Seeing that Church of England Bishop Michael Nazir-Ali is now under police protection after having received death threats for asserting that -- wait for it -- some Islamic parts of England had become no-go areas for Christians, and that some of Dr. Nazir-Ali's C of E colleagues have responded with typical gutlessness to his plight, Alan Jacobs finds he's sick and tired of the depressing ritual that accompanies stories like this.
Get me rewrite!
Monday February 4, 2008
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The death threats directed at Bishop Nazir-Ali essentially prove his thesis.
My money is on an invocation of Manning's Corrolary in less than 10 posts. Any bets?
This is five, what are you betting, its too early for beer though.
I'd go along with your bet, Mark, but we're cheating by using up posts discussing the bet.
Never to early for beer, IMHO.
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