Comments on: Featured Video: UN to BAN Free Speech with "Blasphemy" Resolution

By: ASP

ASP — Tue, 14 Jul 2009 10:24:38 +0000

… Can I pretend Green is just playing along?

Please?

I just got a bit of faith in humanity back…

(Oh, and, if Jenny reads this: Sorry for thinking you were a psycho, I just didn’t get the joke ^^; )

… Oh my. Just watched the video.

Love the repeating buzzwords. I also much prefer this ‘disintegrating’ moral world to the insanity they espouse…

The way those people think scares me.

I do have to give them credit for the inspirational music, though. Really helped reaffirm my determination in the matter.

By: Pastor Mike

Pastor Mike — Tue, 14 Jul 2009 08:16:53 +0000

The attitude of certain posters SHOULD scare you. Because there are plenty of people who do espouse those attitudes.

Mr. Green, for example, is not a “member” of this site.

Perhaps you’d find the current featured video of interest . . . ?

By: ASP

ASP — Tue, 14 Jul 2009 05:39:34 +0000

Ah, yes, by ‘it can’t be real’ I was referring to the… er… how do I put it?

Apparent psychosis of certain members of the site.

You have no idea how much ‘it WAS all a parody’ (or at least mostly) comforts me…

Sorry, I seem to be being a bit too vague. So, once more from the top.

I believed the news link, but it was the attitude of the posters in the comments section that scared me.

And then, after a somewhat embarassing number of comments, I finally read ‘About’ and discover this site’s commenters (at least some) were actually making fun of said attitude, and not just being… well… self-parodying.

By: Pastor Mike

Pastor Mike — Mon, 13 Jul 2009 01:39:35 +0000

ASP, the UN attempt to ban blasphemy was quite real.

By: ASP

ASP — Mon, 13 Jul 2009 00:41:18 +0000

… That’s embarassing.

I was thinking in the back of my head… ‘This can’t be real. This is ridiculous. It’s gotta be a parody… right…?’

Clearly, I need to click the ‘about’ link sooner. ^^;

By: ASP

ASP — Sun, 12 Jul 2009 23:38:16 +0000

Indeed.

Of course… that doesn’t mean, on occassion, we can’t lampshade what they write by asking if they are utterly insane…

Sorry, I was actually responding to the conversation above (Green and Jenny), but somehow didn’t spot the ‘Reply’ button. I definitely agree with the article, myself.

By: Pastor Mike

Pastor Mike — Fri, 10 Jul 2009 21:57:39 +0000

Hi, ASP. We changed editorial staff and direction here at the Paliban Daily on July 8, 2009. This post is from the “old guard”. However, it is one that I agree with; banning “blasphemy” is banning free speech.

You may wish to have a look at our About page and find out what we’re up to now!

As Voltaire said in his Essay on Tolerance, “Think for yourselves and let others enjoy the privilege to do so too.” That includes the right to say what you believe. As Voltaire also said, “. . . I detest what you write, but I would give my life to make it possible for you to continue to write.” http://www.quotationspage.com/quote/35376.html

By: Another Sensible Person, Since They Seem So Rare On This Article

Another Sensible Person, Since They Seem So Rare On This Article — Fri, 10 Jul 2009 21:20:11 +0000

Dear lord… you people are insane.

Are you really completely unwilling to even think of issues from the other guy’s perspective? Completely lacking in respect for your fellow human beings?

You people… scare me.

By: Jenny

Jenny — Mon, 02 Mar 2009 07:06:02 +0000

Well, my friend, neither you nor I is God. We don’t know what He thinks, or why He does what He does.

All we know is, He does. And He died temporarily for all who would follow Him.

By: A Sensible Person

A Sensible Person — Mon, 02 Mar 2009 04:02:19 +0000

Why would He go through all that trouble, if He wanted to renegotiate His contract with them? He’s God–the Almighty and the all powerful. He could have displayed His ultimate power, and let his subjects know once and for all, without a doubt, that there was a God, and He was It. Why would He even let the thought of the worship of other gods be a possibility? Why would a loving, caring God ask you to completely denounce your reality, ignoring that which is natural and observably right in front of you, for a strict doctrine based largely on laws that no longer apply to modern society?

If He gave man free will, why would He work so hard to steer them away with observable, natural evidence and cause them to ignore their reality in favor of blind faith? Why would He not give you evidence of his existence, but allow everything to the contrary to be thrown at you? Trials and tribulations that are testament to your faith? Again, why, if He loved all His children, and by definition, God created the universe and everything in it–every single being on this planet was created by Him–would He let the whole of humanity pay the price for the actions of two individuals? It seems wholly unfair and unjust.