Do you find this a big deal?
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Do you find this a big deal?
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,583508...test=latestnews
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Muslim groups reacted angrily Wednesday after it emerged that the U.S. military is using combat rifle sights inscribed with coded Biblical references.
Army officials have said they will investigate whether a Michigan defense contractor violated federal procurement rules by stamping references to Bible verses on the gun sights used by American forces to kill enemy fighters in Iraq and Afghanistan.
The Washington-based Council on American-Islamic Relations on Wednesday said the continued use of the sights with the religious references would send a negative message to the Muslim world.
"The use of military equipment with hidden Bible references sends the false message to Muslims worldwide that we are at war with Islam," said CAIR Legal Counsel Nadhira Al-Khalili. "In addition, these sights are a potential recruiting tool for anti-American forces, endanger our troops and alienate our Muslim allies. They should we withdrawn as soon as logistically possible."
The codes were used as "part of our faith and our belief in service to our country," Trijicon said.
"As long as we have men and women in danger, we will continue to do everything we can to provide them with both state-of-the-art technology and the never-ending support and prayers of a grateful nation," a company spokesman said on condition of anonymity.
Army officials have said they will investigate whether a Michigan defense contractor violated federal procurement rules by stamping references to Bible verses on the gun sights used by American forces to kill enemy fighters in Iraq and Afghanistan.
The Washington-based Council on American-Islamic Relations on Wednesday said the continued use of the sights with the religious references would send a negative message to the Muslim world.
"The use of military equipment with hidden Bible references sends the false message to Muslims worldwide that we are at war with Islam," said CAIR Legal Counsel Nadhira Al-Khalili. "In addition, these sights are a potential recruiting tool for anti-American forces, endanger our troops and alienate our Muslim allies. They should we withdrawn as soon as logistically possible."
The codes were used as "part of our faith and our belief in service to our country," Trijicon said.
"As long as we have men and women in danger, we will continue to do everything we can to provide them with both state-of-the-art technology and the never-ending support and prayers of a grateful nation," a company spokesman said on condition of anonymity.
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QUOTE (grind @ Jan 21 2010, 07:02 AM)
Army officials have said they will investigate whether a Michigan defense contractor violated federal procurement rules by stamping references to Bible verses on the gun sights used by American forces to kill enemy fighters in Iraq and Afghanistan.
This is the part I care about.
It's the freaking military, not the place to push your personal agenda, regardless of what it is.
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If I was a soldier and my equipment came stamped with Christian phrases and references I wouldn't be too happy but what can you do about it?
Now, if I was a deeply religious soldier, I bet I'd want to get my equipment engraved or inscribed like that. I'm an athiest no doubt, but people put a real negative spin on christianity, like somehow christians aren't allowed to speak their mind. I don't really know much about muslim practices but I don't see why a muslim fighter wouldn't mix his religion with his weaponry.
I guess if it's rolling off the assembly line like it sounds, that company needs to be a little more aware of how the modern world and politics work. On a personal level I think a soldier should have the freedom to express his own beliefs on his weaponry.
Now, if I was a deeply religious soldier, I bet I'd want to get my equipment engraved or inscribed like that. I'm an athiest no doubt, but people put a real negative spin on christianity, like somehow christians aren't allowed to speak their mind. I don't really know much about muslim practices but I don't see why a muslim fighter wouldn't mix his religion with his weaponry.
I guess if it's rolling off the assembly line like it sounds, that company needs to be a little more aware of how the modern world and politics work. On a personal level I think a soldier should have the freedom to express his own beliefs on his weaponry.
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they're acting like it was written in glow-in-the-dark ink. Have any of you seen it? It looks like it's part of the model number. J3:16 or 2Cor5:8... not really easy to see. Freakin' ABC was making a huge deal of it. The maker of the sights said they've been doing it for several years and it was started by the founder, before the military contracts.
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thanks for doing the research for us. people will raise a stink over nothing just so their voice can be heard louder.
kind of like how in-n-out puts scripture numbers on their drink cups and fry boats. no one really notices and i guess a private firm can do whatever they want.
kind of like how in-n-out puts scripture numbers on their drink cups and fry boats. no one really notices and i guess a private firm can do whatever they want.
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If it was on there first, then if the military didn't like it they should have ordered them without the markings and paid extra to cover the retooling.
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No more Jesus rifles...
http://abcnews.go.com/Blotter/jesus-...ory?id=9618791
Trijicon, the gunsight maker that has imprinted Bible verse numbers on its scopes, has announced that it will no longer imprint the verses on the sides of scopes intended for the U.S. military, and will also provide clients with the kits to remove the Bible verse numbers from existing scopes.
http://abcnews.go.com/Blotter/jesus-...ory?id=9618791
Trijicon, the gunsight maker that has imprinted Bible verse numbers on its scopes, has announced that it will no longer imprint the verses on the sides of scopes intended for the U.S. military, and will also provide clients with the kits to remove the Bible verse numbers from existing scopes.
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Bible Verse Removal Tool
and about the In-N-Out verses... if the military stopped at In-N-Out on their way in/out of LAX, should they ask In-N-Out to remove the verses from their containers before providing them with the food?
and about the In-N-Out verses... if the military stopped at In-N-Out on their way in/out of LAX, should they ask In-N-Out to remove the verses from their containers before providing them with the food?
