Sigh. Does it make my cynical that I also only give so much credence to their claim they are even solely motivated by their theology? Seems to me it’s as likely to be: ‘That damned Khaled al-Asaad didn’t give up the goods before we killed him (which, hell, they might as just as well have fenced for cash if they could move it). Time to blow up whatever he loved.’
Yes, dears. I do indeed figure you for ill-tempered boys smashing things because you didn’t get your own way. But either way, let’s face it, you’re shits.
My understanding is that the Saudi’s have been quietly demolishing shrines etc of Muslim sects less puritanical than Wahhabi in Mecca. That might be the real precedent.
The whole ‘No graven images’ prohibition in the Hebrew religion & descendent religions has done a lot of damage.
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Sigh. Does it make my cynical that I also only give so much credence to their claim they are even solely motivated by their theology? Seems to me it’s as likely to be: ‘That damned Khaled al-Asaad didn’t give up the goods before we killed him (which, hell, they might as just as well have fenced for cash if they could move it). Time to blow up whatever he loved.’
Yes, dears. I do indeed figure you for ill-tempered boys smashing things because you didn’t get your own way. But either way, let’s face it, you’re shits.
Remember the Buddhas of Bamiyan, blown up by the Taliban in the early 2000s? Such a loss of cultural heritage.
Yes, I do, with great fury and bitterness. They set the horrible precedent.
My understanding is that the Saudi’s have been quietly demolishing shrines etc of Muslim sects less puritanical than Wahhabi in Mecca. That might be the real precedent.
The whole ‘No graven images’ prohibition in the Hebrew religion & descendent religions has done a lot of damage.