Letters to the Editor
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Interesting
My company, a giant bank, does not allow me to access these sites because they are classified as hate organization.
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If only you knew how many demerits you earned for posting this...
But don't worry. It is a cold day in hell when I find myself in agreement with Deepak, the quack.
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Another aspect of globalization!
Another thing globalization teaches us is that there's plenty of intolerant jerks around the globe.
What's truly sad is that Hindu legend and stories are filled with humor, ribald characters, and illustrative tales. There's nothing Mike Myers can do or say that probably hasn't appeared in one legend, tale, or book in the extensive Hindu culture.
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Mike Myers sucks
I have a feeling that the experience of watching this movie will be its own sort of hell.
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Every religion has their fundies ...
... even the Buddhists, who backed Japan and the Emperor in WWII. Religion leads to a non-factual view of the world and an inability to see actual reality. Intead, the world must be forced to look like the religion.
So they have to kill people who don't fit the picture. Or send them to their pretend 'hells.'
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I much prefer
"Make this movie: go to hell."
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Why seven?
Why not six levels of hell?
And what kind of sick twisted prophet of some religion comes up with multiple levels punishment for anything?
I suppose I'm going to some level of hell for even thinking such a thing... but I don't believe in hell. No, my faith says it doesn't exist, and nothing you can do or say will change my mind.
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So that's the explanation for JJ Abrams.
Watch Cloverfield gouge your own eyes out.
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Every creed is cursed with a few crazies
And it SHOULD go without saying, but in post 9/11 times the statement below is sadly always a necessary accompaniment to articles like these:
The few Hindu fundies who are spouting this "blasphemy" crap in no way represent the beliefs and opinions of the several hundred million other sane Hindus on this planet.
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Fun of Hindus..
Andrew, One thing I can assure you, Hindus will never issue fatwahs :-), take comfort in that and criticize all you want.
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Surprised?
Keep up with the Indian news via BBC for a while. These are the same folks who hold a major riot in the street because an isthmus the government wants to tunnel through is, in reality, a bridge built by Hanuman, the Monkey God, and who proclaim a baby girl born with two faces is an incarnation of an Indian god instead of a disfigured victim of poverty.
Vedanta is nauseating. Far from being this great life-altering philosophy, it's mostly a kind of anti-intellectual fundamentalism that makes Calvin and Falwell look like the voices of reason.
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ah, a hindu fundie rears his head
trying to divert attention to those crazy muslims. yes, hindutva vadis don't issue fatwas, they just burn christian missionaries and their children alive
http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9D07EED7143FF931A35751C0A9669C8B63
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Might as well see it
Interestingly, the chart has the same punishment for knowing the movie exists and not protesting it as going to the movie and enjoying it. Therefore, Hindus who don't plan to throw a brick at people standing in line for the film should go ahead and get a ticket.
I agree that these are not funny people any more than James Dobson is, but I recall the advice C. S. Lewis quoted from Saint Jerome about what to do if the devil appears before you to tempt you: laugh at him, because his pride cannot stand it.
I think you were right, Andrew, to smile. Laughing at these folks may indeed be the best way to deal with them, because they are so assiduous in demanding importance. It is pride again, and making them risible is one important way to make them realize that they cannot take umbrage for other people.