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It's an interesting philosophical question, but the only reason this is being reported is because the Iranian President is Muslim. People who believe in Islam s
by hackuser 11y ago
It's an interesting philosophical question, but the only reason this is being reported is because the Iranian President is Muslim. People who believe in Islam should not be subject to extra scrutiny, nor should respect, tolerance and friendship directed toward Muslim people be questioned as some sort of capitulation.
If we want a good outcome, we need more tolerance and less divisiveness and paranoia. We know very well from history that the latter results in very bad things - death, oppression, war, etc. - and what good comes from them?
IIRC, George W. Bush's Attorney General John Ashcroft had a nude statue in the Justice Department covered because he didn't like nudes.
- GFK_of_xmaspast 11y agoThat's right: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spirit_of_Justice https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spirit_of_Justice
- nsxwolf 11y agoRegarding "Drapegate", It's not known exactly who ordered the drapes put there or why. Even if it was Ashcroft, his motivation is not necessarily not liking nudes. He may have been annoyed by media photographers standing at odd angles to get photos of the breast next to his head. This was an in-joke amongst photographers that started with Edwin Meese - getting a photo of a breast next to a conservative AG, bonus points if he happens to be bashing porn at the time.