<<I think Weinstein is disengenuous, he says he is worried that this is a bad message for the Islamic world to hear , but he is makeing sure that they hear it. >>
You've got to be kidding. If it weren't for Weinstein, the Islamic world would never hear of this? Why, does al Qaeda subscribe to Weinstein's blog? Do the Taliban sign up for his tweets? What world or what planet do you live on anyway? It's a helluva lot more likely that one or more so-called "terrorists" will get his hands on one of those rifles, examine the scope and either figure it out for himself, or, more likely, hand it over to someone who can, than that they will ever get the news from Weinstein.
<<I think a riflescope company has the right to decorate their scopes any way they please, and if the customer doesn't like it they can buy other riflescopes.>>
Absolutely, I agree with you, but the scopes aren't theirs anymore once they're sold to the U.S. government and at that point they become Government Issue property for use by all Federal Employees if it's in their job description. Unless you can show me where the Federal Government runs an all-Christian, Bible-believing army, you should be able to explain how tools of the trade, furnished in the workplace to Muslim, Jewish, Hindu, Buddhist, atheist, agnostic and Christian Federal employees, all come emblazoned with the symbol of Christian faith and yet don't violate the First Amendment prohibition against the establishment of a religion.
Furthermore, I'd be very surprised if the procurement contract specified Christian slogans to be etched onto the scopes, or if the prototypes or samples included any of that crap. The Feds would not only be within their rights, IMHO they have a positive duty to cancel the contract or insist that the manufacturer replace all defaced scopes with clean ones at its own expense.
Quite apart from the Constitutional issue, there is the simple fact that with or without Weinstein's assistance, the targets of those scopes are inevitably going to find out for themselves what the infidel invaders have written on the scopes that are used to target and kill Muslims, and if you think that won't give them a big propaganda PR bonanza, you are dead wrong. It'll look even worse for the Muslim soldiers of the Amerikkkan puppet armies if it becomes known (as it now has) that they are targeting brother Muslims in scopes bearing infidel religious slogans. Please try to see these considerations from a real-world perspective just this once.
<<Hideing scriptures like Easter eggs isn't really common , but how much effort is it worth to prevent?>>
Lots. How much effort goes into trying to convince Muslim victims of your aggression that (a) you come in peace (LMFAO) and (b) that your invasions of Muslim lands and your support of Israel aren't really part of any anti-Muslim Crusade? The question you should be asking yourself is, if the manufacturer really has the right to inscribe his own religious beliefs on items that are made to be sold to the U.S. military, and if there's really nothing wrong with any of this, then why do they have to be hidden like Easter eggs in the first place?
