They weren't meant to be funny...they point out the stupidity of saying that all of any country or religion is X when only a small percent are actually guilty of it.
------------------------------------ Three Ravens Consulting Eric Roberts Owner/Developer [email protected] tel: 630-486-5255 fax: 630-310-8531 http://www.threeravensconsulting.com ------------------------------------ -----Original Message----- From: Jerry Milo Johnson [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Wednesday, September 19, 2012 8:54 AM To: cf-community Subject: Re: Nice humorous take on hashtag #muslimrage I didnt find those paragraphs particularly funny. The Lady Gaga mention was humorous AND effective. On Wed, Sep 19, 2012 at 9:50 AM, Larry C. Lyons <[email protected]> wrote: > > Gets better a bit later on: > > Let's look closer to home. Monday was the one-year anniversary of the > Occupy Wall Street movement. It was marked by protests in a number of > cities. In New York City alone there were over 1000 protesters, with > 185 getting arrested. Do these protests imply that all Americans are > protesting? Of course not. > > And remember the Chick Fil-A Appreciation Day this summer, which was > held to support the fast-food chain amid a debate over its president's > opposition to same-sex marriage? It set sales records for the chain > and attracted over 600,000 supporters on its Facebook event page. > Would it be fair for a foreign news media outlet to report, "Americans > rage against gay marriage"? No. > > > On Wed, Sep 19, 2012 at 9:34 AM, Jerry Milo Johnson <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> "In Indonesia, a nation of over 200 million, several hundred people >> took part in protests. Just a few months ago, 50,000 Indonesians >> bought tickets to see a Lady Gaga concert before it was canceled. So, >> what does this say about Muslims in Indonesia?" >> >> Brilliant response. >> >> http://www.cnn.com/2012/09/19/opinion/obeidallah-muslims-rage/index.h >> tml?hpt=hp_t1 >> >> > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:355368 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
