Friday, June 4, 2010

FOX: Catholics Outraged Over Paintings of 'Virgin Mary' Holding Weapons


June 3, 2010 on Fox & Friends

21 comments:

  1. Man, Fox REALLY wishes that Catholics were as violent and angry as Muslims.  They'd love to be the PR head of the Catholic Fascist Front.  Darn it, too bad American Catholics are too reasonable for that...  I guess it's back to the Evngelical Christians and Zionist Jews for now.  Oh, and the Mormons.  Can't forget the Mormons.

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  2. lasers for eyes jacksonJune 4, 2010 at 2:48 PM

    I really hate that pig-nosed bitch.

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  3. Why would Fox have a problem with this? They promote religion and they promote wars...just as many many Catholics do as well and have done throughout history.
    Also, it could be seen symbolically instead...the fight for your faith or whatever..

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  4. how can these HEADLESS IDIOTS BET AGAINST GOD!!!
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    what happens when you LOSE Pascal's Wager...


    http://www.peterkreeft.com/topics/pascals-wager.htm

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    you FIGHT PAPER MONSTERS...

    the blood and bodies of the atheist movement...


    you mofos killed MICKEY MOUSE!!!!


    this has more TRUTH then what Dawkins, Randi, Harris, Myers, and Shermer combined have said in their entire lives...


    http://www.youtube.com/watch#!v=5R2wE8Sduhs&playnext_from=TL&videos=hht1U_19anc&feature=rec-LGOUT-exp_fresh%2Bdiv-1r-3-HM



    they tried to BULLDOZE the entire METAPHYSICAL DIMENSION...

    they LOST THE WAR......

    you have FORFEIT YOUR SOUL, shermer... you have become an object in the material world, as you WISHED...

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eUB4j0n2UDU

    http://farm1.static.flickr.com/7/11792994_ffaaee87fa.jpg

    we're gonna smash that TV...

    They had become ENEMIES OF THE PEOPLE AND OF GOD...
    you pushed too much and *CROSSED THE LINE*

    degenerates (PZ) or children (HEMANT) - ATHEISTS!

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bRRg2tWGDSY

    do you have anything to say, you STUPID LITTLE F*CKER?

    how about I tell you, Mr. Shermer, EVERYTHING YOU THINK ABOUT THE WORLD is

    *WRONG*

    THE BOOBQUAKE - 911!

    http://dissidentphilosophy.lifediscussion.net/philosophy-f1/the-boobquake-911-t1310.htm

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sx7XNb3Q9Ek

    RUN, ATHEISTS, RUN!!!

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  5. First, FOX is interested only in trying to rouse some rabble. There doesn't seem to be enough brainpower among the lot of them to come up with something meaningful.

    Second, thanks for the chuckle rant above. Incoherent at best.

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  6. Thats just dmabus he comes around from time to time trying to make us laugh. getting kinda boring though.

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  7. I do not think she would put the pictures of Muhammed either.

    So Catholics should be proud they respect other people opinions.

    I also dont get this whole idea of Catholics being offended by a picture of Marry with guns when they put so many bloody pictures and statues of their prophet in the most humiliatinig ways. Maybe she was just trying to protect her baby ;)

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  8. This is interesting. They seem to conflate the two questions of "is it ethically ok to display artwork that may deeply offend some people in the community" and "is it legal to do so".

    They refer to the "free speech argument" as if it's being used to justify the ethics question, because they act like it's insufficient. I surely hope they aren't saying that it should be illegal to display the artwork. But now that I think about it, they really are that dumb.

    It seems the the woman running the exhibit didn't even try to defend herself. She just seemed to vaguely imply that she thought the artist didn't intend to be offensive, therefore it's all good. She never acknowledged that lots of people would be offended, and that foreseeing the controversy is unavoidable. She comes across as disengenious to me.

    Seems we let it go unchallenged the cultural deference to religion. She should have demolished the rule that "if something offends religious people it should not be done." Conservatives always rail against "political correctness", which they understand to be "if something offends liberals/minorities, it should not be done." It shouldn't be too hard to draw an analogy, and tweak whatever justification they use for being "politically incorrect". Wouldn't that resonate with the Fox audience?

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  9. Good art often provokes controversy, but provoking controversy doesn't guarantee good art.  On this note, it would be far more interesting to see her holding a can of Campbell's soup (though probably less controversial).

