--- In [email protected], "shempmcgurk" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- In [email protected], anon_astute_ff <no_reply@> > wrote: > > > > Many cultures have sacred symbols, or sinful acts -- that often > seem > > trivial to other cultures. Creating an image of Mohammad -- in > Islam > > is one of the latter. Seems odd to many christians. Hey its just a > > cartoon. But let the same see a US flag burned, and they are ready > to > > nuke the perpetrators. Another culture says, its just a piece of > > cloth, why the fuss? > > > > In Norway, as I recall, its an intolerable crime to insult the > king, > > even as a joke.. More so in Thailand as I recall, where you can > get > > into serious trouble by doing so. Hard for Americans to "get" > that -- > > they joke about the royal family in UK and elsewhere all the time - > - > > seeing kings as antiquated throwbacks of tyranny. > > > > But damn, mess with that flag -- or say something unholy about > Jesus > > -- and your ass is fried. > > > > > Not true. > > I thought that burning the flag was constitutionally protected. > > It pisses many people off when it happens but they don't kill you > over it. > > As for Jesus, well, I don't know where you've been for the past 30 > years...Ole' JC is raked over the coals in the USA on a daily basis. > > Piss Christ is not an isolated incident...
"Piss Christ" did not rake ol' JC over the coals, nor was Chris Ofili's gorgeous "Holy Virgin Mary" an insult to the Blessed Mother; to the contrary. Both artists received death threats. ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> Join modern day disciples reach the disfigured and poor with hope and healing http://us.click.yahoo.com/lMct6A/Vp3LAA/i1hLAA/UlWolB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> To subscribe, send a message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Or go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ and click 'Join This Group!' Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
