(2007-09-17) — Nobel laureate Bishop Desmond Tutu told CNN this week that the disparity between rich and poor causes terrorism, and that “unless the problem of poverty, or the problem of wealth, is solved, poor men will continue to hate Jews, strap bombs to their bellies and yearn to indiscriminately slaughter others while shouting ‘Allahu Akbar’.”
“We can’t blame the terrorists nor the teachings of Islam,” said the renowned South African cleric. “After all, ‘terrorist’ is just another term for ‘victim of an unfair distribution of goods’. I’m sure if I ran out of money, and lost my bishop job, I would naturally blame the Jews, fall in with the wrong crowd, and begin training as a suicide bomber. After all, we’re only human.”
Bishop Tutu said he “looks forward to the day prophesied by the Old Testament economist, Isaiah, when ‘Every valley shall be lifted up, and every mountain and hill be made low; the uneven ground shall become level…‘ In other words, when everyone has the same amount of money, nobody gets jealous, and nobody feels like exploding anymore.”
Noted terrorist and multi-millionaire Usama Bin Laden could not be reached for comment.
14 responses so far ↓
1 debass // Sep 17, 2007 at 5:39 am
God Bless America. I woke up early this morning.
2 camojack // Sep 17, 2007 at 5:53 am
I woke up early this morning.
Comment by debass — September 17, 2007 @ 5:39 am
So did Scott, apparently.
3 camojack // Sep 17, 2007 at 5:55 am
Sounds like a “good” Democrat, does Desmond.
(He probably wears a tutu… :lol:)
4 JamesonLewis3rd // Sep 17, 2007 at 6:11 am
The Punch Line is great!
5 onlineanalyst // Sep 17, 2007 at 6:27 am
When Usama (not to be confused with Obama) loses his terrorist job (for real or as a symbol), let’s hope that the world has not been leveled to the least common denomination of a Muslim caliphate, where every rug lies on a flat earth.
6 boberinyetagain // Sep 17, 2007 at 7:17 am
What a dumb idea.
Lots of terrorists drive their Mercedes/Lexus into the crowd. Usually they have an associate drop $thousands from a window first which guarantees a good crowd for the bomb.
Most terrorists have more than enough for themselves and their families. I have it on go authority that most blow themselves up to avoid taxes (instituted in most case by Jews).
Whiny little [deleted]…poor me! Just a front folks, don’t be fooled.
7 boberinyetagain // Sep 17, 2007 at 7:17 am
“good” authority??
8 gafisher // Sep 17, 2007 at 8:04 am
UBL still wants to get himself blown up, but his income level demands something more than the old backpack or vest method. A Daisycutter is much more fitting.
The same is true, obviously, of the 19 Saudis, all far, far above every poverty indicator, who fired the “Fort Sumter” shot against the WTC, thus claiming the title of the uncivil in this war against civilisation (sometimes shortened to “civil war.”)
In fact, monetary poverty appears to play no part in the issue; perhaps Mr. Tutu (who of course holds the same honor as his fellow Nobel laureate Yassir Arafat) meant to decry the problem of spiritual poverty among Muslims.
9 Ms RightWing, Ink // Sep 17, 2007 at 8:14 am
Gee, I thought the Palestinians loved eating gravel over goat cheese and walking around in the dust since, the way I see it, that is all they do. Is there a McDonalds in Palestine?
10 gafisher // Sep 17, 2007 at 12:40 pm
Ms RW — McDonald’s is in Israel but I can’t seem to find any in the area sometimes referred to as “Palestine.” Maybe that’s why they’re so angry!
11 its-just-me // Sep 17, 2007 at 1:42 pm
Who’s fooled?
We know the “poverty made me do it” excuse is phony…
It’s your comrades on the left of the aisle in DC that you need to be enlightening.
12 The Great Santini // Sep 17, 2007 at 6:41 pm
Who’s gone softer in the head, Carter or Tutu? Come to think of it, they’re kindred spirits.
13 Fred Sinclair // Sep 18, 2007 at 5:39 am
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Heirborn Ranger
14 mkfreeberg // Sep 18, 2007 at 6:39 pm
I think the Archbishop for starting this dialog, and there’s only one piece of information that needs to be added to it, all others being irrelevant:
What is Desmond Tutu’s bank account balance?
I don’t think I need to know anything else. Just that.
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