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Christians Still Bitching About Equal Treatment

01 Wednesday Dec 2010

Posted by Smaktakula in Culture, Religion

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AIDS, burning the Koran, censorship, Christianity, Christians, Coptic Christians, cowardice, double standard, First Amendment, GodBGone, Holy of Holies, hypocrisy, Islam, Jesus, Jesus of Nazareth, Koran, Mohammed, muslims, persecuted Christians, religious persecution, Smithsonian Institution, the Christ, The Passion

By Smaktakula

Christians--Unless You're Willing To Blow Someone Up Over It, We're Afraid This Doesn't Qualify As Offensive.

The Smithsonian Institution has agreed to withdraw a controversial art piece which Christian groups have labelled offensive.  Some observers are shocked at the speed with which the Smithsonian gave in to the Christians’ demands, especially after it was revealed that the evangelical groups had not made any threats of violence.

“Obviously, the Smithsonian jumped the gun,” said Lydia Blatt, spokesperson for the atheist group GodBGone.  “The Christian groups who supposedly oppose this art installation can’t be bothered to so much as threaten to punch a guard in the nose.  Really, how offended can they be?”

Others deny that the material is at all offensive.  “I regret that some reports about the exhibit have created an impression that the video is intentionally sacrilegious,” said Martin Sullivan, director of the Smithsonian’s National Portrait Gallery, of the video which depicts a crucified Christ covered in ants.

We Had No Idea! Something Must Be Done--And Soon!--About That Offensive Sign.

We must agree with Sullivan when he says that “the artist’s intention was to depict the suffering of an AIDS victim.”  A reasonable person would really have to stretch to imagine that a depiction of the Holy of Holies bathed in carrion-eaters could somehow be offensive.  That the dread disease has become commonly associated with the Christian Savior covered with ants at the moment of His Passion should be common knowledge to just about everybody.

Lastly, Sullivan added, “Look, this is a simple issue of the First Amendment, and needs to be put into perspective.  I mean, it’s not like we threatened to burn a Koran or anything.”

In The Interest Of Fairness, We Have Reluctantly Included This Picture Of The Prophet Mohammed (Peace Be Upon Him).

When Great-Grandma Is An Anti-Semite

08 Tuesday Jun 2010

Posted by Smaktakula in Constitutional Issues, Culture, Middle East, National Events, National Politics, People, Political Correctness, Politics, Relationships, Scandal, World Affairs

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ageism, anti-semitism, Arbeit Macht Frei, comical despots, First Amendment, free speech, Helen Thomas, hypocrisy, Iran, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, nuclear ambitions, press corps, scapegoating, senile old bag, Wir mussen die Juden ausrotten!

Helen Thomas apologized for exercising her First Amendment rights, but she’s still out of a job.    

WIR MUSSEN DIE JUDEN AUSROTTEN!

Why is an idea deemed heinous when voiced by a single, senile old bag, but excused away when expressed by the leader of a country with nuclear ambitions?  

I'm Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, And I Approved This Message

It’s Not Free Speech, It’s Arbeit Macht Frei Speech: FOXNews.com – Helen Thomas Apologizes for Saying Jews Should ‘Get the Hell Out of Palestine’.    

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Slain Wrestling Star’s Family Can Sue Hustler Over Nude Photos

04 Thursday Mar 2010

Posted by Smaktakula in Constitutional Issues, Crime, Drugs, Justice, National Events, Reality Television, Sports, Television

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14th Amendment, 1st Amendment, anabolic steroids, Chris Benoit, First Amendment, Fourteenth Amendment, Hustler, Larry Flynt, Mark Samansky, murder-suicide, Nancy Benoit, nude photos, pornography, slain wrestling star, wrestler

Cretinous pornographer Larry Flynt’s publication, already an unlikely champion of the 1st Amendment, finds itself embroiled in another constitutional issue.

I’m no lawyer–you’ll have to decide for yourselves who’s in the right. 

What I do know is that if the pictures weren’t good enough to find their way into Flynt’s protien-plastered gash gallery before the unfortunate woman’s murder, a horrible death won’t make them any sexier.

Read the story that’s brimming with ick: Justices: Slain wrestling star’s family can sue Hustler over nude pics – CNN.com.

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From American Thinker: What’s Wrong with Retarded?

05 Friday Feb 2010

Posted by Smaktakula in Political Correctness, Politics

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American Thinker, First Amendment, free speech, language, Political Correctness, retard, retarded

I think that the word retarded can be appropriate when describing people with mental handicaps, although I don’t use the term given the negative connotations it engenders with many people.  That said, the appellation, retard, is particularly odious.

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Here’s the article:  American Thinker: What’s Wrong with ‘Retarded’?.

Our Lady Of Nothing Better To Do

05 Friday Feb 2010

Posted by Smaktakula in Constitutional Issues, Politics, Religion

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athiesm, Christianity, First Amendment, Freedom From Religion Foundation, Haiti, Malcolm X, Martin Luther King Jr., Mother Teresa, Nation of Islam, Separation of church and state, Stamps

By Smaktakula

It’s fortunate we live in an age of such relative affluence and comfort that groups like the Freedom From Religion Foundation can devote some measure of their manufactured indignity in such ridiculous pursuits as the Mother Teresa Stamp Controversy.

Americans who understand their First Amendment rights know that the government has no place endorsing a particular religion.  Largely, this is an issue which is not in debate.  What is in debate is whether including Mother Teresa on a US stamp is tantamount to endorsing a religion.

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