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Charlie Hebdo: cartoon violence continues
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2015 Jan 17, 4:55pm 51,629 views 87 comments
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turtledove
2015 Jan 17, 6:03pm
So, no more talk about eliminating our tax exemptions.
Oh, the cracks begin to form already.
I'm an accountant. I can't help myself.
But you see, you need people like me. We push the envelope that slows the cash hemorrhage to your wallet.
Rin
2015 Jan 17, 6:09pm
The Chapel of Rin Worship has some very easy tenants for its parishioners.
1) The Father is Lord Rin Rockefeller the Great, unmanifested in the current dimension but ever present in spirit.
2) The Son is Rin; yes, that's me.
3) The Holy Spirit is the Rev Rin the Great, proselytizer of the greatness of the trinity.
It's very easy to join this organization ... donate a small amount of money to various legal brothels in Australia, Holland, Germany, New Zealand, Brazil, and Thailand, and you'll be given blessings.
Peter P
2015 Jan 17, 6:13pm
1) The Father is Lord Rin Rockefeller the Great, unmanifested in the current dimension but ever present in spirit.
2) The Son is Rin; yes, that's me.
3) The Holy Spirit is the Rev Rin the Great, proselytizer of the greatness of the trinity.
Are you a time traveller?
Peter P
2015 Jan 17, 6:18pm
Besides, we're an online church, brick and mortar is so old school.
But, but we need a private jet to do god's work!
Rin
2015 Jan 17, 6:33pm
1) The Father is Lord Rin Rockefeller the Great, unmanifested in the current dimension but ever present in spirit.
2) The Son is Rin; yes, that's me.
3) The Holy Spirit is the Rev Rin the Great, proselytizer of the greatness of the trinity.
Are you a time traveller?
The Father clearly is. The Son, however, is struggling with the multidimensional conundrums.
What's most important are those donations. When the Son arrives in let's say Rio de Janiero, he need to hear that Mistress Gisele has 5-6 hours of credits. And then, he can have his body slide with her, possibly a nightcap. And then, his blessings will be enormous.
turtledove
2015 Jan 17, 9:23pm
We push the envelope that slows the cash hemorrhage to your wallet.
But the tithe comes on a sliding scale. Besides, we're an online church, brick and mortar is so old school. You're also gonna have to deliver on my cholesterol too. This is a piece-work deal, darlin, you didn't think you were on salary? And BENEFITS?
How thoughtless of me... by "your wallet" I actually meant "my wallet." But look at how good at this I am, already. I was talking about how it would affect me personally, but I automatically knew to describe as an "us" thing. I should probably write the sermons. I could be the Peggy Noonan to your Reagan.
Strategist
2015 Jan 17, 10:36pm
So, no more talk about eliminating our tax exemptions.
Oh, the cracks begin to form already.
I'm an accountant. I can't help myself.
But you see, you need people like me. We push the envelope that slows the cash hemorrhage to your wallet.
But the tithe comes on a sliding scale. Besides, we're an online church, brick and mortar is so old school. You're also gonna have to deliver on my cholesterol too. This is a piece-work deal, darlin, you didn't think you were on salary? And BENEFITS?
Online church? That's a great idea. You can have confessions by text, and accept credit cards for donations.
Well, if you've been reading our other thread, you would know that sbh, PeterP, and I might be starting our own religion.
I could be your first convert. So what is the religion called?
curious2
2015 Jan 18, 12:13am
Devout Iraqis, showing your tax dollars at work:
The most unnatural act by far is organized religion. No other species pays a subset of its members to hold forth about invisible beings and their purported will. The damage can be observed in Forthood, who is trapped in a cycle of abuse that was inflicted upon him and that he inflicts now upon himself and others.
Pandering to Illegal immigration is the problem, not religion. The idiots that actually welcome unlawful entry into their country is the reason why the illegals never change once inside.
Y
2015 Jan 18, 8:10am
To win, we must encourage this type of behavior amongst isis.
Alter the rules a little to have them dig deeper...
Devout Iraqis, showing your tax dollars at work:
MisdemeanorRebel
2015 Jan 18, 9:14am
To win, we must encourage this type of behavior amongst isis.
Alter the rules a little to have them dig deeper...
Devout Iraqis, showing your tax dollars at work:
Goddamn Muslims... who ever heard of people hurting themselves in a religious procession on purpose...
