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Originally Posted by CaptainHaplo
Skybird - the private company made a product. Part of that product was a reference to Biblical Scripture. The Government decided to buy said Product after it passed specific reviews. No changes have been made to the product after the acceptancy by the Government.
Should the government not accept the product? Perhaps. But whether it does or not, punishing the manufacturer is unfair - because they did nothing wrong. The error was on the part of the government - not the company that makes the product.
They have every right to put a reference on their product if they wish. The government has (and had) the right to refuse to accept the product. The government did not excersize that right. Why is it the private company the one you want to be penalized by being made to "provide a full refund"?
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Like Letum already hinted at, if it would have been no bible reference, but a Quran Sura saying something about the beheading of infidels for example, this thread would see very different comments, I'm absolutely sure.
They tried to sneak in a religious agenda, and hid it to get away with it. And that should be taken queer - both of it. Some letters engraved into a scope is not the issue. The intention behind doing so - that is the issue.
Or what would some of you say if they had engraved some atheistic statement instead...? I know that some visitors in this forum would be pissed, and accept this bible reference only because they consider themselves as christian believers.
and then think about the thing itself: Christian religion understood as being representative for the teachings of Jesus - and tools of war and systematic masskilling. I mean I already have problems with priests blessing guns and bombs. Sometimes war cannot be avoided. But for Christ's sake - leave the Christ out of this human insanity. War is not what he has preached or legitimised.
P.S. I also doubt that the army has ordered "Rifle scopes model xyz with bible references engraved on them". If I would buy a spare part for my bike and find something like this, I would bring it back and confront them over it (as long as I have not bought it in a church-shop - whiczh is extremely unlikely
).