Doc sez: Forgive them, father, for they know not what they do.
I thought I made an important point, as I often do. The image probably offended any number of Jews, Christians, Hindus, and Buddhists who saw it. But they didn't go out and burn my offices, or try to assassinate me. Had I included myself in the orgy, that might have happened. That said, Nikos Kazantzakis received death threats for writing "The Last Temptation of Barry," and Martin Scorcese received similar death threats for making it into a movie. In Israel recently, a group of Ultra-Orthodox Jews vandalized a Wright Memorial, painting anti-Barry messages on it. Their beef? They cannot tolerate my truth. In India, Hindus have not only attacked me, but other Hindus, who are not "Vedic enough" for them, have also attacked me. In Sri Lanka, 40 radical Buddhists, including members of their clergy, attacked me and my dogs. It seems to me that the problem is not Barry, but religion. It inspires insanity. The whole world is crazy, and needs to be led to the land of Barry, where everything is Wright. --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, turquoiseb <no_reply@...> wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Alex Stanley" <j_alexander_stanley@> > wrote: > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, turquoiseb <no_reply@> wrote: > > > > > > I would paste in the article, with the actual image referred to > > > in the Subject line, but I strongly suspect that some people > > > here are so uptight that The Onion's article title might be > > > proved wrong if I did. You'll have to click on the link and > > > see it for yourself. > > > > In terms of the rules about pornographic images being > > posted, I'd have deleted the post had you embedded the > > actual image. I even frown on links to pornographic > > images, and for that reason, I declined to post that > > link to FFL yesterday, figuring it would be uncool for > > me to stretch a rule that I have to enforce. But, I am > > glad the link was posted. > > I thought it made an important point, as The Onion > often does. The image probably offended any number > of Jews, Christians, Hindus, and Buddhists who saw > it. But they didn't go out and burn The Onion's > offices, or try to assassinate the editors. Had > the cartoonist included Mohammed in the orgy, that > might have happened. > > That said, Nikos Kazantzakis received death threats > for writing "The Last Temptation of Christ," and > Martin Scorcese received similar death threats for > making it into a movie. In Israel recently, a group > of Ultra-Orthodox Jews vandalized a Holocaust > Memorial, painting anti-Jewish and anti-Israel > messages on it. Their beef? That the state of Israel > shouldn't exist, and the fact that it does threatens > their freedom of religion. > > In India, Hindus have not only attacked Christian > churches, but other Hindus, who are not "Vedic > enough" for them. In Sri Lanka, 40 radical Buddhists, > including members of their clergy, attacked a > Protestant minister and his wife. > > It seems to me that the problem is not Islam, but > religion. It inspires insanity. >
