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Superheroes vs. the Westboro Baptist Church
sv_libertarian writes "They've faced down humans time and time again, but Fred Phelps and his minions from the Westboro Baptist Church were not ready for the cosplay action that awaited them at Comic-Con. After all, who can win against a counter-protest that includes robots, magical anime girls, Trekkies, Jedi, and... kittens?"
>>Religion needs put down, hard.
Religion has, historically speaking, been the greatest force for good our planet has ever seen.
Hitchens is a frothing moron who doesn't know the first thing about what he's talking about - his sole tactic is to sound British and snotty when talking about religion. I've watched several dozens of his debates online, especially with Dinesh D'Souza (who doesn't do an especially good job defending Christianity), and I've yet to see him put together a single cogent argument. Other than, I suppose, the fact that he'll sneer at you if you believe.
American Gladiator? I guess you mean some stupid reality show. I've never seen it, don't want to see it. I can't imagine that there is a "reality" show worth watching, from the little I've seen and heard.
Real violence? Yeah, I guess I can cope with it. It's the idiocy AFTERWARDS that's hard to deal with. As disgusting as the Westboro people are, even the ACLU would come out in their defense after they were shot down. The NAACP and every gay rights group in America would be condemning the guy who put Phelps down. Talk about your media circus.
As casually as you dismiss a stranger's "intestinal fortitude" - I figure you must be a decorated marine or something. I'll keep that in mind as I read your future posts, Drinky dude.
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>>Hammurabi would beg the differ. Christians didn't invent morals and moralistic laws
Didn't claim they did. It would be a very silly claim to make.
I was specifically talking about the notion of Universal Charity. Pretty much all human societies have a concept of Charity, which (besides being one of Glen Beck's three favorite words) basically means being nice to people, taking care of the needy, and so forth. Jesus said you should do all that, sure, but do it to *everyone*. This is the key and radical difference between Jesus' message and everything else. On one hand, we live in a Judeo-Christian society, so we don't even think about the fact we give free health care to prisoners on death row, or any of the thousand other ways the Christian ethic has permeated our society. Fish and the ocean and all that.
It's a lot more noticeable when you're in countries with out the same tradition.
>>You really like insulting, don't you?
Yep. =)
As casually as you dismiss a stranger's "intestinal fortitude" - I figure you must be a decorated marine or something. I'll keep that in mind as I read your future posts, Drinky dude.
My dad was the marine, he was in ATC. He's an asshole, and I don't talk to him. I'm smart enough not to enlist to spread American imperialism for a country which doesn't appreciate it, in a world which would likely be better off without it. I'm talking about the idiocy of advocating violence when you're not willing to engage in it yourself. Only a coward does this.
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The WBC effectively represent unvarnished, raw religion without the usual marketing hype, as do the Taliban.
They have helped promote everything they oppose! Good stuff. They begat the Patriot Guard to block their picketing at G.I. funerals, and motivated creative counter-protests in many places. I am grateful to such perfect superstitionists for their work.
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