>Is there historical context for what seems to be indiscriminate vengeance? Of course there is, and such Biblical passages are read and considered every day by clerics and other believers who would not dream of applying such behaviors today. But if it's OK to uncritically snip sections of Koran to "prove" a modern basis of violence, it has to be OK from the Bible as well. In which case some people need to review the Bible's commentary about casting the first stone.

Isn't the privilege reserved to those who live in glass houses?