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	<title>Comments on: Chief Justice of England: It&#8217;s shari&#8217;a time</title>
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		<title>By: Public Secrets: from the files of the Irishspy</title>
		<link>http://hotair.com/archives/2008/07/03/chief-justice-of-england-its-sharia-time/comment-page-1/#comment-1224910</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 07 Jul 2008 01:41:01 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;strong&gt;What part of ...&lt;/strong&gt;

First it was the Archbishop of Canterbury, and now the Lord Chief Justice of Great Britain has said UK law should make room for Islamic sharia law: The most senior judge in England yesterday gave his blessing to the use...</description>
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<p>First it was the Archbishop of Canterbury, and now the Lord Chief Justice of Great Britain has said UK law should make room for Islamic sharia law: The most senior judge in England yesterday gave his blessing to the use&#8230;</p>
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		<title>By: Christine</title>
		<link>http://hotair.com/archives/2008/07/03/chief-justice-of-england-its-sharia-time/comment-page-1/#comment-1223566</link>
		<dc:creator>Christine</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 05 Jul 2008 19:05:47 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>“There is no reason why principles of Sharia law, or any other religious code, should not be the basis for mediation or other forms of alternative dispute resolution.” Unless you believe in the separation of church and state. In this case it would be the Mosque of another country dictating UK law.
This is a great example of what generations of bad food and inbreeding does to a mind. That applies to the sharia fans too.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>“There is no reason why principles of Sharia law, or any other religious code, should not be the basis for mediation or other forms of alternative dispute resolution.” Unless you believe in the separation of church and state. In this case it would be the Mosque of another country dictating UK law.<br />
This is a great example of what generations of bad food and inbreeding does to a mind. That applies to the sharia fans too.</p>
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		<title>By: Skidd</title>
		<link>http://hotair.com/archives/2008/07/03/chief-justice-of-england-its-sharia-time/comment-page-1/#comment-1222850</link>
		<dc:creator>Skidd</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 04 Jul 2008 23:22:18 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;blockquote&gt;lexhamfox on July 4, 2008 at 6:10 PM&lt;/blockquote&gt;

Hi, sir.  I wonder if it&#039;s possible to debate anything without getting angry and vetting out personal attacks?  So many angry people on this site....

Do you understand what the Magna Carta is?  Have you ever read it?  Do you know it&#039;s history and the history of it&#039;s time?  Have you ever wondered why it was needed?

The Magna Carta had direct Christian influence in it&#039;s reasons for creating it.  It was penned to hold the kings to the very laws that they held other people to.  It reminded the kings that though they were top-dog down here, in the grand scheme of things, they were not TOP DOG.  God is.

Don&#039;t believe me?  Here is what it says in the number 1 postion in the Magna Carta:

1. In the first place we have granted to God,

The number one position.  See it?  It&#039;s God.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<blockquote><p>lexhamfox on July 4, 2008 at 6:10 PM</p></blockquote>
<p>Hi, sir.  I wonder if it&#8217;s possible to debate anything without getting angry and vetting out personal attacks?  So many angry people on this site&#8230;.</p>
<p>Do you understand what the Magna Carta is?  Have you ever read it?  Do you know it&#8217;s history and the history of it&#8217;s time?  Have you ever wondered why it was needed?</p>
<p>The Magna Carta had direct Christian influence in it&#8217;s reasons for creating it.  It was penned to hold the kings to the very laws that they held other people to.  It reminded the kings that though they were top-dog down here, in the grand scheme of things, they were not TOP DOG.  God is.</p>
<p>Don&#8217;t believe me?  Here is what it says in the number 1 postion in the Magna Carta:</p>
<p>1. In the first place we have granted to God,</p>
<p>The number one position.  See it?  It&#8217;s God.</p>
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		<title>By: lexhamfox</title>
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		<dc:creator>lexhamfox</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 04 Jul 2008 22:10:09 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Skidd,

Londinistan is a load of bollocks. So is most of your tripe. The kind of contract that the Lord Justice is talking about would be viable in most US courts as a form of contract yet you would not accuse the US Courts of being supine to Muslim sensibilities.

