Now The Muslims Are Offended By This.....

[grizzly97]

Down with dudes wearing skirts as long as their legs are shaved huh? I'd keep that to myself if I were you.

Didn't think that one through before I typed it. Gonna be regreting that one.

 

[RETOKSQUID]

As long as you shave your legs.

Dang! Gonna have to break out the electric sheep shears, Who needs a knit sweater.

 

[angsniper]

Become a Hawaiian polytheistic, and have a pig roast in the back yard at least once during the work week and twice on the weekends

Outfreakinstanding!

 

[ripnbst]

I'm gonna sit over here with you ...

Notice my unusually short post?

I'll sit with this crowd too.

+4,5,6,etc...

man standing room only up in here...

 

[NikatKimber]

Makes me wanna yodel while frying bacon every morning!


WTB: Yodeling lessons

 

[HVYCHVY]

Become a Hawaiian polytheistic, and have a pig roast in the back yard at least once during the work week and twice on the weekends

Could be considered a hate crime if'n they smell the cooking pork. ie: second hand bacon taste.

In a semi-related note: UK Red Cross bans Christmas in their fund raising shops.

Christmas has been banned by the Red Cross from its 430 fund-raising shops.
Staff have been ordered to take down decorations and to remove any other signs of the Christian festival because they could offend Moslems.
The charity's politically-correct move triggered an avalanche of criticism and mockery last night - from Christians and Moslems.

 

[Glocktogo]

It seems as though in Austria, the popular yodel is an insult to Muslims.

An Austrian court has recently fined a citizen for yodeling while mowing his lawn, according to a report in The Kronen Zeitung newspaper.

The citizen, 63-year-old Helmut G., was told by the court that his yodeling offended his next-door Muslim neighbors, who accused him of trying to mock and imitate the call of the Muezzin.

In Muslim tradition, the Muezzin is the chosen person at a mosque who leads the call to prayer at Friday services and the five daily times for prayer from one of the mosque's minarets.

The yodel is a song which is sung with an extended note which rapidly and repeatedly changes in pitch and makes a high-low-high-low sound. Developed in the Central Alps as a method of communication between alpine mountaineers or between alpine villages, the yodel later became part of the region's traditional lore and musical expression. The technique is used in many cultures throughout the world and Austria is one of the countries where it is most popular.

Unfortunately for Helmut G., his neighbors were in the middle of a prayer when he started to yodel. The Kronen Zeitung reported that he was fined 800 Euros after judges ruled that he could have tried to offend his neighbors and ridicule their belief.

Helmut G. clarified that “It was not my intention to imitate or insult them. I simply started to yodel a few tunes because I was in such a good mood.”

Could have? COULD HAVE? WTF!!!!! Glad I don't live there.

As for stepping on traditions and beliefs, if your traditions or beliefs are so easily offended, perhaps they're too weak to stand on their own? Just saying....

 

[Moosey]

I think it is so ridiculous that everywhere it seems that muslims are getting special treatment. 800 dollars for singing. I don't care what anyone says. That is a bunch of plop.

 

[HVYCHVY]

Appearntly Austria and Europe has a history of stupid laws protecting Sharia laws.

The trial of Elisabeth Sabaditsch-Wolff for “denigrating religious teachings” begins today in Vienna.

Below is Henrik’s final report for the day:


The NEWS journalist Dolna was called as witness. Technicalities of her recording equipment were discussed by the judge, including the fact that of the first seminar, only half an hour was recorded.

The judge inquired about some of the statements quoted being from breaks, not from the seminar proper. Only three to four persons heard those, not 32 or more, the criterion for a statement being “public”. This is important for legal reasons, as only statements made to a large group can be punishable.

The judge dug further into the methods of the journalist. Why did the journalist quote statements made in the breaks, not part of the lecture? The journalists says “For journalistic reasons”. Also for dramaturgic reasons, that it makes for a more dramatic and catching article.

Further, the judge asked if it was made clear in advance that the journalist would be recording the seminars. She responded that she had not told anyone, as her work constituted “investigative journalism”, a journalistic tool.

The lawyer probed further into the issue of the quotes being part of the prepared seminar, or offhand comments in the breaks.

Update 12:40 (5:40am EST): The lawyer continues to ask Elisabeth to explain various statements:

Lawyer: What is meant by “We are decadent”?
Elisabeth: That is the point of view of Islamic fundamentalists.
Lawyer: What is meant by “We do not want Sharia here, full stop”?
Elisabeth: Free, secular societies is what we want.
Lawyer: What is meant by “Islamic law is not compatible with free societies, we need to understand this.”?
Elisabeth: Islam is a whole, and this whole is not compatible with free societies like the Austrian.
Lawyer: Did you see any veiled Muslim men?
Elisabeth (laughing): No, this is an obligation only for women.
Lawyer: You were referring to Paris, Brussels, Rotterdam. What is the meaning of that?
Elisabeth: This is a reference to the no-go zones, where Sharia is effectively the law. There immigrant youths torch cars, throw stones at the police, etc.
Prosecutor: Are each and every one of these persons Muslims?
Elisabeth: The majority are.
Lawyer: What is meant when you say: “How many times have we been told that Islam is a Religion of Peace?” Is this an incitement to hate or violence?
Elisabeth: I do not mean to incite hatred or violence. We need to be informed, make people aware, inform our politicians and write letters to the newspapers.
Lawyer: What is meant by “We do not want gender apartheid, polygamy”?

Elisabeth explains polygamy in Islam, and the fact that this is a reality in Europe, today.

Elisabeth finally tells about the First Amendment of the US Constitution, the absolute right to express ones’ opinions, as a fundamental prerequisite for a sound democracy.


Ms. Sabaditsch-Wolff now faces up to a three-year prison sentence if convicted of "inciting hatred against a religious group" and "defamation of religion" in a lecture in 2009 on the "Islamization of Europe."

 

[aodh]

I think it is so ridiculous that everywhere it seems that muslims are getting special treatment. 800 dollars for singing. I don't care what anyone says. That is a bunch of plop.

I think 800 Euros is closer to $1,100.

I hope he invites the whole neighborhood to the roast when he converts.