(Holy Week, Phillippenes. A long Christian Tradition of Mass Public Self-Flagelation going back to the Middle Ages. Let's not forget making yourself a eunuch for the sake of Heaven before that, see Paul's Letters).
curious2
2015 Jan 18, 10:04am
Phillippines...
don't forget the crucifixions, with real nails:
Still, there is a difference, related to what Patrick pointed out about the founding texts. The Shia ritual involves brandishing lethal weapons; though causing self-inflicted wounds, the message is to show aggression and readiness to draw blood - even their own. The Christian ritual involves reenacting the self-sacrifice of the crucifixion. The Koran exalts the prophet's violence and conversion of infidels by the sword. The Shia are marching as to war, armed and ready to kill or be killed.
Peter P
2015 Jan 18, 10:12am
People riot over soccer too. Perhaps it is the team sport mentality.
Alas, most are too lazy to have an individuality.
Strategist
2015 Jan 18, 10:23am
These are all images of the American working-poor Republican voters leaving the voting booth.
If these wackos want more whipping I will be glad to help out.
curious2
2015 Jan 18, 10:32am
Pandering to Illegal immigration is the problem, not religion.
I haven't seen evidence to support that view, and the available evidence indicates the opposite. The Paris murderers were born in France to legal immigrants from Algeria. The lethal rioters in Niger were in Niger, and I haven't found any indication that they immigrated there. Several European countries have allowed substantial legal immigration; the Charlie Hebdo attack and others have shown, Muslim immigrants' children are at risk of becoming jihadis.
Peter P
2015 Jan 18, 10:39am
Abrahamic religions promote slave morality. This is why we have problems everywhere: poverty, violence, entitlement.
Unless we start worshipping strength, this world is not going anywhere.
This constant comparison to Christianity is mainly bs. Yes, for the 50000000000000000000000000000000000000 time, we had the crusades a big fucking long time ago and very rarely we still have Christian violence today, probably far outweighed by a lot of good deeds, and a limited number of self-flagellation and punishment, which I don't care about (for any religion) as long as you don't harm others. Comparing this to the active invasion and terror that has been going on for the past years makes the weak, morally self-flagellating, feminazied West almost deserve itself being conquered. At least we wouldn't have to look at feminists once they have to be completely covered. Guilt complexes get you nowhere fast and eaten alive.
Y
2015 Jan 20, 11:10am
No need for these tomato soup rituals.
The nice thing about nukes is no bloody mess.
( well, at least in the main blast zone )
(Holy Week, Phillippenes. A long Christian Tradition of Mass Public Self-Flagelation going back to the Middle Ages. Let's not forget making yourself a eunuch for the sake of Heaven before that, see Paul's Letters).
MisdemeanorRebel
2015 Jan 20, 11:26am
The Shia ritual involves brandishing lethal weapons; though causing self-inflicted wounds, the message is to show aggression and readiness to draw blood - even their own. The Christian ritual involves reenacting the self-sacrifice of the crucifixion.
The Flagellants aren't re-enacting the Crucifixion, though Easter is a popular time to "flagellate". They are practicing "Mortification of the Flesh" as an avenue to repentance.
The Shi'a are the ones slashing themselves with swords over the betrayal by the Sunni of Hosayn ibn Ali and the battle of Karbala. Hosayn was the "true" descendant of Muhammed, and should have been Kaliph in their eyes. However, Shi'ites aren't the ones responsible for 9/11, the Embassy Bombings, WTC #1, the attacks in India, etc. etc.
If anything, Shi'ites have their hands full dealing with Sunni oppression.
In any case, religion is stupid.
MisdemeanorRebel
2015 Jan 20, 11:41am
Can we just outlaw religion?
As well as Realtor's and NAR!
Man will not be free until the last Realtor is strangled with the entrails of the last Imam.
Strategist
2015 Jan 20, 11:54am
These are all images of the American working-poor Republican voters leaving the voting booth.
If these wackos want more whipping I will be glad to help out.
Nice of you to offer, but no need. They blame you already.
This is the thanks I get for helping mankind. :(
Tenpoundbass
2015 Jan 20, 12:00pm
Can we just outlaw religion?
When you outlaw religion then only the outlaws will go to heaven.
curious2
2015 Jan 20, 12:11pm
Shi'ites....
including Iran, comprise only around 10% of all Muslims, so it doesn't say very much to say that most suicide attacks are perpetrated by members of the 90% of Muslims who are Sunni. Besides, consider the cruise ship hijackers, etc.
