Reply #6: I am ashamed to say that I didn't denounce this e-mail openly.

[CBHagman]

An old friend of mine forwarded it from someone she knew. I had already read about Grover Norquist's moronic complaints about the stamp, and in response I'd gone out and bought the Eid stamps, including extras to send to friends of mine who love beautiful stamps.

I debated responding to the e-mail but couldn't come up with a reply that I felt sounded right. I simply deleted the crappy thing, to my great shame.

Anyway, if you go to the U.S. Postal Service website, you should be able to look into availability of the stamps. The post office has even advertised the stamps as part of their holiday stamps feature (a collage of Chanukah, Christmas, Kwanzaa and other stamps).

The Eid stamp is a lovely stamp, by the way -- deep blue background with gold script.

On edit: Those of us who went to school here in the U.S. spent most of our history classes learning all the different ways "Christians" killed Jews, Muslims and each other, from the 30 Years War to the Civil War, from the executions of so-called heretics to the Crusades. I don't think Christians have any right to lecture Muslims about bloodshed.