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post #251 of 268
9/11/10 at 10:30pm
The profile pictures seriously take this shit over the top.

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post #252 of 268
9/11/10 at 10:34pm
The pictures do make it crazier and kinda funnier, but also make me angrier, like seeing the face that goes with the words just gives me something specific to want to slap.
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post #253 of 268
9/11/10 at 10:35pm
I guess he's operating under the assumption that all the victims were Christians.
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post #254 of 268
9/11/10 at 10:37pm
I just like the idea of a blustery shitbag neo-con who goes home and posts on his FB account with a display picture of him shirtless with his awful tattoos and his cat.
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post #255 of 268
9/11/10 at 10:39pm
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I just like the idea of a blustery shitbag neo-con who goes home and posts on his FB account with a display picture of him shirtless with his awful tattoos and his cat.
I see he operates under the Danny McBride in OBSERVE AND REPORT theory of tattoo choice and placement.
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post #256 of 268
9/11/10 at 10:50pm
Those openbook links are really, bloody terrifying...as are the crimes against grammar
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post #257 of 268
9/11/10 at 10:53pm
"God offal" is almost better than the tattoos/cat combo.
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post #258 of 268
9/11/10 at 10:56pm
The cat shows his sensitive side dammit!
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post #259 of 268
9/11/10 at 11:04pm
But yeah, after reading all of these, I can't really blame other folks for hating us now.
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post #260 of 268
9/11/10 at 11:54pm
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The profile pictures seriously take this shit over the top.
"God Offal Day" sounds like the name of an indie band.

Thanks for the third link, Jake. I hadn't felt like punching many people today, and your link helped me fill my hatred quota.
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post #261 of 268
9/12/10 at 12:20am
Hmm, dude looks like Ray Stevenson gone to pot.
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post #262 of 268
9/12/10 at 12:31am
Thanks a lot, Jake! (that was angry sarcasm)

That site is addictive as hell. I've been searching random words like crazy and laughing up a storm.
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post #263 of 268
9/12/10 at 2:48am
God Offal? What a delicacy!
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post #264 of 268
9/17/10 at 1:44pm
Students participate in prayer service during mosque field trip, world promptly ends.

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Wellesley’s school superintendent apologized yesterday for allowing middle school pupils to participate in a prayer service during a field trip to a Roxbury mosque last spring.

The apology to parents was made after a group that has been critical of Islamic Society of Boston Community Center — New England’s largest mosque and Muslim cultural center — released a 10-minute video featuring footage of Wellesley pupils bowing their heads during a prayer service.

The group, Americans for Peace and Tolerance, received the footage from a mother of one of the pupils, its director, Dennis Hale, said yesterday. The woman, whom they would not identify, went on the May 27 trip as a chaperone for her son’s sixth-grade class, he said.

Superintendent Bella Wong said yesterday that allowing the children to participate in the prayer service was a mistake, and apologized to parents in a letter.

Five middle schoolers participated in the Muslim midday prayer at the mosque, she said. Some can be seen in the video imitating some of the movements.

“It was not the intent for students to be able to participate in any of the religious practices,’’ Wong said. “The fact that any students were allowed to do so in this case was an error.’’

A community center spokesman said no one from the organization asked the pupils to participate in the prayers.

“Certainly in our tours we do not invite kids to take part, but if someone wants to come pray and take part, we shouldn’t prevent them,’’ said Bilal Kaleem, president of the Muslim American Society of Boston, which manages and runs the cultural center. “It’s more an issue with the school.’’

Kaleem said that the cultural center offers tours and that Wellesley educators had set up the field trip.

Wong said the mosque visit took place as part of the sixth-grade social studies course, “Enduring Beliefs in the World Today,’’ which includes lessons on Judaism, Hinduism, Christianity, and Islam. As part of the class, pupils also visit a synagogue, attend a gospel musical performance, and meet with Hindu religious representatives, she said.

“I extend my sincere apologies for the error that occurred and regret the offense it may have caused,’’ Wong said in the letter to parents.

In the future, Wong wrote, teachers will provide “more clear guidance to students to better define what is allowed to fulfill the purpose of observation.’’
Okay, a few things...

-- It absolutely kills me that the group in a snit over this is Americans for Peace and Tolerance.

-- I guarantee you that if the group had gone to a church and the students had been prevented from participating in a mass, some of these same people would be screaming about freedom of religion.

-- I love that the president of the Muslim American Society basically says, "Hey, you're the ones who are bent out of shape about it, not us." The kids bowed their heads. They may not have even been actually praying -- I bow my head and think about whatever during grace and prayers out of respect for those to whom the act has meaning, not because I'm joining in. What, should the kids have yelled, "Ew, gross, Islam!" and run out of the room?

-- If I had a kid who wanted to "test drive" a few religions before deciding if it was for him/her, I'd be all for it. Better they discover on their own than simply carry on with what they were born into.
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post #265 of 268
9/17/10 at 3:44pm
So if the woman that videotaped it had a problem, shouldn't she have done something in her role as a chaperone instead of waiting until after the fact?
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post #266 of 268
9/17/10 at 4:04pm
That would call into question her sense of responsibility. This is about the Muslims.
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post #267 of 268
11/13/10 at 6:03am
Wow. This thread is a real blast from the past. I vaguely remember something about outrage and mosques and not building stuff somewhere but it's very hazy....it all happened in some distant lifetime....like several news media cycles ago. I think it was supposed to be really important but I can't quite recall why.

...it's fading away...like midterm election campaign commercials.....
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post #268 of 268
11/13/10 at 7:11am
Don't worry, it was covered in a recent episode of Law and Order: SVU. Just in case you forgot that there's still a Law and Order set in New York City.
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