The foundation fo Jihad

i agree with mh_.

part of the reason why i love HN is because i don't have to expose myself to the ridiculous arguments that some people like to propose.

obviously i disagree with the andrewbostom.org's opinions.

i don't want that to affect perception of this comment, though. i don't see the logic in posting a political/religious article on HN. it offers nearly nothing to entrepreneurs or coders.

unless the entrepreneur is incredibly ingenious, i guess.

what in the world makes this a reasonable post for HN ?

I love pieces of work that are challenging and emotionally engaging. I even think that we have a serious problem in the world when one of the major religions can also be construed as a way to run governments -- Islam can be more like communism in this regard than any of the other major religions.

But this article sucks. It has no direction, no thesis, just a bunch of quotes from the Koran.

I think that wherever there is emotion -- politics, health, religion, sports, etc -- there is a chance for entrepreneurs to help folks. I could have handled the same subject matter with a spin on where startups might be needed, like distributed education or graduated secularization through social networks.

There are all kinds of cool and interesting places an author could go. But this author went nowhere except a rant.

Flagged.

Is it just me, or are we seeing a lot more fluff and smoke than we used to? (rhetorical question) I'm flagging more articles this month than at any other time on HN.