I actually kind of like Catholic Bishops, but, like, withholding Communion? You’d think that people who actually equate legalized abortion with killing babies would go out of their way not to act like fucking babies.
I’m glad that the Right Reverend Gene Robinson will be leading a prayer during the Inauguration events this weekend… because Gene Robinson is awesome. But teaching Evolution doesn’t make up for teaching Creationism, Combs doesn’t make up for Hannity, and this doesn’t make Rick Warren OK. At all.
Someone pointed out the other day that if qassam rockets were hitting New York I’d be lining up to fight. Maybe. Now, again, I have an easy time saying I’m anti-rocket attack. However, and there are conflicting reports here, but according to the most pro-Israel sources, Qassam rockets have killed somewhere between 23 and 30 people since 2000. In 2008, 5 people were killed by rockets within Israel, 437 people died in traffic accidents during the same period, when’s Israel gonna start bombing Toyota?
Maybe if Qassam rockets were hitting New York I’d be lining up to fight. Maybe, but in 2008 5 people were killed by rockets within Israel and there were 538 homicides in New York City. Since I haven’t gone out and joined the force I probably wouldn’t be lining up to knock some heads in Gaza.
On the other hand, if some fighter jets swooped in and killed my neighbors’ ten kids, even if I thought my neighbor was a fucker, I might have some shit to say.
It’s not that I don’t think a country has a right to defend itself, and throwing stones or firing rockets blindly into Israel isn’t, you know, awesome… but sometimes when I’m walking Hamiton the little French Bulldog on my block tries to get into it with us. I hold him back because, you know, even though that dick French Bulldog started it, it wouldn’t really be fair to just like, go for it. You know?
Also, have you ever tried to buy a stereo in New York?