You say the UK is a Dhimmi state. If that is the case then why is the UK fighting in both Afghanistan and Iraq? Britain&#039;s foundation of law is the magna carta and the majority of priciples are based not on Judeo-Christian legal model butrather Norman and Saxon models.... that why they juries are so important in British Common law... find a jury in the old testament. How many laws from the Old Testament (not the ten but the couple dozen throughout) which are still codified and viable today. Britain and the British will never be slaves despite your ignorant froth. Yes... the professors, judges, and leaders have brains... you are the ignorant one.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Skidd,</p>
<p>Londinistan is a load of bollocks. So is most of your tripe. The kind of contract that the Lord Justice is talking about would be viable in most US courts as a form of contract yet you would not accuse the US Courts of being supine to Muslim sensibilities.</p>
<p>You say the UK is a Dhimmi state. If that is the case then why is the UK fighting in both Afghanistan and Iraq? Britain&#8217;s foundation of law is the magna carta and the majority of priciples are based not on Judeo-Christian legal model butrather Norman and Saxon models&#8230;. that why they juries are so important in British Common law&#8230; find a jury in the old testament. How many laws from the Old Testament (not the ten but the couple dozen throughout) which are still codified and viable today. Britain and the British will never be slaves despite your ignorant froth. Yes&#8230; the professors, judges, and leaders have brains&#8230; you are the ignorant one.</p>
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		<title>By: Skidd</title>
		<link>http://hotair.com/archives/2008/07/03/chief-justice-of-england-its-sharia-time/comment-page-1/#comment-1222594</link>
		<dc:creator>Skidd</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 04 Jul 2008 18:50:01 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>This English judge is a complete fool. This is how far along we are, folks.  Common sense and reason are being washed away. How many times have any of you read newspapers or watched news programs astonished at the ignorance of the leadership’s viewpoints? I scratch my head every day, astonished that politicians/professors/judges are so incredibly ignorant of the realities of our world. 

Diana West wrote a fantastic book called, &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.amazon.com/Death-Grown-up-Americas-Development-Civilization/dp/0312340486/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1?ie=UTF8&amp;s=books&amp;qid=1215189920&amp;sr=8-1&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;“Death of The Grown-up: How America’s Arrested Development is Bringing Down Western Civilization.”&lt;/a&gt; 

In it, she lays out an indisputable case showing that the farther America strayed from the Biblical principles we were founded on, the more juvenile, unwilling and unable we became in addressing anything of substance. The second half of her book shows that while America has become more addicted to the trivial things in life, Islam has gone IN THE COMPLETE OPPOSITE DIRECTION! They have become more adult, more willing to address problems head-on. She posits that we are ripe for take-over by the Jihadis because of our juvenile mindset. I highly recommend this book.

Another book well worth reading is, &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.amazon.com/Londonistan-Melanie-Phillips/dp/1594031975/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1?ie=UTF8&amp;s=books&amp;qid=1215190561&amp;sr=8-1&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;“Londonistan,”&lt;/a&gt; written by Melanie Phillips. 

Ms. Phillips shows the reader how England became a Dhimmi state. Lays out the entire process (which did not take long at all!). Her central point is striking: The only reason Muslims have become as influential and a “protected class” in England is because England removed the foundation it was built on. That foundation was the Judeo-Christian ethic. Therefore, with no foundation, new builders came in and built A NEW FOUNDATION. 

Luke 6:49 But he that heareth, and doeth not, is like a man that without a foundation built an house upon the earth; against which the stream did beat vehemently, and immediately it fell; and the ruin of that house was great. KJV

