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Jun 03, 2007 10:12

Again, the appalling nature of SF Chronicle's book reviews are revealed:

1. More Stereotype Lit (really, there should be a genre for this) - particularly put off by the broad generalisation of "(Ever notice that no parallel sense of consanguinity exists between lesbians and straight men?)" What-what?! To the degree that one can compare these ( Read more... )

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What? mahkara June 4 2007, 13:21:45 UTC

You mean I can be friends with both lesbians and straight men now?

Whew...what a relief. Was sure I was going to hell for anti-kosher friendship patterns.

Re: What? applez June 4 2007, 15:17:43 UTC

What? You bleed your friends facing the Holy City? ;-p

Re: What? mahkara June 5 2007, 15:41:16 UTC

Only on Fridays, Saturdays, and Sundays. Does that count for anything?

Re: What? applez June 5 2007, 15:51:09 UTC

Whoa! Your religion has Looooong Sabaths. :-)

Re: What? mahkara June 7 2007, 01:34:54 UTC

I know. Unfortunately I haven't found a job yet that will give me all my holy days off. Aren't I entitled to freedom of religion?

Re: What? applez June 7 2007, 13:44:49 UTC

You are free to be poor and practice your religion. ;-p Clearly you need to set up some sort of Orthodoxy-support system, like in Israel.* ;-)

*You figure that out, and I might join your Church.

Re: What? mahkara June 8 2007, 01:02:10 UTC

I'll have to work on it. If I could collect enough followers, someday I might be able to get myself worshiped. And I rather fancy "the Prophet Julia"

Re: What? applez June 8 2007, 02:29:40 UTC

So Shall It Be Written, So Shall it Be Done! ;-)

Hey, I'll even accept dietary restrictions so long as there are 99 somethings at afterlife's beginning. ;-)

Re: What? mahkara June 8 2007, 11:23:37 UTC

Dietary restrictions are for wusses. I think that my afterlife will involve a sports car, a gorgeous harem, and perhaps a maid from some religion that wasn't mine. I rather like the idea that in my heaven, those who followed ME get servants...and everyone else has to be a servant. A rather caste orientated heaven.

Re: What? applez June 8 2007, 13:32:26 UTC

Nice ... so long as no Jackal-headed Gods are involved in judgment, I might go with that. ;-)

Singapore News applez June 4 2007, 16:09:00 UTC

See, you just missed your chance! I think that's what they mean by a Singapore Sling (harharhar) ;-)

Re: Singapore News mahkara June 5 2007, 15:36:18 UTC

I did, I did...

Although this isn't half as good as Hong Kong deciding to put warning labels on the Bible for indecency. ; )

Then again, they banned Michaelangelo's Davis, so I suppose this was just another step along that path.

What I find ironic is that, where candy is in US stores, there are condoms in HK stores. Oh, and drug stores sell vibrators. And yes, they are OBVIOUSLY vibrators.

So...um, who's indecent now?

Re: Singapore News applez June 5 2007, 15:53:02 UTC

Superb!

Clearly all they needed to do was make David a bit more homoerotic with a condom...then he'd be socially-acceptable. ;-)

Re: Singapore News mahkara June 7 2007, 01:33:07 UTC

Maybe it's not sex, just unsafe sex that they object to. Perhaps if the Bible had a few less "begats" and a few more "and then Jacob put on a condom and went to down on Rachel's maid" they'd let it slip. Hmmm...safe sex edited Bible. now that could be amusing.

Re: Singapore News applez June 7 2007, 13:45:37 UTC

safe-sex-edited Bible ... I smell money. :-)

Re: Singapore News mahkara June 8 2007, 01:01:05 UTC

What about "The Abridged New Testament: What Would Happen had God used a Condom"?

I probably shouldn't joke about religion, though. God is probably already in a smiting mood due to my tendancies to enjoy getting my fortune told at Taoist temples a bit too much. But...but...it's fortune telling! And incense!

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