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Archive for February 26th, 2008

Why Don’t We Just Drop Our Drawers And Bend Over While We’re At It

Posted by TRO on February 26, 2008

Posted in 2008 Elections, Military, Obama, Politics | 2 Comments »

But I Thought The Burka Took Care Of That

Posted by TRO on February 26, 2008

Harvard boots male students out of the gym to keep them from ogling Muslim women.

Harvard University has moved to make Muslim women more comfortable in the gym by instituting women-only access times six hours a week to accommodate religious customs that make it difficult for some students to work out in the presence of men.Men have not been allowed to enter the Quadrangle Recreational Athletic Center during certain times since Jan. 28, after members of the Harvard Islamic Society and the Harvard Women’s Center petitioned the university for a more comfortable environment for women.

Harvard Islamic Society’s Islamic Knowledge Committee officer Ola Aljawhary, a junior, said the women-only hours are being tested on a trial basis. The special gym hours will be analyzed over Spring Break to determine if they will continue, she said. Aljawhary said that she does not believe that the women-only gym hours discriminate against men. “These hours are necessary because there is a segment of the Harvard female population that is not found in gyms not because they don’t want to work out, but because for them working out in a co-ed gym is uncomfortable, awkward or problematic in some way,” she said.

Though the policy was in part initiated by the school’s Islamic group, Aljawhary said women-only hours are not a case of “minority rights trumping majority preference” and said women of different faiths have showed interest in the hours.

“We live together in one community, it only makes sense for everyone to compromise slightly in order for everyone to live happily,” she said. “This matter is simple: Can’t we just display basic decency and show tolerance and inclusion for people not a part of the mainstream majority?”

If this were a Christian group asking for special rights feminists and the rest of the left would be all over this. In fact, Harvard would never had even listened to the group much less institute such a discriminatory policy.

But, hey, this is the Religion of Peace so all bets are off.

Seriously, if Harvard men let this stand they have bigger vaginas than any woman alive.

Posted in Education, Political Correctness, Religion, Women | 1 Comment »

And I Thought They Only Hated Us After Bush Was Elected

Posted by TRO on February 26, 2008

Today is the 15th Anniversary of the Twin Towers bombing.  

No worries, though. I’m sure they’ll start “not-hating” us again after Obama is elected.

Posted in 2008 Elections, Politics, Terrorism | 6 Comments »