Maynard, put away that melted butter, you heathen!
Yea, verily! A pox upon shameless merchants of shellfish! You shall perish in the flames and lemon juice will be poured upon your open wounds!
What to do with the crazed, fanatical, lunatic fringe of Christianity like the Westboro Baptist Church? You can't reason with them. You can't shout them down, that just encourages them. This is why I love satire. That's why godhatesshrimp.com is so brilliant. It takes the message of the enemy (and, yes, I think these lunatics are the enemy) and takes it to the absurd conclusions. It won't stop the fanatics, but it will show the absurdity of their argument to onlookers. As a former hoosier, I particularly like the pictures of a God Hates Shrimp (counter) demonstration in Indianapolis last week.
Comments
I think we may have to borrow this for a sign next year! ;-)
Posted by: Judy Kemp | July 14, 2006 3:01 PM
What about pork? No more bacon? Put IHOP on there! :)
Posted by: Stephen | July 25, 2006 2:41 PM
What's so absurd about not eating shrimp? Sounds perfectly reasonable to me :-)
As for Phelps, I wouldn't call him "the crazed, fanatical, lunatic fringe of Christianity" – I wouldn't call him a Christian at all. As far as I can tell he has no followers at all - his "church" consists exclusively of his immediate family. He's reviled by every Christian I've ever head of, from Robertson through Spong. And as I understand it he makes his living by provoking people into attacking him, and then suing them.
Posted by: milhouse (aka GertSoB) | August 3, 2006 9:43 PM
No, Stephen, no bacon either. As I learned in kindergarten, nearly 40 years ago:
Posted by: milhouse (aka GertSoB) | August 3, 2006 10:14 PM