Threadjacking 101

Six people arrested at the Rocket Club following fight early Sunday morning

Blah blah ghetto creatures culture of violence blah blah stupid rap music blah pedophiles wait what?

I have no idea what just happened, or why we are now arguing over whether thsee should go to hell or Canada.

And there I went, believing that the Constitution applied equally to all American citizens. How foolish of me!

Drive-By Evangelism

Neighbors: Dorothy Kerr of Jackson gets inspiration from Buddha

She might as well have told the reporter she gets inspiration from Ahriman, the god of darkness or the demon Verdelet, as far as this commenter is concerned.

Not content to bash mild-mannered Unitarians, Jesus_died sticks around for some Catholic-bashing. Are you familiar with The Awful Disclosures of Maria Monk? No? We are.

If it's about a relationship, not religion, then I'm saved, because Jesus is totally my homeboy. We went on a bike ride today, and then we got coffee. He's really fun to hang out with. I'll introduce you to him sometime.

Just Swing That Wrecking Ball Around the Other Way

Photos: Demolition of 137-year-old St. Andrew's Elementary School begins

If we all agree that the president is a foreigner, climate change is a hoax, and Jesus is the Way, the Truth, and the Life, can't we just let that Pope thing slide? Even the Klan accepts Catholics these days.

The Perils of Crowdsourced Art Criticism

Blasphemous or misunderstood? Headless Jesus statue at Meijer Gardens sparks boycott effort

I began to argue that this thread demonstrated the need for arts education, but then realized it demonstrated the need for jes' plain ol' education.

Meijer Gardens, incidentally, is privately funded by grants, foundations, and individual and corporate gifts. It's not clear if Barking Bear doesn't consider Jim Dine's work to be art, or doesn't consider contemporary art to be true art, or if he actually denies the existence of "art" as a viable concept.

Other commenters made lame cracks about headless statues of Muhammad, but greco7 went the extra mile. Not many people these days are willing to go on record with anti-Catholic bile. I particularly like his use of scare quotes.

In related news, Gary Wohlscheid's website is like a Wayback Machine to 1998. Garish colors, liberal use of animated gifs, garbled display in browsers that are not Netscape 4. I'm particularly taken by Aborted Fetal Cells for Food Flavor Enhancement. Perhaps Wohlscheid should have checked the dateline before reprinting the story.

[Updated to allow Barking Bear to double down. 

From the comments: Boycott sparked by headless Jesus statue generates art debate

I'm taken by the blithe assumption that there is no private market for art. Also, where is all of this government money, and how do I get some? I'm an artist too, dammit.]