Comments on: Thursday February 2, 2006

By: osubeth

osubeth — Thu, 16 Feb 2006 05:35:00 +0000

i’ve been out of the blog loop for a bit…what gets me about this whole thing is that they are reacting to (partially) the Prophet being depicted as a terrorist, by committing acts of terror. do any muslims see the irony in that?

By: runningnoodle

runningnoodle — Tue, 07 Feb 2006 02:09:00 +0000

this actually made headline news due to the violence that has erupted over it. seriously people.

By: runningnoodle

runningnoodle — Sat, 04 Feb 2006 06:10:00 +0000

so would this mean youre open to seeing the last temptation of Christ? or Brokeback mountain? or any other controversial film that may depict something you have an idea about, differently?

By: basementdweller

basementdweller — Sat, 04 Feb 2006 02:23:00 +0000

nice to see you in person last night…

By: missmellow

missmellow — Sat, 04 Feb 2006 00:14:00 +0000

I agree that we should all learn to laugh at ourselves a bit. I don’t think the Muslim world (at least the ones depicted protesting, etc) are ready for that however. They’ve never had to. I was thinking about how I would try and explain to someone that, while you love and respect the deity your worship, one can still appreciate things that do seem ridiculous to the outside world..In America, seeing Christianity made fun of is so commonplace, and we even do it in our own little Christian circles. So different…

By: sillogizomai

sillogizomai — Fri, 03 Feb 2006 23:38:00 +0000

good stuff. and regulargoy’s comments too. Makes me wonder – is satire a world-wide communication technique? How about through the ages? Hmmm. That would make a very interesting cultural study.

By: maggie4chr1st

maggie4chr1st — Fri, 03 Feb 2006 20:37:00 +0000

Awesome picture of Jesus! Heck yeah!

By: XA_NMSU

XA_NMSU — Fri, 03 Feb 2006 10:42:00 +0000

Good perspective. Satire is good because it makes us take a look at ourselves from outside our normal perspective.

I liked “Saved” because it pretty much hit the nail on the head for me (although I didn’t care for the ultimate message in the end, but that’s a whole other comment). The sad realization I came to watching “Saved” was that there is a little bit of Hilary Faye in all of us.

By: SuedeKnight

SuedeKnight — Fri, 03 Feb 2006 00:34:00 +0000

That is one thing that I still like about South Park, though I’m not nearly as fanatical about it as I was back in the day, is that it hits on angles of issues that are not expressed by the “powers that be” or whatever. Those angles still exist and they do make some very good points. Even outside of South Park, I’m okay with hearing another opinion of something I believe, as long as there’s a basic understanding. One reason I don’t care for George Carlin’s newer stuff (ie-religious attacks) is that he sounds like a complete, if I may use the word, dumbass in the process. The idea of separating murders, crazy people, drug addicts, and rapists into four states and fencing them off, I still find funny. Heck, I feel slightly tempted to support it if it came up, though realistically I don’t think I could.
So basically, if you’re going to kid about something I know or believe in, know what you’re talking about. You can’t write a realistic paper about the life of Spuds MacKensie unless you know and have a general idea of who and what Spuds MacKensie is and what Spuds stood for.
And if you don’t know who Spuds MacKensie is, look it up and you’ll get my point of this rant!

By: sherylshearer

sherylshearer — Thu, 02 Feb 2006 23:59:00 +0000

well said.