Re: What are "lights"?

Michilín wrote: 
On Sat, 29 Oct 2005 21:38:09 +0000 (UTC), "Ian Morrison"
<iomorrison@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:


"Michilín" <micheil@xxxxxxx> wrote in message
news:43639cff.10638297@news

Gannet... Tastes like duck crossbred with mackerel...
Fishheads stuffed with cod livers... Baby solon geese who leak a black
liquid, highly prized gourmet treats on Lewis...

"Solan goose", of course, is gannet. 


Good heavens! Imagine you, from the Central Belt and as you have so
often said, with no Highland connections, knowing that!

I think you are confusing me with someone else. I have never said that I
do not have "Highland connections". I would be daft to do so, because my own father was born and brought up in Inverness.


Perhaps I should have said "guga" instead of baby solan goose to avoid
confusing whoever it was you felt would be confused by what I had
written,

I did think it was highly confusing to write
"Gannet... Tastes like duck crossbred with mackerel...
Fishheads stuffed with cod livers... Baby solon geese who leak a black
>>>liquid, highly prized gourmet treats on Lewis...", thus implying that gannet and solon (sic) geese are different creatures.

"Guga" is not a synonym for gannet or solan goose, by the way.

Contrary to popular belief, there is no general Islamic prohibition
against alcohol - it is an invention of the more recent, and more
dominant, sects, particularly the Shia.



Sorry, old chap but someone's been pulling your leg. Still, to ensure
that you won't make that error again, let me explain how the
prohibition came about:

Koran commentators believe that Allah directed Muhammad  to reveal His
new rules for His followers slowly (over 23 years) rather than as one
massive reformation. So the first prohibition against alcohol cames in
the Fourth Sura (Chapter) called "An Nisa" (The Women), Verse 43:

I didn't mention the Koran, but since you are such an expert scholar on that subject I'll bow to your infinitely greater understanding of what it contains. My knowledge of it is so weak that I didn't even realise that it was written in English.

This is generally taken to be a warning that alcohol does not help a
people who ponder on Allah's plans to reach sensible conclusions.

I note that you have been consulting the Taliban over teh exact meaning of what is in that book. Perhaps you are one yourself?

However, a Banglasdeshi commentator currently resident in the UK is
trying to preach that this verse proves that Allah wants His people to
drink alcohol to help them ponder His words and reach sensible
conclusions about them.

I realize that you must have found this all very wearisome with jots
and tittles being questioned and mulled over, but in view of your
comments about the non-prohibition of alcohol by the Koran,

That's not what I said. I suggest you remove the red mist from your eyes and try reading what people write in future.

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Ian O.
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