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Category Archives: Pious Bias
Don’t Quote Me, Vol. 353
“I see life as a dance. Does a dance have to have a meaning? You’re dancing because you enjoy it.”
- Jackie Mason
Don’t Quote Me, Vol. 351
“Nothing is at last sacred but the integrity of our own mind”
- Ralph Waldo Emerson
Venomous conservatives not gaga for Lady Gaga
This had to come at some point. These are the same people that wanted to ban Prince, Michael Jackson, Madonna and more. She’s not GG Allen here, but she rattled some feathers and we love it. It wasn’t that risque, it’s actually caricature-ish pop. Who can do art or speak of progress and please the conservatives these days? They honestly need to shut up and put up because this is no time to go backwards. Gaga is merely an iconoclast of the times, the wave is much bigger, sweet “midwest and under the bible belt” Sandy. Oh, and, of course it had to be on the most accurate and non-partisan network – Fox.
New Rules 3.12
D’Angelo arrested for allegedly soliciting sex!
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Neo-soul star and video hunk D’Angelo has been arrested for allegedly soliciting sex from a female police officer impersonating a street hooker. Yes, some police officer left all other crimes and went after a man with a boner. First, prostitution is the world’s oldest profession and, really, should not be illegal. Second, this female officer dressed up in her whore garb and went on the streets looking to catch someone, isn’t that called entrapment? Seriously, so people need to get off their moral high horse and recognize a real crime when the see one. That’s just a whole lotta time and energy and money wasted onto something that is unstoppable. The officer should have been pleased that a soul master who oozes sex lie D’Angelo offered to have a romp with her.
New Rules 3.5
Jewish settler throws wine at a Palestinian woman
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As if being displaced, oppressed and having your land and national identity taken away from you, this douche-lord thought it was a blast to pour some wine over a helpless Palestinian pedestrian walking in Hebron a land considered holy by both Muslims and Jews. Yes, this little prick thought it would be appropriate to assault a woman that looks twice his age with a liquid prohibited in her beliefs. This is just an image that was taken, there’s no saying on what the Palestinians have to go through when the camera are not there or when the western press refuses to publish something. Had this woman not been a Palestinian woman this would be all over the news. Sad, sad overlooking of human rights.
New Rules 2.5
Some Hindus angry with Cheryl Cole for goddess portrayal
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Some Hindu group is mad at Cheryl Cole for what they think is a portrayal of the goddess Kali in here new video for “Parachute.” We don’t recall that scene in that video. From what we remember, it was pretty kosher. Anyway, here is the full article from Yahoo Music: “Hindu leaders have taken aim at pop star Cheryl Cole after learning she’ll be portraying Indian goddess Kali in her new video. Reports suggest the singer will be all-blue for the promo of Parachute – and Hindus are far from happy.
Religious scholar Rajan Zed has called for “clarification” from Cole, explaining, “The goddess Kali is highly revered in Hinduism and she’s meant to be worshipped in temples, and not to be duplicated in music videos for publicity stunts or thrown around loosely for dramatic effects.”
The evolution of the Egyptian veil…
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These are four pictures from 1959, 1978, 1995 and 2004 respectively of the graduating class of Cairo Univeristy’s English Department. They showcase the change of societal norm in an epoch of a country’s nation. It would be interesting to study the correlation between the political sphere of the times and how it impacts social attributes. How political dynamism, corruption, standard of living, totalitarianism and the state of feminist thought can or cannot impact the same people of the same within decades. And how piety can angulate so quickly with the times and for what reason, if you get my breeze. Also, it’s also peculiar how the English department has waned with time, but that’s another subject.
Westboro Baptist Church parodies Lady GaGa’s “Poker Face”
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Oh, the religious crazies are always great for a good laugh. They seem to like singing a song written by the person they condemn. As the case with all these lunatics, this wouldn’t be an issue had it been a man.
Woman knocks pope down!
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Our Merry Pagan Tree Day gift came early!
Don’t Quote Me, Vol. 311
“Perhaps the best Yuletide decoration is being wreathed in smiles.”
- Unattributed
Video: “Silent Night” by Six Pence None The Richer
Ok, so we are OD-ing on Christmas posts, but we asure you our fascination is purely festive totally non-religious. It’s never religious here!
Church will picket “whore” Lady GaGa
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Lol. This is really comedy for the season. These are the same people that went to Matthew Shepherd’s funeral and picketed his mom saying he’s burning in fire-y hell while he’s in his grave. Also, the church’s history isn’t that squeaky clean if you ask us. Oh, the advent of miseducation and religious affiliation!
The reason for the season, or not
The Christmas tree is a pagan, not christian
So, we have a certain effinity for Christmas, in an absolutely non-religious way as we are bonafide liberals. Maybe it’s because its a tradition that’s ever looming or it’s just pure materialistic fun. Also, Mariah’s Merry Christmas probably had to do with it. But, we just want to clarify that it has no theist roots. Actually, the theists took it and adapted it. Here’s a excerpt from Wiki: “The ancient pagans, Druids, Egyptians, Chinese, and Hebrews celebrated the Winter Solstice, (Dec. 21st, the day of the year that the Sun begins its ascent in the sky thereby ushering a fertile time of planting and bountiful harvests. Hence, the evergreen tree represented eternal life and the promise of replenishment during the cold winter solstice. Apples and other fruit were hung upon the tree to represent the plentiful food to come. Candles were lighted to symbolize the warmth and brightness of the sun. While the Christmas tree is generally associated with Christ, it predates this religious figure by many centuries.”
Today is International Human Rights Day
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We woke up today to a BBM message from our best friend saying: “Today 10th of December is the International Day of Human Rights, a moment of celebration and also a day to remember that a lot of people still don’t benefit from them.”
So, this is in commemoration of the anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights that many countries still don’t implement and in honor of the people who still suffer from the shackles of oppression and restrain lead by tyrants be it a ruler or any individual. We feel that the world has been too lax on enforcing the declaration and backing it.
This day shall always be a reminder of everyday atrocities that go by unheard and we hope it remains until everyone has their full rights. Be it Tibet or East Timor or Zimbabwe. And for all the women in the world that suffer from an ever-looming universal culture of bigotry, misogyny and sexism. The people being trafficked or forced into labor. The people whose right to happiness is hindered by corruption. The people who have their freedoms of speech, expression and choice taken from them. And for all the minorities in oppressive countries, whether it is the touareg in the Sahara or the negrito in the Philippines or the Sami people in Norway or the black people in Europe and The Americas and all ethnic minorities. This also is a day to remember the undying hatred and demonization of all the the gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender people of the world. This is also for all the rationalists, non-believers and free thinkers and the everyday struggle they have to face. For everyone who has been racially profiled. Never forgetting the little people, the deaf people, albinistic people, the disabled and everyone who wasn’t mentioned for brevity’s sake.
Equality, justice and dignity are not a privilege or benefit, they are a human right for every human being. It’s a simple concept, live and let live. It’s time to speak out against bigotry and what a better time than the anniversary of the inception of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights
Controversial Coca-Cola commercial
3No word yet on whether this is authentic or not, but it’s causing quite a ruckus up in youtube. But, the real message behind all this is that everyone should just chill with their ideologies and enjoy the benefits of an ever-so-capitalist world. We don’t know if this is a good or a bad thing.
