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Politics

Brickbat: Which One Is Crazy?

Charles Oliver | 2.3.2014 6:00 AM

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A Pakistani court has sentenced Mohammed Asghar to death for blasphemy. Asghar, who friends say has been treated in the past for schizophrenia, allegedly claimed in letters to be Mohammad, the founder of Islam.

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  1. Snark Plissken   12 years ago

    How backwards can you get? I mean, they actually still write letters?

  2. Fist of Etiquette   12 years ago

    ...he suffered from paranoid schizophrenia and believed that the Pakistani and British governments were attempting to control him.

    Sounds like he was better off under Limey control. He should have stayed in Britain as Sunni Pakistan has proved itself to be a Shiitehole.

  3. invisible furry hand   12 years ago

    All I did was say to my wife, "That piece of halibut was good enough for Allah!"

    1. Doctor Whom   12 years ago

      Allah seeth what thou didst there.

      1. Snark Plissken   12 years ago

        First person? Nice callback.

      2. Free Society   12 years ago

        I didn't think Allah could speak much Middle English

  4. Ted S.   12 years ago

    Did Thomas Szasz believe in alt-text?

  5. RishJoMo   12 years ago

    Sometimes man, you jsut have to roll with it.

    http://www.AnonStuffz.tk

    1. Fist of Etiquette   12 years ago

      You really should avail yourself of the preview button.

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