Bush commutes Libby sentence

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Yes, but not more than I'm opposed to a Christian fundamentalist theocracy in Holland.....problem is that I expect that part of my fellow countrymen are not.

I had an interesting conversation with a guy who just returned from spending a couple of years in Kabul. He was commenting on some the difference in culture, including the virtual enslavement of women, and the cultural causes of it. In an Islamic society your innocents are not safe, so as a father and husband you build high walls around your house, hire armed guards to protect them, and cloth them in garments that would not entice attack. In contrast, a society who's people are called upon for having pure hearts and minds can allow their innocents to mix in society unmolested, even when in provocative clothing. The point is that if you merely look at the results of Islam in a society versus the results of Christianity in a society you would change your mind. There are theological reasons why this is so. BTW, I also would not desire any theocracies, but given a choice I would rather a society who model the behavior of Jesus, rather than those who model the behavior of Mohammad.