@guywithlibrary It's like, what percentage of the US adult male population habitually uses nicotine and alcohol? Probably 60-70% at least. Khat is gross and worse for your health, but it's no excuse to dehumanize and manufacture consent for war.
@hardflics@JohnTcena70614 Aspects of cultures, yes. But when you have something so explicitly anti Christian as Muslim calligraphy, I don't think it appropriate to put it in a Christian context, as anyone looking at this without knowing would think the person who displays this is Muslim
@hardflics id need to see some evidence that Arab Christians have adopted this broadly and that they actually approve of this as a group. I have a feeling they don't want to be associated with Islam, especially through Islamic "art"
“The just man, in this situation will be whipped, stretched on the rack, put in chains, have his eyes burned out, and finally, after every extremity of suffering, he will be crucified.”
— Plato, The Republic, Book II, 362a