The Anger of Compassion

Afghan "Students" Display Innovation

I guess you already know what they say about doing the same thing over and over while expecting a different result. Well, it seems that some "students" in Afghanistan are a bit put out over those Danish cartoons, and they're crying that if they keep being provoked, why, they're just gonna up and join al-Quaeda:

"If they abuse the Prophet of Islam again we will all become al Qaeda," the students shouted.
Two weeks ago in Afghanistan, at least 10 people were killed in several days of protests over the cartoons but violent demonstrations there have largely petered out.

Yeah, all of the "students" in Afghanistan. Somehow I doubt that many of them are students of the Cavalier poets or differential geometry...although I imagine quite a few of them enjoy first-hand familiarity with the differential geometry of post-explosion buildings and vehicles.

So, (sigh) go ahead, boys. Knock yourselves out. It's done so much for your culture, and your country, in the past.

Posted by Craig Ceely at February 26, 2006 10:10 AM