Discussion (19)¬

1. I am very upset about this. Recently I checked out the Bible from the library

2. Oops. Didn’t finish. Anyway I checked out the Bible to read to my little ones. Imagine my surprise to find out that in the first few chapters there is horrible violence and even incest! I thought that libraries were supposed to screen for this kind of stuff. Where can I go to ensure that I am getting only wholesome books suitable for the family??

3. And the Irony Meter explodes.

4. Aside from the sex and violence whae t reason the read the Bible?

5. The violence in the Bible and the Koran (and other ancient texts) is grandfathered in.

6. samhuff, what is a “reason the read the Bible?” I would say historical interest. Alternative history, that is. Although the sex and violence does spice it up…

7. Apparently Salman Rushdie was today viciously attacked on stage by a knife-wielding assailant but was able to walk off stage, assisted, after five minutes of first-aid and rushed to hospital by helicopter.
   The “incident” took place in Chautauqua, NY.
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   Talk about violence, eh? This world-famous author has been the subject of a fatwa from Iran for decades after publishing a pretty harmless fantastic saga.
   Sorry, no EN-speaking reports to link to.

8. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/uk-62524833?Rushdie%27s%20publishers%20condemn%20violent%20assault&2022-08-12T18:49:47.082Z&pinned_post_locator=urn%3Aasset%3Af6f285db-64e0-40c9-8b9c-22c3123bba16&pinned_post_asset_id=62f69efa4929d817e9776fc4&pinned_post_type=share

   https://www.theguardian.com/books/2022/aug/12/salman-rushdie-attacked-onstage-new-york

   https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/salman-rushdie-attacked-new-york-event-b2144053.html

9. People calling for prayers for Rushdie…and I’d only just fixed my irony meter too…

10. Oh Man27! Will sending a hand-heart help the hurt at all?

11. Whilst almost 100% of muslims think that an insult to a 7th century madman is worthy of a death sentence does anybody still buy their claim that Islam is a peaceful religion?

12. The story of Abraham and Isaac might be useful to scare a misbehaving boy into his behavior.

    I’ve posted this before, but here’s a modification of Bob Dylan’s famous line from Highway 61 Revisited:

    When god said to Abraham “kill me a son”
    Abe should have taken some Risperidone.

    Hey religious nuts, it’s good for what ails ya:

    https://www.webmd.com/drugs/2/drug-6283-2034/risperidone-oral/risperidone-oral/details

13. Correction: good behavior.

    The story of Abraham and Isaac might be useful to scare a misbehaving boy into good behavior.

    I’ve posted this before, but here’s a modification of Bob Dylan’s famous line from Highway 61 Revisited:

    When god said to Abraham “kill me a son”
    Abe should have taken some Risperidone.

    Hey religious nuts, it’s good for what ails ya:

    https://www.webmd.com/drugs/2/drug-6283-2034/risperidone-oral/risperidone-oral/details

14. Its Behaviour….stop dropping them U’s….

15. Send the complaint to Bub Dulan, unuther Athur.

16. MM27Holts: “Its Behaviour …”

    Were you just testing your irony meter to see if it works on yourself?

17. ‘It’s ‘behaviour’. Stop dropping them apostrophes. If we’re now correcting English there’s no shortage of opportunity.

18. M27Holts, 26 years ago I lived in Canada, America’s naybor. Back then, using the French-influenced ‘u’ would have been correct. But I’ve lived in the US a long time, so dropping William the Conqueror’s ‘u’ is the onnorable thing to do.

    Having had your island overwhelmed by the French, having had their language imposed on half of yours, – by the French mind you – you’d think you might have developed a sense of humeur about it.

    Chausser himself would have happily accepted that the “shew” is on the other foot. Accent, pronunciation and spelling are malleable. Losing your colonies through oppressive mis-management garrantead that you’d lose control of your langwij.

    I’d tell you more, but I can’t be arsed.

19. The Founders originated in the same islands, ‘overwhelmed by the French’ and would have used the same spellings as we do now. We can largely thank Mr Webster, as late as 1806 for creating what G B Shaw called ‘ two nations separated by a common language.’ Jefferson and co were presumably being ‘ dis – onnorable’ in preserving that wicked ‘u’ before Mr W liberated them.