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activate the bowdler machines!
Apr. 20th, 2005 05:25 pmnote: 'families' = 'radical Christians'
the implication being that everybody else are just splodges of heathen protoplasm wallowing in sin.
Incidentally, I'm all for DVD players with parental controls... as someone who watched the edited-for-television version of The Blues Brothers and scratched my head in incomprehension, I know that this is only going to encourage kids to seek out filth... you know, more than they already do.
Meanwhile, the greatest headline I can think of right now, ever:
Faithful see Virgin Mary in underpass stain (CNN)
The pictures are awesome. They've built a shrine to a stain. And there are barricades to keep people back. From the stain.
I don't know. If I saw a stain on an underpass shaped like Falco, and I insisted it was a manifestation of his spirit so that he could show his undying love for mankind, I think people would be a little more critical. So certain types of insanity are sanctioned by society, up to the highest levels of power. Just in case anybody's wondering why I have so little faith in mankind. But at least I'm not this guy who lives in the holy city of Chicago.
You guys lose me when you get to the 'underpass' part. Or the 'tortilla' part, or the 'grilled cheese sandwich' part. Up until then, I'm like, "Manifestation of a deity! Great! Where is it?" And then I'm told it's in a tortilla, or in a stain somewhere. "So it's not a column of fire...? Or a gigantic eye in the sky? A comet, maybe? Hmmmmm. Ohhh, it's a stain. Truly God is great." Because I find myself immersed in stains all the time, and I don't feel particularly holy. Stains of my own making, too. Know my power and tremble! Oh, and 'underpass stain' sounds like 'underpants stain.' Heh heh.
Note that I'm beyond asking why a major news organization would run this as a top story.
the implication being that everybody else are just splodges of heathen protoplasm wallowing in sin.
Incidentally, I'm all for DVD players with parental controls... as someone who watched the edited-for-television version of The Blues Brothers and scratched my head in incomprehension, I know that this is only going to encourage kids to seek out filth... you know, more than they already do.
Meanwhile, the greatest headline I can think of right now, ever:
Faithful see Virgin Mary in underpass stain (CNN)
The pictures are awesome. They've built a shrine to a stain. And there are barricades to keep people back. From the stain.
I don't know. If I saw a stain on an underpass shaped like Falco, and I insisted it was a manifestation of his spirit so that he could show his undying love for mankind, I think people would be a little more critical. So certain types of insanity are sanctioned by society, up to the highest levels of power. Just in case anybody's wondering why I have so little faith in mankind. But at least I'm not this guy who lives in the holy city of Chicago.
You guys lose me when you get to the 'underpass' part. Or the 'tortilla' part, or the 'grilled cheese sandwich' part. Up until then, I'm like, "Manifestation of a deity! Great! Where is it?" And then I'm told it's in a tortilla, or in a stain somewhere. "So it's not a column of fire...? Or a gigantic eye in the sky? A comet, maybe? Hmmmmm. Ohhh, it's a stain. Truly God is great." Because I find myself immersed in stains all the time, and I don't feel particularly holy. Stains of my own making, too. Know my power and tremble! Oh, and 'underpass stain' sounds like 'underpants stain.' Heh heh.
Note that I'm beyond asking why a major news organization would run this as a top story.
