"Granted, we must not overreact. And it would probably be an overreaction to firebomb these men's houses. But what they have done is no mistake. It is a calculated strategy."Actually, if you want to have a rousing round of despair, check out the post itself and comments to it.
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Wednesday, February 01, 2006
nominee, jfw award for most unfortunate use of the word 'probably'
The NYT has a story about a Christian film company being criticized for casting a gay actor as a missionary in one of its films. The story includes the following quote from the weblog of someone listed as a president of a Baptist seminary:
I'm particularly fond of the commenter who calls the statement "understated wit." Despite it being neither understated nor witty....
ReplyDeleteWell, Baptists follow a religion of love...
ReplyDeleteAnd, apparently, pyromania.
Actually, many of them are very nice, reasonable people. But still...