UW students tout ignorance of Islam

[rodeodance]

http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/jamieson/337598_robert01.html

UW students tout ignorance of Islam

Thursday, November 1, 2007
Last updated 12:20 a.m. PT

By ROBERT L. JAMIESON JR.
P-I COLUMNIST

Their campaign of terror keeps spreading.

They want to wipe out those who don't agree with their way of life.

They've spilled blood across the planet for eons, finding justification for the evil they do in holy texts.

What do we call them?

What else? Christian-o-fascists!

[Buzz Clik]

1. A trick-or-treater came to my door last night dressed as a Crusader.

I was amazed. Cross on the front and back of his little Crusader outfit and everything. I found it unsettling. The other half said my negative reaction was unfounded.

This was basically it:

[RoseMead]

2. The kid's parents probably had no idea

it was a Crusader, or possibly even what a Crusader was. To them, it was probably just a knight-in-shining-armour costume. Most people in this country can't grasp history from 30 years ago, let alone history that's 1000 years old.

[mwb970]

3. It's because there aren't enough maps! /nt