Well, I guess it’s nice to know we all finally agree on something….
Even in a Fox News poll…
From Poll Watcher:
Since the rise of Islamic extremism, there has been a much-repeated belief that Muslim martyrs would go to Heaven and be rewarded with 72 virgins, although scholars have argued that this was a mistranslation of a word in the Koran that really meant “raisins.” But even if accurate, an overwhelming majority of Americans don’t believe that Osama Bin Laden will enjoy those pleasures.
How do we know that?
A Fox News poll conducted May 15-17 about the killing of Bin Laden asked the usual stuff about whether voters thought it was the best outcome and whether President Obama was taking the right amount or too much credit.
Then it slipped in this question:
Do you believe Osama Bin Laden was greeted by 72 virgins in Heaven or did he meet a more negative end?
(We suppose the “negative end” was having to make do with the raisins after a career of death and destruction and life on the lam).
Eighty percent said he had met a negative end and only 3 percent believed he was greeted by the virgins. Seventeen percent admitted they didn’t know.
Democrats, Republicans and independents, for once, were all in agreement: no virgins.
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