go with it.
By Lenise
on Jan 20, 2010
But Tony, it’s so unFAIR. Those poor atheist soldiers are being forced to look through sights with an unintelligible string of characters on them, some of which actually stand for a Bible verse! Just put yourself in their shoes for a moment. How AWFUL for them.
On a side note, my brother, who is in Iraq with the 82nd Airborne, says that he wants to laugh every time he hears someone complain about this or that being unfair. Of course, we probably don’t WANT him and his comrades in arms to have especially tender feelings
By Jonny
on Jan 22, 2010
You’ve gotta’ admit, though– Bible verses on gunsights is pretty dang creepy.
By Chris
on Jan 23, 2010
Well said. I mean that literally.
By jeff weddle
on Jan 23, 2010
The only thing more creepy would be Bibles with guns on them.
By Tony
on Jan 23, 2010
Jeff: how’s this for a close second?
By jeff weddle
on Jan 25, 2010
Not bad!