England refused to “heareth” and will now do the bidding of their new slave masters—Islam.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>This English judge is a complete fool. This is how far along we are, folks.  Common sense and reason are being washed away. How many times have any of you read newspapers or watched news programs astonished at the ignorance of the leadership’s viewpoints? I scratch my head every day, astonished that politicians/professors/judges are so incredibly ignorant of the realities of our world. </p>
<p>Diana West wrote a fantastic book called, <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Death-Grown-up-Americas-Development-Civilization/dp/0312340486/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1?ie=UTF8&amp;s=books&amp;qid=1215189920&amp;sr=8-1" rel="nofollow">“Death of The Grown-up: How America’s Arrested Development is Bringing Down Western Civilization.”</a> </p>
<p>In it, she lays out an indisputable case showing that the farther America strayed from the Biblical principles we were founded on, the more juvenile, unwilling and unable we became in addressing anything of substance. The second half of her book shows that while America has become more addicted to the trivial things in life, Islam has gone IN THE COMPLETE OPPOSITE DIRECTION! They have become more adult, more willing to address problems head-on. She posits that we are ripe for take-over by the Jihadis because of our juvenile mindset. I highly recommend this book.</p>
<p>Another book well worth reading is, <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Londonistan-Melanie-Phillips/dp/1594031975/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1?ie=UTF8&amp;s=books&amp;qid=1215190561&amp;sr=8-1" rel="nofollow">“Londonistan,”</a> written by Melanie Phillips. </p>
<p>Ms. Phillips shows the reader how England became a Dhimmi state. Lays out the entire process (which did not take long at all!). Her central point is striking: The only reason Muslims have become as influential and a “protected class” in England is because England removed the foundation it was built on. That foundation was the Judeo-Christian ethic. Therefore, with no foundation, new builders came in and built A NEW FOUNDATION. </p>
<p>Luke 6:49 But he that heareth, and doeth not, is like a man that without a foundation built an house upon the earth; against which the stream did beat vehemently, and immediately it fell; and the ruin of that house was great. KJV</p>
<p>England refused to “heareth” and will now do the bidding of their new slave masters—Islam.</p>
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		<title>By: Akzed</title>
		<link>http://hotair.com/archives/2008/07/03/chief-justice-of-england-its-sharia-time/comment-page-1/#comment-1222558</link>
		<dc:creator>Akzed</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 04 Jul 2008 17:59:54 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Apparently it has to get worse before it gets better.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Apparently it has to get worse before it gets better.</p>
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		<title>By: pueblo1032</title>
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		<dc:creator>pueblo1032</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 04 Jul 2008 16:12:49 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Any takers on bets for the MUSLIM takeover of ENGLAND??? 10 years 15, 20, or 50 years??? I don&#039;t think it will take 50, my guess is 15, the way they are going today. I hope the US of A is paying real close attention to this development from a high ranking JURIST in GREAT BRITAIN...</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Any takers on bets for the MUSLIM takeover of ENGLAND??? 10 years 15, 20, or 50 years??? I don&#8217;t think it will take 50, my guess is 15, the way they are going today. I hope the US of A is paying real close attention to this development from a high ranking JURIST in GREAT BRITAIN&#8230;</p>
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		<title>By: Jaibones</title>
		<link>http://hotair.com/archives/2008/07/03/chief-justice-of-england-its-sharia-time/comment-page-1/#comment-1222394</link>
		<dc:creator>Jaibones</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 04 Jul 2008 14:55:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>The simple truth is that the radicals in the colonies who declared independence from these twits were basically the forefathers of today&#039;s conservatives, decrying the ham-handed government nannies of London.

The Brit-libs are just a few decades ahead of our own dipshit liberals, and have been for two hundred years.  They are the role models of the Democrat party.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>The simple truth is that the radicals in the colonies who declared independence from these twits were basically the forefathers of today&#8217;s conservatives, decrying the ham-handed government nannies of London.</p>
<p>The Brit-libs are just a few decades ahead of our own dipshit liberals, and have been for two hundred years.  They are the role models of the Democrat party.</p>
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		<title>By: Pirate's Cove</title>
		<link>http://hotair.com/archives/2008/07/03/chief-justice-of-england-its-sharia-time/comment-page-1/#comment-1222275</link>
		<dc:creator>Pirate's Cove</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 04 Jul 2008 13:25:48 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;strong&gt;Muslims In Britain Should Get Their Own Independence...&lt;/strong&gt;

