TigerHawk

TigerHawk (ti*ger*hawk): n. 1. The title of this blog and the nom de plume of its founding blogger; 2. A deep bow to the Princeton Tigers and the Iowa Hawkeyes; 3. The nickname for Iowa's Hawkeye logo. Posts include thoughts of the day on international affairs, politics, things that strike us as hilarious and personal observations. The opinions we express are our own, and not those of each other, our employers, our relatives, our dead ancestors, or unrelated people of similar ethnicity.

Monday, January 15, 2007

Our friends the Saudis, Part, er, X

By TigerHawk at 1/15/2007 09:09:00 PM

The Saudis may soon ban the use of the letter "X" in the kingdom, "because it represents the mother of all banned religious symbols ... the cross."

First of all, the whole concept is asinine. Did you ever try to crucify somebody on an "X"? It really isn't the same thing at all.

In any case, you have to admire the spiritual confidence of Wahhabi Islam. Its most extreme adherents are so secure in their beliefs that they cannot even permit people to see a symbol that would be a cross if it were twisted at the junction and laid on its side. There's a practical creed. Imagine how tough it would be for Jews if in every "X" they saw a swastika with the little ends broken off.

MORE: Power Line got a few licks in this morning, "Does that include Malcolm X?"

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8 Comments:

By GreenmanTim, at Mon Jan 15, 11:37:00 PM:

Ah, but the St. Andrew's Cross, that which appears among other places on the flag of Scotland, Jamaica, and the most famous battle flag of the Confederacy, is indeed an X. The apostle in question was crucified on just such a cross. Not that this makes it any less asinine.

By Anonymous, at Tue Jan 16, 12:58:00 AM:

Isn't a lower-case "t" just as offensive (depending on your font)?

By Purple Avenger, at Tue Jan 16, 03:48:00 AM:

'X' was part of the Phoenician alphabet and Roman number system long before Christians even existed.

These people are morons.

By TigerHawk, at Tue Jan 16, 06:53:00 AM:

And, GT, what prep school did you go to?

By GreenmanTim, at Tue Jan 16, 09:46:00 AM:

It was indeed Delaware's finest, a little slice of Hogwarts dedicated to the aforementioned Saint., hence my otherwise inexplicable knowledge of the cruciform of his martyrdom.

By Anonymous, at Tue Jan 16, 02:24:00 PM:

"Christmas is also sometimes called Xmas. Some people don't think it's correct to call Christmas 'Xmas' as that takes the 'Christ' (Jesus) out of Christmas. But that is not quite right! In the Greek language and alphabet, the letter that looks like an X is pronounced 'Christos' and means 'Christ'!" - from
whychristmas.com

And there you have it! A little plodding around the internet, and voila'! An answer to those incrutable Muslims.

-David

By Assistant Village Idiot, at Tue Jan 16, 06:56:00 PM:

So they can't advertise Super Bowls. Proof that they will never be our allies. Screw 'em.

By Anonymous, at Tue Jan 16, 11:39:00 PM:

And that includes the X-MEN as well