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From the fact that people are very different it follows that, if we treat them equally, the result must be inequality in their actual position, and that the only way to place them in an equal position would be to treat them differently. Equality before the law and material equality are therefore not only different but are in conflict with each other; and we can achieve either one or the other, but not both at the same time

-- F.A. Hayak

Wednesday, November 18, 2009

The Koran: Why Retaliation Works

From Sura 2:178 in Tarif's Khalidid's new English translation of the Qur'an:
"The prospect of realiation saves lives, O you who are possessed of minds."
Keeping this in mind, what do you suppose Muslim terrorists think of those of us who, when women and children are murdered by suicide bombs, wring their hands in guilt over what we must have done to deserve such horror? And, per this text, what do you think Muslim terrorists think of a people that react swiftly and violently when attacked?
 
Mike Potemra has additional comments on this translation over at NRO.
 
Posted by Michael Peterson at Wednesday, November 18, 2009