tough job for a taliban

Submitted by the Grand Infidel of Kaffiristan (Australia), Jan 23, 2010 at 19:09

Myth writes:

" I think it is a straightforward argument that a tradition that survices 1000 years must have some value, good or bad, in it, Does not anyone love his oldest belongings dearly ?"

That no other religion or philospohy does not already have??? Could be Let me know when you find it - but I'm not going to hold my breath waiting.

"As you live in Australia maybe there is not a lot to show to the casual muslim coming your way." Here it is different. I can show any muslim the cathedral in Cologne, it took 800 years to build without modern machinery, still in use, visible from more than 30km distance 150m high. The hardcore islamist would be even more impressed to hear that it survived british and american bombings intact. The taliban would be so impressed they would want to blow it up maybe."

Yes - you are right - we have nothing manmade so old. But after 9/11 guards were posted on Sydney Harbour Bridge as the government incorrectly thought a plane could be flown into it. How the guards were going to stop that was never explained.

Uluru (Ayer's Rock) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uluru
is as sacred to aboriginals as the Bamayan buddhas were to Buddhists. I'd love to watch the frustration on terrorists faces as they try to blow that up.

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