Fortunately, this is not happening in France, otherwise the Left would want to export it here to the US: Telegraph - Muslims in Britain should be able to live under Sharia, says top judge
Lord Phillips of Worth Matravers, the Lord Chief Justice, strong...</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><strong>Muslims In Britain Should Get Their Own Independence&#8230;</strong></p>
<p>Fortunately, this is not happening in France, otherwise the Left would want to export it here to the US: Telegraph &#8211; Muslims in Britain should be able to live under Sharia, says top judge<br />
Lord Phillips of Worth Matravers, the Lord Chief Justice, strong&#8230;</p>
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		<title>By: jake-the-goose</title>
		<link>http://hotair.com/archives/2008/07/03/chief-justice-of-england-its-sharia-time/comment-page-1/#comment-1222217</link>
		<dc:creator>jake-the-goose</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 04 Jul 2008 11:40:13 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;strong&gt;They still wear those freaking WIGS over there?&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;

The English - they are a funny lot!&lt;/em&gt;</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><strong>They still wear those freaking WIGS over there?</strong><em></p>
<p>The English &#8211; they are a funny lot!</em></p>
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		<title>By: Niko</title>
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		<dc:creator>Niko</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 04 Jul 2008 09:11:42 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Actually, what the Chief Justice suggests is racist.

Think about it: He believes that some people were born with Sharia DNA in them which they can´t even shake off after immigrating to the UK.

That´s the irony of the British Left. They believe they are distancing themselves from Britain´s colonial past, whereas in fact they treat Muslim immigrants as aliens who shall be put to a different (read: lower) standard.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Actually, what the Chief Justice suggests is racist.</p>
<p>Think about it: He believes that some people were born with Sharia DNA in them which they can´t even shake off after immigrating to the UK.</p>
<p>That´s the irony of the British Left. They believe they are distancing themselves from Britain´s colonial past, whereas in fact they treat Muslim immigrants as aliens who shall be put to a different (read: lower) standard.</p>
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		<title>By: entagor</title>
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		<dc:creator>entagor</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 04 Jul 2008 06:57:28 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Today at the superstore I saw a talking puppy toy. Press the paw and it sings 
&quot;This little puppy goes to market
This little puppy stays home
This little puppy has a biscuit
This little puppy has none&quot;

They changed the famous nursery rhyme from &#039;piggy&#039; to &#039;puppy&#039;, and changed &#039;roast beef&#039; to &#039;a biscuit&#039;

thus placating muslims and vegetarians at the expense of our cultural memories

I wanted to behead the puppy toy in culturally sensitive islamic style protest against the perversion of my traditions

Terrorism has payed off big time</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Today at the superstore I saw a talking puppy toy. Press the paw and it sings<br />
&#8220;This little puppy goes to market<br />
This little puppy stays home<br />
This little puppy has a biscuit<br />
This little puppy has none&#8221;</p>
<p>They changed the famous nursery rhyme from &#8216;piggy&#8217; to &#8216;puppy&#8217;, and changed &#8216;roast beef&#8217; to &#8216;a biscuit&#8217;</p>
<p>thus placating muslims and vegetarians at the expense of our cultural memories</p>
<p>I wanted to behead the puppy toy in culturally sensitive islamic style protest against the perversion of my traditions</p>
<p>Terrorism has payed off big time</p>
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		<title>By: Johan Klaus</title>
		<link>http://hotair.com/archives/2008/07/03/chief-justice-of-england-its-sharia-time/comment-page-1/#comment-1222167</link>
		<dc:creator>Johan Klaus</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 04 Jul 2008 06:53:46 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>The end of a once great empire.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>The end of a once great empire.</p>
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		<title>By: Kini</title>
		<link>http://hotair.com/archives/2008/07/03/chief-justice-of-england-its-sharia-time/comment-page-1/#comment-1222156</link>
		<dc:creator>Kini</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 04 Jul 2008 06:22:48 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>The weight of the wig is truly flattening the scalp.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>The weight of the wig is truly flattening the scalp.</p>
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		<title>By: landlines</title>
		<link>http://hotair.com/archives/2008/07/03/chief-justice-of-england-its-sharia-time/comment-page-1/#comment-1222150</link>
		<dc:creator>landlines</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 04 Jul 2008 06:14:19 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;strong&gt;The British judges always &lt;em&gt;looked &lt;/em&gt;like clowns...now they &lt;em&gt;sound&lt;/em&gt; like clowns, too!!&lt;/strong&gt;</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><strong>The British judges always <em>looked </em>like clowns&#8230;now they <em>sound</em> like clowns, too!!</strong></p>
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		<title>By: Tony737</title>
		<link>http://hotair.com/archives/2008/07/03/chief-justice-of-england-its-sharia-time/comment-page-1/#comment-1222097</link>
		<dc:creator>Tony737</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 04 Jul 2008 04:03:54 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I wish somebody would film a short video for YouTube showing a muslim cleric telling Bush to convert and submit the country to islam, or else. Then Dubya and the Secret Service all pull out guns and push the cleric and his buddies to the edge of a well. 

