Worship Allah all you want, but please use better crowd control Saudi Arabia. 345 Worshippers trampled to death today.
http://www.breitbart.com/news/2006/01/12/D8F37N801.html
http://www.breitbart.com/news/2006/01/12/D8F37N801.html
Abomb-baby said:This happens every freakin year! Why should anyone care? If 350 people got trampled at the Super Bowl every year I wouldn't care either. Either use some crowd control to stop it or accept the risk.
DaveC said:
Tell that to these 350 families and see what kind of reaction you get.
Abomb-baby said:
I don't care what kind of a reaction I get. Anyone stupid enough to be caught up in that swarm of people takes their life in their own hands. And I wouldn't feel ANY different if it were 350 christians, buddhists or Atheists.
The legitimacy of Saudi Arabia's ruling house rests in the eyes of many Muslims on its ability to host some 2.5 million haj pilgrims from all over the world every year.
Abomb-baby said:
Anyone stupid enough to be caught up in that swarm of people . . .
DaveC said:
Are you aware that this "stupidity" (as you so eloquently put it) is one of the commandments of Islam? And that these are normal folks like you and I just trying to follow the requirements of their religion?
Take a second to learn a little something about what you're talking about before you come off so careless next time.
DaveC said:
Take a second to learn a little something about what you're talking about before you come off so careless next time.
The Dilbert BlogAccording to MSNBC, about 50 people died in Saudi Arabia during the annual ritual of throwing stones at the devil. Apparently a stampede broke out when somebody tripped on luggage. That sounds like a poorly conceived punch line, but it actually happened. And it isn’t the first time. In 1990, 1,426 people died in a stampede while throwing stones at the very same devil. (No word as to whether luggage was involved.) And in 2004, the devil killed another 244 stone-throwers the same way. By my count, the score is Devil 1,720 and Believers 0.
This is on the same day that the guy who shot John Paul II was freed. Clearly, the devil is having a good day.
I think it’s interesting that when you pray to God for a new bike, it hardly ever materializes in your bedroom within seconds. But when you throw stones at the devil, quite often you get an immediate response. That’s an example of good customer service.