Nov 112011
Will “Mecca Time” replace Greenwich Mean Time?
This is the stupidest idea I’ve read today. And sadly, it stands a chance of being adopted not only in the Dirt World, but also in the supposedly “civilized” nations, too afraid of offending the jackholes to tell them to get bent.
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Greenwich Mean Time became world standard after Great Britain became the world power British Empire
is Mecca part of a global power ? no
in fact the Islamic world look more than ever a “rag rug” of Dictatorship, authoritarianism, corrupt democracies and extreme fanatics
and it will take a long, very long way until the Islamic world will form a unified power
until that happen “Zulu” will be replace by Mean standard time of the New World power:
Beijing Mean Time
The concept of Mecca Time was described as “a beautiful example of cargo cult science” by PZ Myers in reaction to the news of the building of the Mecca clock.
Bingo. The entire Mohammedan world is an example of “cargo cult civilization.” Don’t expect me to look with admiration on a culture that views toilet paper as a suspicious innovation.
The comments are wonderful! I tried to leave a comment, but it said my address was invalid. Maybe the software was changed to accept only supportive comments?
I’m certain some countries will give serious thought to changing. They’ll do it out of fear of Muslim terrorism.
Hmm.. Typically tasteful fashion then!!
That photo makes it look like a really badly photoshopped joke.. I actually had to google around to convince myself it was not!
As Michael said, comments are fantastic.. My favourite:
“Mecca time will never replace GMT. We set it up. Live with it.
The clock tower is an excellent landmark for target acquisition.”
The article argues:
> Surely, there is nothing special about where the Greenwich Observatory is located.
and to those of us who are not muslims, there is nothing special about where mecca is located. The cleric who claims that mecca is in perfect alignment with the north magnetic pole should be asked if mecca’s location will move along with the north magnetic pole? But I don’t want to be the one to ask — he might be wearing a suicide vest. The point about Arab astronomy is also a good one: their time has come and gone.
The pope should take a hint and build a clock.
If this was April instead of November, this would make one great April Fool’s Joke.
They may be barbarians, but they have a unified non self hating culture going for them. That and the four wife thing and I predict a lot of feminist de-nutted western beta males are going to find the religion quite seductive. So laugh while you can, monkey boys. ; )