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  10. HIJACKING IN PROGRESS!!!


    how can these HEADLESS IDIOTS BET AGAINST GOD!!!
    ________________________________________


    what happens when you LOSE Pascal's Wager...


    http://www.peterkreeft.com/topics/pascals-wager.htm

    _____________


    you FIGHT PAPER MONSTERS...

    the blood and bodies of the atheist movement...


    you mofos killed MICKEY MOUSE!!!!


    this has more TRUTH then what Dawkins, Randi, Harris, Myers, and Shermer combined have said in their entire lives...


    http://www.youtube.com/watch#!v=5R2wE8Sduhs&playnext_from=TL&videos=hht1U_19anc&feature=rec-LGOUT-exp_fresh%2Bdiv-1r-3-HM



    they tried to BULLDOZE the entire METAPHYSICAL DIMENSION...

    they LOST THE WAR......

    you have FORFEIT YOUR SOUL, shermer... you have become an object in the material world, as you WISHED...

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eUB4j0n2UDU

    http://farm1.static.flickr.com/7/11792994_ffaaee87fa.jpg

    we're gonna smash that TV...

    They had become ENEMIES OF THE PEOPLE AND OF GOD...
    you pushed too much and *CROSSED THE LINE*

    degenerates (PZ) or children (HEMANT) - ATHEISTS!

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bRRg2tWGDSY

    do you have anything to say, you STUPID LITTLE F*CKER?

    how about I tell you, Mr. Shermer, EVERYTHING YOU THINK ABOUT THE WORLD is

    *WRONG*

    THE BOOBQUAKE - 911!

    http://dissidentphilosophy.lifediscussion.net/philosophy-f1/the-boobquake-911-t1310.htm

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sx7XNb3Q9Ek

    RUN, ATHEISTS, RUN!!!

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  11. The Mickey Mouse cartoon was cute.

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  12. <span>The Mickey Mouse cartoon was cute, but you really shouldn't stop taking your meds.
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  13. I find this totally offensive especially the she-he that's presenting the whole thing! 

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  14. Way to go with the ad hominem there Dorothy.

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  15. with all the bs about first amendment right...why did the owner of the gallery became numb
    when asked if she would give the same gallery space to someone painting mohammed with guns and grenades in his hands?   She ...refrain from saying anything...what a bunch of assholes these defenders of right to speech...as an atheist i would like to see stand up for real for their belief  and  not be selective ...in their treatmen of other people's belief...this feear of attacking the idiocies of the islamic religion the same way as we attack biblical fairy tales...only makes them more bold in their fanaticism and prejudice.

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  16. This is great! I'm glad ppl got offended. Should have had a painting of the "holy mother" cradling a toilet bowl eating feces. I bet that would really get them going.

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  17. <span></span>
    So, Steve, the male anchor, sees Mary as a terrorist when she holds weapons.

    Just as Steve said it was her opinion when Ashley Griffith, the art gallery owner said it the virgin Mary did not look like a terrorist, it is also Steve's opinion when he says Mary DOES look like a terrorist. Which is interesting on MANY levels.

    1) If holding a weapon is enough to give Steve the impression of terrorism, does he feel that way about Dick Cheney and his rifle? (Photo:http://www.foxnews.com/images/237383/0_61_cheney_gun.jpg  ;) Or our brave soldiers fighting in the war? (Photo:http://i.telegraph.co.uk/telegraph/multimedia/archive/01419/guns_1419853c.jpg) What about Charlton Heston, former head of the NRA? Does he look like a terrorist (Photo: http://troglopundit.files.wordpress.com/2009/09/charlton-heston-1.jpg  ;)   What about Sara Palin, does she look like a terrorist with her gun?  (Photo:http://www.truthdig.com/images/eartothegrounduploads/palin_gun_kuwait3.jpg) Or any of the red neck fans of the show who want to go hunting? (Photo: http://www.faqs.org/photo-dict/photofiles/list/1584/2119hunter.jpg  ;)

    2) The guns are pink. The grenade is gold. These comes off to me (and of course this is now my own opinion) as toy guns, and a gold decoration for a chain or belt buckle. None of the weapons look the slightest bit real, let alone like what a terrorist would use.

    If I were Ashley, I would have responded to Steve "Yes, me not seeing her as a terrorist is my opinion, just like you seeing her as a terrorist is YOUR opinion. But really, does a simple weapon really justify the leap to terrorist? It's like if I said your female co-host was good looking because she was on TV. Obviously, that is a RIDICULOUS conclusion, as she's fugly beyond all belief."   

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  18. ad hominem fallacy

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  19. Why didn't they get the artist instead... It seems to me as if they [Fox] just wanted a scapegoat to rip on.

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  20. Those painting are stupid, like what those the virgin Mary have to do with guns this is art, I'm confuse???? 

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