Oh for fuck’s sake - and yes, I know - don’t drop the f-bomb on the Internet where children can read it blah blah blah.
By the same token, don’t present a sensationalist headline like “Muslims Have Overtaken Us”.
And then please don’t, Monsignor Formenti, says stupid stuff about how, well, we know that Muslims “continue to make a lot of children” while Christians “tend to have fewer and fewer”.
While the factoids themselves may have some validity, all you’re doing is hitting every hot button people have with that kind of language, fomenting hatred and fear and prejudice and misconceptions.
Besides, we have more important stuff to talk about - like how to highlight Miss Britt’s hair and turn it into a side splitting photo essay - and how Nanna herself has decided the fastest best and karmically-correct way to renovate aforementioned-shit hole is to make a few runs to Goodwill. Out with the old, in with the new and fresh, say I!
Tomorrow I FINALLY have a day off - last night I took 800 mg of Ibuprofen and took my poor aching body to bed - no wrestling with the “snake” under the drain, no combing the Internet for pieces-small-enough-let-nice-and-functional-and-all-organizational or color palettes that make my son cringe. Just nighty night with the doggies.
So, no cool post today - just knee jerk hippie outrage at this headline that greeted me this morning, and the language of the accompanying story.
P.S. And the “snake” was one of those things you stick into a clogged drain and wiggle around and pull out - nothing to do with Avi’s porn collection thankyouverymuch.
Awww, your first verbal diarrhea post!! LOL
‘So, no cool post today … ‘
Seemed cool enough to me.
Well…it’s an interesting thing. According to world health statistics and data (see this link for a cool presentation: http://www.ted.com/talks/view/id/92) Muslim people’s family size has always been relatively low and consistent. Also according to world health statistic/data, family size is a factor of health and longevity.
But hey, he’s a Monsignor. (Shrugging my shoulders) You’d have to know a few Capuchins to know that Monsignor’s don’t pay any attention to world health statistics and data.
I’m glad you are taking some time off - You’ve been through soooo much change. That’s very stressful.
Didn’t you know those Muslim kids are everywhere? They are so plentiful you can’t step outside without tripping over one. Oh, and they’re all called Osama or Mohammed and when they grow up they’re going to be suicide bombers.
I used to work with a guy who was a Muslim who was called Mike and no one believed he was Muslim because his name was Mike. It was difficult to stomach after a while.
Perpetrating negative stereotypes is one of the results of sensationalist reporting. Drives me crazy. It’s just so lazy and manipulative. Sheesh. Glad to hear you’re looking in such a positive way at all the changes you’re going through, but then I knew you would. You rule to the max