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The events in Libya call to mind Shakespeare’s Macbeth: \u00a0…a tale told by an idiot full of sound and fury signifying nothing. \u00a0A video, which itself may or may not exist, played by actors who say they were duped, causing “spontaneous” eruptions of religious anger in two different countries at the same time with the same target, US consular buildings. \u00a0The fury, as in Macbeth, will require hand washing, but not hand washing that will work, also like Macbeth, for\u00a0“<\/span><\/span><\/strong>All the perfumes of Arabia will not sweeten this…hand.<\/span><\/span>” <\/span><\/span><\/strong>Macbeth Quote (Act V, Sc. I).<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n This is the rankest madness, throwing over thuggery the veil of religion and that of religion scorned. \u00a0No world can contain those whose beliefs are so weak that even crude humor can sully them. \u00a0They will never rest, never find peace. \u00a0And if, as I suspect, this was not religion scorned but a moment seized to justify murder, then the world can contain those even less.<\/p>\n It’s time for all sane citizens, no matter their religious conviction, no matter their national or tribal affiliations, to say enough. \u00a0Let’s stop this.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Lugnasa \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0Garlic Planting Moon The events in Libya call to mind Shakespeare’s Macbeth: \u00a0…a tale told by an idiot full of sound and … Continue reading All The Perfumes of Arabia Will Not Sweeten This…Hand<\/span>