Channelling the Spirit
Ian M
Posts: 123
a pool of blood and the holy bible
bible bashing?
gay-bashing?
the bible bashes gays?
as usual, two sides of the debate represented
the third, an elephant atheist who was skilfully edited out of the picture
the viewer is prodded to feel affront at the 'faithcrime'
and then the intellectuals are brought in to smooth away the anger to crumple and crease for another day
one man of faith spreading his message of love, the other smartly clipping his heels with talk of fact and misrepresentation
the advert was telling how a certain percentage of homophobic crime was religiously inspired or justified
its alleged objective (or at least that made plain, once enough 'controversy' had been stirred) was to create a platform for open debate
it had been successful.
All still grappling to peddle meaning in the potentially lucrative vacuum
Created by an all-exclusively toilsome way of life
All whetting an appetite for easy answers which they will never quite sate
I guess it's just not in their interest
They treat us like children, our media
And spoon-fed we will remain
Until we learn the correct table-mannerisms
And are initiated ... someday
to feast with them
did the God of David frown on his shenanigans with Jonathan
or on the intolerance of the mob who came
(a few centuries late) to lynch them good?
the answer's in the question
http://www.bbc.co.uk/london/content/articles/2006/07/19/gay_police_advert_feature.shtml
bible bashing?
gay-bashing?
the bible bashes gays?
as usual, two sides of the debate represented
the third, an elephant atheist who was skilfully edited out of the picture
the viewer is prodded to feel affront at the 'faithcrime'
and then the intellectuals are brought in to smooth away the anger to crumple and crease for another day
one man of faith spreading his message of love, the other smartly clipping his heels with talk of fact and misrepresentation
the advert was telling how a certain percentage of homophobic crime was religiously inspired or justified
its alleged objective (or at least that made plain, once enough 'controversy' had been stirred) was to create a platform for open debate
it had been successful.
All still grappling to peddle meaning in the potentially lucrative vacuum
Created by an all-exclusively toilsome way of life
All whetting an appetite for easy answers which they will never quite sate
I guess it's just not in their interest
They treat us like children, our media
And spoon-fed we will remain
Until we learn the correct table-mannerisms
And are initiated ... someday
to feast with them
did the God of David frown on his shenanigans with Jonathan
or on the intolerance of the mob who came
(a few centuries late) to lynch them good?
the answer's in the question
http://www.bbc.co.uk/london/content/articles/2006/07/19/gay_police_advert_feature.shtml
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