Taliban To Impose Media Ban On Images Of Living Things. - eviltoast
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        See, that’s what we need to settle the debate about the biological status of viruses. A fatwa.

        Maybe they can decide between tabs and spaces next.

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      Ah yes, I guess we better execute him, the whole thing smells fishy, like an attempt to oppose authority.

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          Get them - err, I mean get that thing which may or may not be a person… but, if they are currently a person, I’m sure it’s just a very temporary condition.

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          What if my own blasphemous eyes and mind keep creating images of living things?

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          Goddammit I’m just trying to keep us safe from immorality! Or worse questioning authority. 😋

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            “Keeping us safe”, yeah, sure. Squad, this one. Also the one above. And the fellow below, too. Goddamn infidels, destroying our lovely… Uh, lovely… Lovely love for living in the present, yes! Just as the prophet would’ve wanted!

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      Bacteria, spores, and other microscopic life are in every picture taken of the natural world at a minimum.