Comments on: Appeals for calm over statue row

By: Adam

Adam — Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

South Park tonight was mandatory viewing, a517dogg.

By: PurpleSlog

PurpleSlog — Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

a517dogg you have the point.

Do you disagree with the point?

By: a517dogg

a517dogg — Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

It's setting the bar pretty low – after all, the chocolate jesus guy still had to take down his sculpture with the president of the Catholic League yelling at him “I hope you go bankrupt” and threatening to “cut off more than [his] head.”

Perhaps I shall write a post, the gist of which shall be:
“Look at us atheists – when we hear voices in our heads, we KNOW we're crazy.”

By: a517dogg

a517dogg — Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

What a nice, self-congratulatory post you have here. "Us Christians, we're nothing like those Muslims."

If I missed a larger point, please elaborate on it.

By: Adam

Adam — Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

Haha, very well done. We were just having a conversation at work comparing the chocolate and Obama Jesuses to the Muhammad cartoons.

You did leave out that the opponents of radical Christian Crusaders are applauding the courage of the newspapers who published photos of the statue and are starting a blog-based campaign encouraging people to 'Buy American.'

By: Mike

Mike — Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

I say we declare a state of emergency and close the borders. Pelosi can stay in Syria forever!

By: Dan tdaxp

Dan tdaxp — Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

Lady of tdaxp and I just finished watching a parody of Journey to the West [1]. The representation of Buddha casually goes beyond anything I've seen mocking Muhammad, or any pop culture (South Park, Family Guy, Dogma, etc) reference to Jesus.

Yet for the life of me I can't remember the riots in Burma, Cambodia, Laos, Japan, Tibet, Thailand, or Sri Lanka.

[1] http://www.greencine.com/webCatalog?id=5762

By: Dan tdaxp

Dan tdaxp — Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

Adam,

If the statue riots ever get over to the Middle East, I imagine that either

(a) it would provide yet another excuse for anti-American riots, or
(b) the Muslim world would, with heavy hearts, join with the Christians in condemendingthis latest Zionist plot.

PS: As you said [1], Bill Donahue is the Jesse Jackson of Catholics. Neither Donahue nor Jackson, however, have rioted over cartoons yet. Thuggish words? Yes. Actual riots? Not that I know of.

Mike,

How many points could the Muslim Brothers have scored with everyone if they had staged anti-Pelosi, anti-Ba'ath demonstrations throughout Damascus when she was over there.

(Of course, the demonstrations would be broken up by Baathi thugs, the leaders would be imprisoned or killed, and life would be generally miserable from them... but that wouldn't stop a second Pelosi trip, would it?)

a517dogg,

Not killing over cartoons is not self-congratulatory. It's normal. See the above comment on the lack of "Buddha Riots" following the release of Stephen Chow's parody of Journey to the West.

PurpleSlog,

Thanks for your contribution!

[1] http://themetropolistimes.blogspirit.com/archive/2007/04/04/why-bill-donohue-died.html