Prove to me the burqa is not an emblem of oppression. Prove to me that it has some value beyond subjugating women and apologizing for violent, pathetic males who refuse to take responsibility for their actions. Until then the burqa is filth in my eyes, as are the men and women who enforce and accept it.
God, so atrocious in the Old Testament, so attractive in the New--the Jekyl and Hyde of sacred romance.
-Mark Twain
If people are good only because they fear punishment and hope for reward, then we are a sorry lot indeed.
-Albert Einstein