Monday, April 21, 2008

Muslim call to adopt Mecca time

Muslim scientists and clerics have called for the adoption of Mecca time to replace GMT, arguing that the Saudi city is the true centre of the Earth.

Mecca is the direction all Muslims face when they perform their daily prayers.

The call was issued at a conference held in the Gulf state of Qatar under the title: Mecca, the Centre of the Earth, Theory and Practice.

One geologist argued that unlike other longitudes, Mecca's was in perfect alignment to magnetic north.

He said the English had imposed GMT on the rest of the world by force when Britain was a big colonial power, and it was about time that changed.

Ok, so let me get this straight, Muslims aren't happy enough, and now we all have to replace computer code and billions of dollars worth of other changes that would need to take place to give them some kind of religious woody?

Look, guys, I'm sorry, but we've had this time set up for hundreds of years, and I'm not about to change the way I do things, just to appease you.  If you want to do it in your own way, knock yourself out.  But to ask the rest of us to change to make you happy is just an invitation for people to tell you to go fuck yourself.

Go fuck yourself.

 

Travis

travis@rightwinglunatic.com

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