>> Political correctness run amok, or the church trying in vain to save itself?
>
> "Blasphe-me, blasphe-you, blasphe-ev'ryone!" - eDDie iZZard, Dress to Kill.
"Now, *no one* is to stone *anyone*, until I blow this whistle! Even
if, and I want to make this absolutely clear, even if they do say
J
> Political correctness run amok, or the church trying in vain to save itself?
"Blasphe-me, blasphe-you, blasphe-ev'ryone!" - eDDie iZZard, Dress to Kill.
--
will
"If my life weren't funny, it would just be true;
and that would just be unacceptable."
- Carrie Fisher
~~~
Political correctness run amok, or the church trying in vain to save itself?
"The new criminalization of blasphemy is not a return to the pious
past, but rather is underpinned by a very modern suspicion of
offensiveness."
http://www.spiked-online.com/index.php/site/ar
true. USA Today has a spread pro/con on the editorial page today. Of course,
being who they are, they gave greater weight to the Muslims are unreasonable
side, but some good points were made in both articles.
>Everyone is quite aware that the days of Christian violence are
>supposedly over...w
Everyone is quite aware that the days of Christian violence are
supposedly over...well...if you discount the whole Catholic-Protestant
riots and terrorist acts I guess.
Again, I don't know anyone who has defended or supported the violence,
so what is there to debate about that?
~~
Well here's a site with a bunch of jesus sacrilege but I haven't heard of riots.
http://www.loljesus.com NWS!!
On 2/8/06, Jerry Johnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Oh, there is plenty of blasphemy every day. I was trying to find an
> example where blasphemy against Ch
On 2/7/06, Jerry Johnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Oh, there is plenty of blasphemy every day. I was trying to find an
> example where blasphemy against Christ caused Christians to lash out
> with violence in a similar way to what we are seeing this week from
> the Muslim worl
Oh, there is plenty of blasphemy every day. I was trying to find an
example where blasphemy against Christ caused Christians to lash out
with violence in a similar way to what we are seeing this week from
the Muslim world.
On 2/8/06, dana tierney <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I've b
I've been meaning to give that a thorough read, instead of the quick skim it
got the other night.
As for blasphemy, what about that whole "Catholics need to quit worshipping
idols" thing we had a while back?
>The release of The Last Temptation of Christ resulted in deat
I know this is a little beside the topic but...this was an awesome book.
I didn't care much for the movie, but the Kazanstakis novel is a terrific
read.
> The release of The Last Temptation of Christ resulted in death threats
> against director Martin Scorsese and one incident in France of
The release of The Last Temptation of Christ resulted in death threats
against director Martin Scorsese and one incident in France of a
cinema showing the movie being attacked with molotov cocktails,
injuring thirteen people, four of whom were burned severely.
This is a pretty good read:
http://en
>Warner Bros. has gone off the deep end. They've redone the classic cartoon
>characters into something that looks like it belongs in a scary dark alley.
>http://www.nypost.com/commentary/22021.htm
>
>I know. They're doing it for the money. Screw quality.
Harry Shearer (The Simpsons) was on Countd
Michael Dinowitz wrote:
> Warner Bros. has gone off the deep end. They've redone the classic cartoon
> characters into something that looks like it belongs in a scary dark alley.
> http://www.nypost.com/commentary/22021.htm
>
> I know. They're doing it for the money. Screw quality.
WTF???
I th
It just shows that the people who are making the decision are doing it
for the bottom line, no artistic considerations are given. They are
simple trading on the names.
larry
On Thu, 17 Feb 2005 17:58:26 -0500, Michael Dinowitz
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Warner Bros. has gone off the deep end.
; -Original Message-
> From: Michael Dinowitz [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Sent: Thursday, February 17, 2005 5:58 PM
> To: CF-Community
> Subject: Blasphemy
>
> Warner Bros. has gone off the deep end. They've redone the classic cartoon
> characters into something that lo
Yeah, this pisses me off. Some of the best characters in the world, and they
are changing them.
-Original Message-
From: Michael Dinowitz [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Thursday, February 17, 2005 5:58 PM
To: CF-Community
Subject: Blasphemy
Warner Bros. has gone off the deep end
WTF??? Thats all I have...WTF
Adam H
On Thu, 17 Feb 2005 17:58:26 -0500, Michael Dinowitz
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Warner Bros. has gone off the deep end. They've redone the classic cartoon
> characters into something that looks like it belongs in a scary dark alley.
> http://www.nypost
Warner Bros. has gone off the deep end. They've redone the classic cartoon
characters into something that looks like it belongs in a scary dark alley.
http://www.nypost.com/commentary/22021.htm
I know. They're doing it for the money. Screw quality.
~
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