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Monday, June 20, 2005

Contest: Make a pig out of Quran

And the problem with this is ......... ????????



Saturday, June 18, 2005, IN THE MILITARY Contest: Make a pig out of Quran--Recruit under fire for online event some think is in poor taste, © 2005 WorldNetDaily.com

An Army Reserve recruit from upstate New York is taking some flak for his online contest to create a papier maché pig out of a Quran.

The contest is the creation of Jon Alvarez of Baldwinsville, N.Y., who posted the event on his website, pabaah.com, which is an acronym for Patriotic Americans Boycotting Anti-American Hollywood.

"The requirement for all entries is that the material used for all entries must be comprised of pages from the Islamic Book of Peace (or is it Piece, as in body pieces?)" he says on the site. "Originality in design will carry great weight with the judges."

He even includes links to get free Qurans and instructions on papier maché.

The winning entry will be auctioned off, with the proceeds to be split between the winning artist and a charity benefiting children of U.S. soldiers killed in action fighting the war on terror.

Alvarez, a staunch Republican, believes the event is meant to display the hypocrisy of Muslim extremists.

"They haven't apologized for burning our flag, yet they expect people to apologize for supposedly desecrating the Quran," he told the Syracuse Post-Standard.

Some comments on his website include:

# "This does nothing to further the conservative cause. You shame patriotic Republican Americans everywhere, and you shame President Bush with these kind of publicity stunts."

# "If Muslims are outraged over this, then surely they will have no problem expressing their outrage over the bombing of mosques and innocents by the radicals amongst them ... or will they?"

It's unclear if the contest will have any impact on his fledgling career in the military, as he's scheduled to report for basic training in two months.

Maj. Jeff Wildeboer, operating officer with the Army Reserve 403rd Civil Affairs Battalion in Mattydale, N.Y., told the Post-Standard the contest only serves to be hurtful and stereotype Muslims, and is 180 degrees from the battalion's mission.

"We don't do stupid things to mock or punish a theology," Wildeboer said. "It shows poor taste."


Want to know why we are not winning?

#1 "This does nothing to further the conservative cause. You shame patriotic Republican Americans everywhere, and you shame President Bush with these kind of publicity stunts."

Conservatives are one of the big reasons we are not winning. They resolutely WILL NOT IDENTIFY THE ENEMY because it is a religion, and their lock-step minds march to the politically correct tune set to "CAIR Uber Alles."

#2 "If Muslims are outraged over this, then surely they will have no problem expressing their outrage over the bombing of mosques and innocents by the radicals amongst them ... or will they?"

Excuse me? What other emotion to Muslims have other than some variety of "OUTRAGE"? I guess they will be forced to give up their "religion of peace" and, with heavy hearts, start killing us.

#3 "We don't do stupid things to mock or punish a theology," Wildeboer said. "It shows poor taste."

No, no matter how evil a "theology" is, no matter how many of us they kill and maim, by golly, we'll stand by their right to express themselves. Why, who are we to question a "great religion"? Even President Bush kisses its prayer rug after bowing in acquiescence to Muslim lobbying and protest groups. National Review goes dhimmi over the first CAIR protest. Corporations rush to kiss the derriers of CAIR, ISNA, and the rest of the fellow traveling crowd. An American Army general (de Vine) orders his subordinates to read only from a sanitized, politically correct reading list, guaranteed to prevent the officers from learning the truth about Islam.

These people will crush the Army Reserve recruit, Jon Alvarez, and banish him from military service, while they go out of their ways to march to "Oh Dhimmitude, Oh Dhimmitude." All the while, they will pride themselves on how they are fighting to win, at all levels.

And the Left are supposed to be the only "bad guys"?