I don't mean to overstate matters: the vast majority of religious people including Muslims don't become suicide terrorists, but our existing strategies for containing violence depend on assumptions about deterrence, and those assumptions do not apply in some cases. JFK said, "we are all mortal." Some don't agree, and so the rules that govern everyone else don't really apply to them.
Can we just outlaw religion?
When you outlaw religion then only the outlaws will go to heaven.
There has to be a win-win solution here. If these ppl believe they are going to eternal paradise when they die, surely we should not delay them.
I have noticed though that many people who swear up and down that they are certain of going to heaven, are also terrified of death and insist that we must also pay any price ("no lifetime caps!") to postpone the inevitable. There seems a strong correlation in fact. In contrast, atheist Mark Twain had the opposite view: �I do not fear death. I had been dead for billions and billions of years before I was born, and had not suffered the slightest inconvenience from it.� In other words, religion stunts people in the early stages of grief (denial, anger, bargaining), preventing them from ever reaching acceptance. Certain clerics have learned to exploit the anger and bargaining stages, indulging denial by offering eternal rewards in exchange for suicidal violence.
Strategist
2015 Jan 20, 2:26pm
Can we just outlaw religion?
When you outlaw religion then only the outlaws will go to heaven.
Dammit Captain, you are right. We will now need to send out the drones and bomb heaven all the way to hell.
curious2
2016 Apr 7, 11:14am
BTW, for anyone who forgot, the Islamic violence about cartoons in Charlie Hebdo followed similar violence about cartoons in a Danish newspaper, as told in this little story about a teacher who had been arrested for naming a Teddy bear "Mohamed"
Those cartoons set off riots across the Muslim world, and several dozen people were killed.
Omar Hassan al-Bashir, the president of Sudan, said in a recent interview with the television network Al Jazeera, “We in Sudan declared mobilization against the Scandinavians after the publishing of the offensive cartoons of the prophet.†He said the Sudanese people would not accept Scandinavian troops because of this.
His rejection of the Scandinavians complicates efforts to bolster the peacekeeping force with appropriate technical expertise."
curious2
2016 Sep 25, 12:53pm
State news agency Petra said Nahed Hattar was hit three times after the gunman opened fire outside the court building in Amman's Abdali's district.
The 56-year-old Christian was arrested on August 13 after posting a cartoon mocking jihadists on his Facebook account.
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Prime Minister Hani al-Malki ordered his interior minister, Salam Hammad, to summon the writer and to initiate legal proceedings against him after he shared the cartoon on the internet.
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In January 2015, jihadists killed 12 people, including eight staff, in an attack on the offices of magazine Charlie Hebdo in Paris.
The French satirical weekly had drawn the fury of Muslims around the world since publishing drawings of Islam's Prophet Mohammed in 2006.
Authorities in Denmark have thwarted attacks linked to the Mohammed cartoons published in the Jyllands-Posten newspaper in 2005.
The publication sparked deadly protests in some Muslim countries."
FuckTheMainstreamMedia
2016 Sep 25, 5:27pm
I went trap shooting the other day for the first time in 20+ years.
It was fun. I need some more practice after my shoulder heals up.
People that kill because someone posted an image are quite deserving of death.
Browning makes a really nice 12 gauge. I'm glad I live in the US and not Europe.
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"At least five people were killed on Saturday during a second day of unrest in Niger, as French citizens were warned to stay indoors amid anger in several Muslim countries over a Prophet Mohammed cartoon published by Charlie Hebdo this week."
[Update: at least 10 killed so far.]
The murderers in Paris were not exceptions to the rule of a supposedly peaceful religion. They were the tip of an iceberg. I have never heard of Christians rioting and killing people over a cartoon, but Muslims do so repeatedly. I am not endorsing any particular religion, but clearly one of the three Abrahamic faiths is more violently aggressive than the others: Islam combines Old Testament violence with New Testament proseletyzing. All three have been used at various times to advocate violence, but Judaism doesn't try to convert non-Jews and Christianity gave up converting people by the sword centuries ago. Even saying that Islam is no worse than Christianity prior to the reformation implies that Islam may take 300 years to tamp down to the level of Christianity today (where abortion clinic bombings are the exception not the rule).
#islam