The mullah says &quot;This is madness!&quot;

Dubya says &quot;THIS IS AMERICA!&quot; then kicks him down the well.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I wish somebody would film a short video for YouTube showing a muslim cleric telling Bush to convert and submit the country to islam, or else. Then Dubya and the Secret Service all pull out guns and push the cleric and his buddies to the edge of a well. </p>
<p>The mullah says &#8220;This is madness!&#8221;</p>
<p>Dubya says &#8220;THIS IS AMERICA!&#8221; then kicks him down the well.</p>
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		<title>By: Beagle</title>
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		<dc:creator>Beagle</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 04 Jul 2008 02:49:44 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Islam is a powerful and relentless portable theocratic state.  Watching every major institution crumble rather than make any sort of stand for Enlghtenment values has become an intellectual death march.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Islam is a powerful and relentless portable theocratic state.  Watching every major institution crumble rather than make any sort of stand for Enlghtenment values has become an intellectual death march.</p>
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		<title>By: Scrutineer</title>
		<link>http://hotair.com/archives/2008/07/03/chief-justice-of-england-its-sharia-time/comment-page-1/#comment-1222041</link>
		<dc:creator>Scrutineer</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 04 Jul 2008 02:39:57 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Eugene Volokh had a good post on this subject a few months ago:
 
&lt;a href=&quot;freedom to contract&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;The Archbishop of Canterbury and Sharia Law&lt;/a&gt;

&lt;blockquote&gt;... it seems to me that the general presumption should still be freedom of contract, and contract that the civil courts will enforce. Generally speaking, people are better off with this freedom. True, no choice is ever completely free, but it&#039;s generally better have the power to choose (in light of all the pressures under which we labor) and be able to commit to others that this choice will be binding. If there are to be constraints on this freedom (e.g., that one can&#039;t make certain irrevocable and highly damaging contracts, such as selling oneself into slavery), they should be narrow. Again, I think that&#039;s very much the libertarian approach.&lt;/blockquote&gt;</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Eugene Volokh had a good post on this subject a few months ago:</p>
<p><a href="freedom to contract" rel="nofollow">The Archbishop of Canterbury and Sharia Law</a></p>
<blockquote><p>&#8230; it seems to me that the general presumption should still be freedom of contract, and contract that the civil courts will enforce. Generally speaking, people are better off with this freedom. True, no choice is ever completely free, but it&#8217;s generally better have the power to choose (in light of all the pressures under which we labor) and be able to commit to others that this choice will be binding. If there are to be constraints on this freedom (e.g., that one can&#8217;t make certain irrevocable and highly damaging contracts, such as selling oneself into slavery), they should be narrow. Again, I think that&#8217;s very much the libertarian approach.</p></blockquote>
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		<title>By: aengus</title>
		<link>http://hotair.com/archives/2008/07/03/chief-justice-of-england-its-sharia-time/comment-page-1/#comment-1222001</link>
		<dc:creator>aengus</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 04 Jul 2008 01:52:59 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;blockquote&gt;I’m sure the British people stand up and demand that their own laws will be upheld, they have all those constitutional amendments that let them do that…oh wait.&lt;/blockquote&gt;

I think you&#039;re missing the point.

The advantage of the British Constitution was always that it was unwritten and so it couldn&#039;t be challenged and dismembered by lawyers.

The advantage of the US Constitution is that its writers virtually set it in stone with no ambiguity so that it could not be misinterpreted by lawyers.

When liberals get a hold of a society they can and will tear it to pieces.

