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Letter: Student gets a laugh at return of URI College Republicans
Issue date: 10/24/07 Section: Editorial/Opinion
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A funny thing I noticed is that parallels can be made for practically all of the points Bilodeau makes. Mohammed was a warlord you say? I suggest you read Numbers 31 in your Bible, Ryan. That's the part where Moses instructed the Israelite soldiers to kill every Midianite woman, boy and the non-virgin girl. The virgin girls were then raped by the soldiers (Numbers 31:18).
And last I checked (a few years ago), you listed Matthew 10:34 as one of your "favorite quotes" on Facebook.com, where Jesus says "Do not think that I came to bring peace on Earth. I did not come to bring peace but a sword." Yes, "espousals of and incitements to extreme violence" indeed, Ryan. Surely Islam is alone in this regard.
Bilodeau talks about how the Quran is outdated, written for a "far different time than we are now living in." The same could be said of the Bible. He bemoans the fact that some followers interpret the Quran word for word. If some people didn't insist on interpreting it word for word we wouldn't have to go to court to keep things like "Intelligent Design" out of our schools. Bilodeau talks of "ignorant, indoctrinated youth." The irony is overwhelming.
Though no matter how hard Bilodeau tries to get students' hackles up, I cannot help but smile. I'm filled with a gleeful sense of schadenfreude. He appears to be completely unaware of just how much of an ass he makes of himself. It's like watching someone leave the lavatory with toilet paper stuck to their heel, except that person is notorious for unmitigated boorishness and insists on calling attention to his heel by submitting pictures of it to the Cigar. Every time he stands on his soapbox, my attention shifts from the uncouth rubbish exiting his gaping maw to the toilet paper on his heel, which only seems to grow larger with each passing word, a never-ending source for derisive laughter.
So keep on talking, "Billy Boy"; you're the best laugh I've had all month.
Andrew Brennan
And last I checked (a few years ago), you listed Matthew 10:34 as one of your "favorite quotes" on Facebook.com, where Jesus says "Do not think that I came to bring peace on Earth. I did not come to bring peace but a sword." Yes, "espousals of and incitements to extreme violence" indeed, Ryan. Surely Islam is alone in this regard.
Bilodeau talks about how the Quran is outdated, written for a "far different time than we are now living in." The same could be said of the Bible. He bemoans the fact that some followers interpret the Quran word for word. If some people didn't insist on interpreting it word for word we wouldn't have to go to court to keep things like "Intelligent Design" out of our schools. Bilodeau talks of "ignorant, indoctrinated youth." The irony is overwhelming.
Though no matter how hard Bilodeau tries to get students' hackles up, I cannot help but smile. I'm filled with a gleeful sense of schadenfreude. He appears to be completely unaware of just how much of an ass he makes of himself. It's like watching someone leave the lavatory with toilet paper stuck to their heel, except that person is notorious for unmitigated boorishness and insists on calling attention to his heel by submitting pictures of it to the Cigar. Every time he stands on his soapbox, my attention shifts from the uncouth rubbish exiting his gaping maw to the toilet paper on his heel, which only seems to grow larger with each passing word, a never-ending source for derisive laughter.
So keep on talking, "Billy Boy"; you're the best laugh I've had all month.
Andrew Brennan
