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17 July 2005

I think Tom Friedman made history in his NYT column the other day--actual links to other newspapers in a newspaper Op-Ed not about computers or blogging? A blogvertorial?

post by: amberglow at: 21:50 | 17 comments

Wow. Amazing editorial. amberglow, maybe you could post this at viewropa too?

posted by arse_hat 17 July | 22:00

sure! : >

posted by amberglow 17 July | 22:11

Tom could make some more history by killing that moustache of his.

posted by trondant 17 July | 22:14

done!

I always knew that Christians considered their religion 2.0 (that it supercedes my religion), but hadn't heard that Muslims considered Islam 3.0.

watching 42up as i type--is Apted going to make 49up?

posted by amberglow 17 July | 22:21

the 3.0 etc deal doesnt make any sense...this is the first I've ever heard about it. Every prayer to Allah explicitly denies the existence of other gods...

posted by dhruva 17 July | 22:48

amberglow, yes.

posted by Gyan 17 July | 22:50

yes for 49up? amazing--yay! i love all of them. (Neil makes my heart ache.)

posted by amberglow 17 July | 22:56

the 3.0 etc deal doesnt make any sense...this is the first I've ever heard about it.

Really? So you aren't aware that Islam considers Jesus the greatest prophet apart from Mohammed? That their faith also has it's roots in Abraham? Nor that they consider Jews and Christians "People of the Book" - worshippers of the same God but without the "new improved" wisdom?

What, exactly, did you think Islam is about?

posted by Jimbob 17 July | 23:03

(BTW, shouldn't Zoroastrianism be cosidered in there somewhere? Version 0.5 or something?)

posted by Jimbob 17 July | 23:08

Right, Muslims belive that Jesus was a prophet, just like Muhammed. They just think that over the hundreds of years his teachings were perverted by the various authors of the bible, and that Muhammed recived a 'clarified' version. The fact that Muhammed wrote the Koran himself, and that in most places it isn't even translated means that it could be considered more authoritve. I guess.

Intresting article linked from sploid historic sites in mecca are being destroyed because wahabiests are worried that leaving them around might lead to polytheism

That said, I've seen URLs cropping up in newspaper articles for a few years now.

posted by delmoi 17 July | 23:09

actually, i am embarassed to admit, I was aware, but I didnt know that Islam was the "new improved version". oh well, back to more reading. Thanks Jimbob.

posted by dhruva 17 July | 23:09

Ooo, amber, I love the 'up' series!

posted by Frisbee Girl 17 July | 23:09

i wasn't aware at all, jimbob--i know pitifully little about Islam. I knew they had roots in Abraham, and that us Jews were considered the "people of the book", but not that Christians were too.

Frisbee, it's so immensely fascinating--i can't wait for 49up! : >

posted by amberglow 17 July | 23:28

Muslims are raised with the view that Islam is God 3.0, Christianity is God 2.0, Judaism is God 1.0, and Hinduism is God 0.0.

And what about the Sikhs?

posted by mlis 17 July | 23:36

I kenw about the Muslim thing but I am now wondering is Mormonism 4.0? and is Scientology 5.0 ;) ?

posted by arse_hat 17 July | 23:44

I hate Friedman.

posted by kenko 17 July | 23:52

This is about the poverty of dignity and the rage it can trigger.

i never know if it's that people don't know or don't want to know
what drives people to extreme

posted by ethylene 18 July | 06:15

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