The fact that something happens to be written down rather than silently understood is not a real protection because the words of a document can be twisted to mean the opposite of what they actually mean.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<blockquote><p>I’m sure the British people stand up and demand that their own laws will be upheld, they have all those constitutional amendments that let them do that…oh wait.</p></blockquote>
<p>I think you&#8217;re missing the point.</p>
<p>The advantage of the British Constitution was always that it was unwritten and so it couldn&#8217;t be challenged and dismembered by lawyers.</p>
<p>The advantage of the US Constitution is that its writers virtually set it in stone with no ambiguity so that it could not be misinterpreted by lawyers.</p>
<p>When liberals get a hold of a society they can and will tear it to pieces.</p>
<p>The fact that something happens to be written down rather than silently understood is not a real protection because the words of a document can be twisted to mean the opposite of what they actually mean.</p>
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		<title>By: profitsbeard</title>
		<link>http://hotair.com/archives/2008/07/03/chief-justice-of-england-its-sharia-time/comment-page-1/#comment-1221987</link>
		<dc:creator>profitsbeard</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 04 Jul 2008 01:35:48 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>A little Shari&#039;a never hurt anybody.

(&lt;em&gt;Problem is, though, that there is no such thing as a &lt;strong&gt;little&lt;/strong&gt; Shari&#039;a Law, just as there is no such thing as a camel&#039;s nose under the tent not ending up turning into an entire dromedary in your lap&lt;/em&gt;.)</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>A little Shari&#8217;a never hurt anybody.</p>
<p>(<em>Problem is, though, that there is no such thing as a <strong>little</strong> Shari&#8217;a Law, just as there is no such thing as a camel&#8217;s nose under the tent not ending up turning into an entire dromedary in your lap</em>.)</p>
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		<title>By: wepeople</title>
		<link>http://hotair.com/archives/2008/07/03/chief-justice-of-england-its-sharia-time/comment-page-1/#comment-1221982</link>
		<dc:creator>wepeople</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 04 Jul 2008 01:33:05 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Outrageous.  Off with his head!</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Outrageous.  Off with his head!</p>
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		<title>By: Speakup</title>
		<link>http://hotair.com/archives/2008/07/03/chief-justice-of-england-its-sharia-time/comment-page-1/#comment-1221966</link>
		<dc:creator>Speakup</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 04 Jul 2008 01:20:08 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>This guys been snorting the powder from his wig to long.

After all nationalism is such a horrid thing, unless you bring it with you.

I&#039;m sure the British people stand up and demand that their own laws will be upheld, they have all those constitutional amendments that let them do that...oh wait.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>This guys been snorting the powder from his wig to long.</p>
<p>After all nationalism is such a horrid thing, unless you bring it with you.</p>
<p>I&#8217;m sure the British people stand up and demand that their own laws will be upheld, they have all those constitutional amendments that let them do that&#8230;oh wait.</p>
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		<title>By: WisCon</title>
		<link>http://hotair.com/archives/2008/07/03/chief-justice-of-england-its-sharia-time/comment-page-1/#comment-1221929</link>
		<dc:creator>WisCon</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 04 Jul 2008 00:57:06 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Londonistan, indeed.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Londonistan, indeed.</p>
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		<title>By: Maxx</title>
		<link>http://hotair.com/archives/2008/07/03/chief-justice-of-england-its-sharia-time/comment-page-1/#comment-1221884</link>
		<dc:creator>Maxx</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 04 Jul 2008 00:30:43 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Why is he dressed like Santa Clause?</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Why is he dressed like Santa Clause?</p>
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		<title>By: aengus</title>
		<link>http://hotair.com/archives/2008/07/03/chief-justice-of-england-its-sharia-time/comment-page-1/#comment-1221878</link>
		<dc:creator>aengus</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 04 Jul 2008 00:27:57 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;blockquote&gt;A non-muslim shouldn’t agree to having disputes settled in that way and probably won’t &lt;strong&gt;have a choice&lt;/strong&gt;.&lt;/blockquote&gt;

Fixed.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<blockquote><p>A non-muslim shouldn’t agree to having disputes settled in that way and probably won’t <strong>have a choice</strong>.</p></blockquote>
<p>Fixed.</p>
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