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On Iraq, Plenty of Scores to Settle Even if the Dust Hasn't (3/20/06) by Howard Kurtz
It was probably inevitable, once the Iraq war started to go badly -- though how badly remains a matter of political dispute -- those who opposed it from the start would begin kicking sand in the face of those who backed it from the start. Had the war been a smashing success, accusing fingers would undoubtedly be pointing in the opposite direction.
Sadly No! corrects this for us:
On Iraq, Plenty of Scores to Settle Even if the Dust Hasn't [...Settled Any...Scores? No Wait, Let Me Try That Sentence Again.] (3/20/06) by Howard Kurtz
It was probably inevitable, once the Iraq war started to go badly -- though how badly remains a matter of objective fact to be judiciously weighed -- [that] those who opposed it from the start would begin expecting mature behavior from those [like myself] who backed it from the start. Had the war been a smashing success, [my] accusing fingers would undoubtedly [still] be pointing in the opposite direction. [Instead, in the spirit of fairness and collegiality, I shall now point the finger at war critics for partisan sniping against conservatives and the President.]
While you're there, check out Is Scientology the Stupidest Religion Ever? I Think So.
All religious doctrines, from Christianity to Hinduism to Judaism to Islam, have a lot of stupid bullshit in them. Let's face the facts: the world wasn't created 6,000 years ago, you won't be reincarnated as a slime mold if you're a bad person, and God won't give you 70-something virgins if you blow up a bus full of school children. And yet, for all the silliness of religious dogma, most religions have some redeeming qualities that give billions of people hope and faith in their darkest moments.
Notice how I said "most." I think it's safe to say that Scientology is the exception to the rule, and is the first-ever religion to be comprised of 100% stupid bullshit.
Brad R. goes on to discuss how the Scientologists are strong arming Comedy Central into not playing an episode of South Park that poked fun at the "religion". A couple of the comments on this post just have to be shared:
While the "South Park" creators didn't directly comment on Comedy Central's decision to pull the episode, they issued an unusual statement to Daily Variety indicating the battle is not over.
"So, Scientology, you may have won THIS battle, but the million-year war for earth has just begun! Temporarily anozinizing our episode will NOT stop us from keeping Thetans forever trapped in your pitiful man-bodies. Curses and drat! You have obstructed us for now, but your feeble bid to save humanity will fail! Hail Xenu!!!"
The duo signed the statement "Trey Parker and Matt Stone, servants of the dark lord Xenu."
Posted by: Timmah420
and
I always say, judge a religion on whether its followers are decent people, not on what it actually believes.
Example: the Vikings believed that the first man was licked out of ice by a gigantic cow, and they were wicked awesome.
Tom Cruise, meanwhile, is a douche.
Advantage: Odin.
Posted by: Edmund Schluessel
It was probably inevitable, once the Iraq war started to go badly -- though how badly remains a matter of political dispute -- those who opposed it from the start would begin kicking sand in the face of those who backed it from the start. Had the war been a smashing success, accusing fingers would undoubtedly be pointing in the opposite direction.
Sadly No! corrects this for us:
On Iraq, Plenty of Scores to Settle Even if the Dust Hasn't [...Settled Any...Scores? No Wait, Let Me Try That Sentence Again.] (3/20/06) by Howard Kurtz
It was probably inevitable, once the Iraq war started to go badly -- though how badly remains a matter of objective fact to be judiciously weighed -- [that] those who opposed it from the start would begin expecting mature behavior from those [like myself] who backed it from the start. Had the war been a smashing success, [my] accusing fingers would undoubtedly [still] be pointing in the opposite direction. [Instead, in the spirit of fairness and collegiality, I shall now point the finger at war critics for partisan sniping against conservatives and the President.]
While you're there, check out Is Scientology the Stupidest Religion Ever? I Think So.
All religious doctrines, from Christianity to Hinduism to Judaism to Islam, have a lot of stupid bullshit in them. Let's face the facts: the world wasn't created 6,000 years ago, you won't be reincarnated as a slime mold if you're a bad person, and God won't give you 70-something virgins if you blow up a bus full of school children. And yet, for all the silliness of religious dogma, most religions have some redeeming qualities that give billions of people hope and faith in their darkest moments.
Notice how I said "most." I think it's safe to say that Scientology is the exception to the rule, and is the first-ever religion to be comprised of 100% stupid bullshit.
Brad R. goes on to discuss how the Scientologists are strong arming Comedy Central into not playing an episode of South Park that poked fun at the "religion". A couple of the comments on this post just have to be shared:
While the "South Park" creators didn't directly comment on Comedy Central's decision to pull the episode, they issued an unusual statement to Daily Variety indicating the battle is not over.
"So, Scientology, you may have won THIS battle, but the million-year war for earth has just begun! Temporarily anozinizing our episode will NOT stop us from keeping Thetans forever trapped in your pitiful man-bodies. Curses and drat! You have obstructed us for now, but your feeble bid to save humanity will fail! Hail Xenu!!!"
The duo signed the statement "Trey Parker and Matt Stone, servants of the dark lord Xenu."
Posted by: Timmah420
and
I always say, judge a religion on whether its followers are decent people, not on what it actually believes.
Example: the Vikings believed that the first man was licked out of ice by a gigantic cow, and they were wicked awesome.
Tom Cruise, meanwhile, is a douche.
Advantage: Odin.
Posted by: Edmund Schluessel
