Friday, February 17, 2006

Weekly World News: "10 More Commandments Found"

The venerable Weekly World News gets all political in its provocative story of 10 more undiscovered commandments:

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12 In matters of business though shalt protect the rights of laborers, as Pharaoh shouldst have done. ("This is clearly a commandment to form workers' unions.")...

16 Thou shalt not elect a fool to lead thee. If twice elected, thy punishment shall be death by stoning.

17 Thou shalt not cry "fire and brimstone" during a large public gathering [HA!]...

"The 20th commandment is too worn away to fully read," Wul said, "but after 'Thou shalt not' the words 'war' and 'oil' were legible. It's still a mystery."

Scholars agree that it is too early to say how this discovery will change our society.

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