Comments on: Thanksgiving Blasphemy Joke http://atheists.org/blog/2006/11/27/thanksgiving_blasphemy_joke A Blog of Atheist Thought Fri, 10 Feb 2012 05:40:03 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: rainbows4dinosaurs http://atheists.org/blog/2006/11/27/thanksgiving_blasphemy_joke/comment-page-1#comment-48499 rainbows4dinosaurs Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-48499 Ha. How dare that phony Madonna wear a "fake crown of thorns!" <br /> <br /> Ha. How dare that phony Madonna wear a “fake crown of thorns!”

]]> By: karen http://atheists.org/blog/2006/11/27/thanksgiving_blasphemy_joke/comment-page-1#comment-48501 karen Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-48501 How generous of Brother Wildmon to share the Madonna clip in which she mocks the crucifiction! I didn't see the special on NBC when it aired.<br /> <br /> Ummm...where did the blasphemy come in? Was it because it was shown on Thanksgiving, which is our national day of football? How generous of Brother Wildmon to share the Madonna clip in which she mocks the crucifiction! I didn’t see the special on NBC when it aired.

Ummm…where did the blasphemy come in? Was it because it was shown on Thanksgiving, which is our national day of football?

]]> By: JP http://atheists.org/blog/2006/11/27/thanksgiving_blasphemy_joke/comment-page-1#comment-48508 JP Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-48508 Q: "How can you accuse someone of blasphemy unless you conduct the blasphemy in order to prove that the conduct is blasphemous?"<br /> <br /> A: You don't have to become a child p0rnographer in order to prove that someone has been watching kiddie p0rn videos. The difference in "conduct" between accused and accuser, in such a case, would be that the accuser is likely to not be sexually aroused by the offending material (though it's possible that he could be).<br /> <br /> I think Don Wildmon feels that he isn't receiving the same sense of titillation that Madonna does when she "blasphemes." Of course, I'd contend that he's feeling another sense of titillation in publicly condemning her!<br /> <br /> Q: “How can you accuse someone of blasphemy unless you conduct the blasphemy in order to prove that the conduct is blasphemous?”

A: You don’t have to become a child p0rnographer in order to prove that someone has been watching kiddie p0rn videos. The difference in “conduct” between accused and accuser, in such a case, would be that the accuser is likely to not be sexually aroused by the offending material (though it’s possible that he could be).

I think Don Wildmon feels that he isn’t receiving the same sense of titillation that Madonna does when she “blasphemes.” Of course, I’d contend that he’s feeling another sense of titillation in publicly condemning her!

]]> By: karen http://atheists.org/blog/2006/11/27/thanksgiving_blasphemy_joke/comment-page-1#comment-48512 karen Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-48512 I wonder how many of the solicited million emails Wildmon actually got? Is that the magic number for getting a show banned? Or was the purpose just to register indignation over something he knew he was powerless? <br /> Well, not really powerless; he probably generated more interest in the show by giving it free and controversial publicity. Ha. I wonder how many of the solicited million emails Wildmon actually got? Is that the magic number for getting a show banned? Or was the purpose just to register indignation over something he knew he was powerless?
Well, not really powerless; he probably generated more interest in the show by giving it free and controversial publicity. Ha.

]]> By: anadrol http://atheists.org/blog/2006/11/27/thanksgiving_blasphemy_joke/comment-page-1#comment-48515 anadrol Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-48515 All publicity is good publicity. Except if you are OJ Simpson or Michael Richards. All publicity is good publicity. Except if you are OJ Simpson or Michael Richards.

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