Observations and inanities by a second-shift assistant supervisor in the Puppy-Grinding division of the Evil Atheist Conspiracy® (our motto: "Sure it's cruel, but think of the jobs!"), your host, Brent Rasmussen.
Ah, yes, the religion of peace and goodwill towards man.
I was busy on Sunday with something else, so I missed this news item:
Christians clash at Jesus' tomb on Orthodox Palm Sunday
JERUSALEM - Dozens of Greek and Armenian priests and worshippers exchanged blows at one of Christianity's holiest shrines on Orthodox Palm Sunday, and used palm fronds to pummel police who tried to break up the brawl.
The fight came amid growing rivalry over religious rights at the Church of the Holy Sepulcher, built over the site in Jerusalem where tradition says Jesus was buried and resurrected.
It erupted when Armenian clergy kicked out a Greek priest from their midst, pushed him to the ground and kicked him, according to witnesses.
Gotta love it. Do these people have *no* sense of irony, or what?
Jim Downey
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An open letter to the citizens of Armenia
Dear deeply concerned citizens of Armenia,
Considering that prior to this incident the only two things that I could have thought of that are Armenian are The Money Train and Kim Kardashian, this dust-up has not lowered the standing of your nation in my eyes.
Please don't send your mafia to kill me.
Todd S. Sayre
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Well, um . . .
. . . thanks for those links, Sporkyy - no wonder they tripped the spam filter. ;)
I deleted the duplicate.
Jim Downey
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Where's Monty Python when you need them?
Seriously, this is a slapstick sketch that wrote itself. Can you just picture it? I think beating the police with the palm fronds adds a nice, lunatic touch to the proceedings, don't you?
Agree completely.
Seriously, I almost noted in the post that it seemed like some kind of performance art.
Jim Downey
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And the Beat(ing) Goes On
Wasn't it just last Christmas that a similar incident was reported on the wires? I recall something about the observance of territorial borders. These borders are important when it comes to keeping the place clean and properly observant. In addition, competition in housekeeping and proper comport provides fertile ground for "useful criticism" and "brotherly counsel." What I'd give to have observed the incident that ignited that squabble as well as this one! Like a fly on the wall.
At least the performance art is true to form and therefore not surprising. I wonder what kind of brotherly counsel that poor Greek priest was spouting. He probably deserves some kind of reward like, "Showing Brass Balls While Showing Them What God Wants Boy Howdy." Or maybe he was offering up some useful criticism to which the other brothers took offense? How about the award for "Making the Same Basic Error Once Again With the Faith to Endure Lack of Accolade and an Ass Whipping?"
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