It seems that some folks will get their panties in a bunch about nearly anything. Here's a story about a US weapons supplier who inscribes references to Bible verses on its equipment. (For example, one inscription is an eight-character serial number immediately followed by JN8:12, an abbreviation for John 8:12.) A small number of noisy people, including Mikey Weinstein of the Military Religious Freedom Foundation, have discovered this and are kicking up a stink about it.
I guess I have to give the complainers just a little bit of credit this time. Instead of making the usual complaints ("STOP SHOVING GOD DOWN MY THROAT*(#@)#%@^#&$&#@^@!"), these complainers are at least attempting to sound reasonable by citing their concern for the troops, arguing that having Biblical references on US military rifles could give militant Muslims (who already view their conflict with US troops as a holy war) the idea that the US is fighting a war against Islam.
Of course, if Mikey Weinstein really gave a rip about the safety of the troops, then he would have kept his big trap shut. (Honestly, I would have thought that the inscription is just a long serial number if I had seen it and knew nothing about it.)
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