HIGHLA-L Digest - 5 Feb 2006 (#2006-32)
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Topics of the day:
1. Tolerance.
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Date: Sun, 5 Feb 2006 18:49:19 -0600
From: Kamil <kamilaa@gmail.com>
Subject: Re: Tolerance.
On 2/5/06, MacWestie <mac.westie@verizon.net> wrote:
> Rottie--
> > The fact that this particular perversion of
> > Christianity didn' t *make it * on tv., however, is a wonderful thing to
> > me.
>
> It's sad to see someone denigrate her own faith like that.
>
>
> > most of the serious Christians I know would have
>
> "Serious Christians"? Is that the correct term these days? Ugh.
>
>
> > avoided it ,but you wouldn't have seen any beheadings or retaliation.
> > We'll
> > leave that to the *others.*
>
> Don't kid yourself--there's less & less difference between your "serious
> Christians" & those scary "others."
>
> Nina (if there's a group going by "Whimsical Christians" I'd check them out)
> (or "Non-Extortionist/Non-Whining Christians") (maybe just "Mai Tai
> Christians") (Animal Planet's Puppy Bowl today is a hilarious antidote to
> the other one, w/ Kitten Play halftime) (DEBBIE!!!!!!!!!!!!!)
> mac.westie@verizon.net
>
To drag this metaphor into fandom, I'm reminded of a brief period of
time that I spent in the lotrips fandom. I found myself brushing up
against the very earliest of the Orlando Bloom fangirls -- and they
were really very interesting to watch from a bit of a distance.
They, to a girl, believed in puppies, and rainbows, and Orlando, and
they would cut a bitch with a "Hello, Kitty" knife if anyone suggested
anything that deviated in the *slightest* from the accepted "canon"
about Orlando -- and would do it with a song in their hearts.
Damn but if that isn't a persuasive sentiment these days.
--
Kamil
"I wore black because I liked it. I still do, and wearing it still
means something to me. It's still my symbol of rebellion--against a
stagnant status quo, against our hypocritical houses of God, against
people whose minds are closed to others' ideas."
Johnny Cash
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