The "WTC Mosque" hysteria, in a nutshell

[BabylonHoruv]

That being said, if I were in the position to ban a book burning, I probably would not. I would do whatever I could in my power to fuck with such people.

^This

If they're on their own property, and they're not hurting anyone, and spent their own money on it, I say let em have at it..  doesn't stop me from fucking with them and anyone else who agrees with them  but yeah..  I can completely diagree with book burning on a primal level, and still not in good conscious say that it should be banned as a means of expression, no matter how fucking retarded it might be.

Personally I think showing up with a bible, making sure to let them see what it was, and then burning that would be a fun addition to the party.

[Requia ☣]

For extra bonus points, make it a Catholic Bible, and see if you can get them fighting with each other over whether that's ok.

[BabylonHoruv]

For extra bonus points, make it a Catholic Bible, and see if you can get them fighting with each other over whether that's ok.

Or maybe the book of Mormon.

[Phox]

For extra bonus points, make it a Catholic Bible, and see if you can get them fighting with each other over whether that's ok.

It's okay, they can just burn the parts that aren't in the "regular" Bible.

[Adios]

Missing the point ITT.

[BabylonHoruv]

Missing the point ITT.

Nope, just also talking about methods of trolling book burners.

[Cardinal Pizza Deliverance.]

Dude, just use Koran covers and put all sorts of random shit inside - Alice in Wonderland, Wizard of Oz, Harry Potter - to sell at 300% mark-up. it would be hilarious when singed pages of children stories start wafting around in the wind.

"OH MY GOD, WHAT HAVE I DONE? MY CHILD'S HEROS ARE ON FIRE!"

But yeah. I'm against book burning. It breaks my withered husk of a heart break because, eh, TMI. Anyway, I don't like it but I agree that it's a form of expression. I'm against burning the flag in protest, but mostly because burning a flag is one of two acceptable ways to 'retire' an old flag when you've replaced it. It seems to lose something of its impact, for me, when there's a legitimate reason for burning it . . .

But it's a moot point in newsland, here in Gawguh. They've already moved on to focus on this "Snookie" person who got arrested for being 'criminally annoying'. Haven't seen anything about Ground-Zero-Mosque all day.

[the last yatto]

Missing the point ITT.

Nope, just also talking about methods of trolling book burners.

Tosh.0 burned Kinkle

[Chairman Risus]

For the record, I've never heard of anything good or intelligent come out of a mass book burning. The way I see it, banning a book burning is the equivalent of hating bigots on principle, until someone provides insight otherwise.

Censorship is censorship and it is wrong.

EVEN IF YOU DISAGREE WITH WHAT THEY ARE SAYING.

FOR FUCKS SAKE.

Thanks for reading ahead, chief. We're past censorship, and onto fuckery and trolling.

[LMNO]

I wonder if there's any way to get an accelerant into the books... It would be quite lovely if the fire got out of control, and accidentally burned down the church.

Or, what about cutting out a hole the the middle of the pages (a la The Shawshank Redemption), and filling it with gunpowder?

[Bebek Sincap Ratatosk]

For the record, I've never heard of anything good or intelligent come out of a mass book burning. The way I see it, banning a book burning is the equivalent of hating bigots on principle, until someone provides insight otherwise.

That being said, if I were in the position to ban a book burning, I probably would not. I would do whatever I could in my power to fuck with such people.

THIS!

Also, a dove in Christianity also symbolizes the Holy Ghost/Spirit from when it came and poomped on Jesus head as he was baptized.*






*I do not have firm documentation for the poomp, but then I don't have firm documentation for the dove, the Holy Ghost or Jesus... so there!

[Cain]

Doves are jerks.  And, lest we forget, pigeons as well.

[Jenne]

Not to be a pedant, but the dove symbolizes beauty, peace and harmony in the Bible, over and over.  There's about 50 mentionings of it (http://www.bible-topics.com/Dove-The.html) and so forth.  Most allegorical statements (the HS descending "like a dove" on Jesus's shoulders after John the Beheade--I mean Baptist dunked him, etc.) were made using this bird as a sign of peace and calm.   It was also the bird that showed Noah the lands were drying as it came back back with the branch, and when it stoped returning to Noah, he knew it was time to get off the ark.

The point I was making about the dove is that it's seen as a bird of quiet joy and peace in our common Western culture, as well as in the Bible.

That's sorta NOT the point of burning the Qu'uran.

[Jenne]

And seagulls are total assholes.

[Cain]

The point I was making about the dove is that it's seen as a bird of quiet joy and peace in our common Western culture, as well as in the Bible

Except when they shit all over the Baby Jebus' head.