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Is Your Fanboi Blogging Shameless Enough?

Posted on | September 9, 2010 | 21 Comments

by Smitty

Haven’t even got checked in to BlogCon yet. Stopped at the bar for a photo of the Tres Hombres.
Promises to be a fantastic time, if I don’t get shunned for excessive creepiness.

Category: PJTV

Comments

21 Responses to “Is Your Fanboi Blogging Shameless Enough?”

  1. Dell
    September 9th, 2010 @ 6:06 pm

    Uhhhh….any chance you could identify “Tres Hombres”, Smitty?

    Some of us just don’t get to rub shoulders with the “greats of the game”.

  2. JeffS
    September 9th, 2010 @ 6:15 pm

    Well, you should have left the deer trophy head at home, Stacy.

  3. Adriane
    September 9th, 2010 @ 6:19 pm

    Bill Whittle (EjectEjectEject/Afterburner) is on the Left.

    Steven Green (Vodkapundit), middle.

    I believe the gentleman on the right is (Scrappleface) Scott Ott.

    The Trifecta of PJTV …

  4. Thursday Robo-Love
    September 9th, 2010 @ 7:33 pm

    […] Is Your Fanboi Blogging Shameless Enough? ~ Just how lucky are the guys at The Other McCain, anyway? […]

  5. Joe
    September 9th, 2010 @ 7:54 pm

    Stephen Green of course has the vodka martini and does not dress like a blogger.

  6. Dave C
    September 9th, 2010 @ 8:42 pm

    Are you sure that’s a vodka martini and not an appletini? His pinky does look a little extended..

  7. Joe
    September 9th, 2010 @ 9:23 pm

    That is mean DaveC. Actually it looks like Green’s middle finger is extended. But I am sure that is not directed at Smitty.

  8. waylay
    September 10th, 2010 @ 12:19 am

    O/T

    Smitty wrote:

    September 9th, 2010 @ 3:33 pm

    @Waylay,
    I’m endorsing neither Islam or Terry Jones.
    I’m condemning, within the scope of Christianity, a devlish act by someone purporting to be a pastor.

    If Jones was merely a bartender, I’d still condemn the act, which is wrong, but far less vehemently, because the bartender lowers the standard.

    For a brief discussion of why Jones’ planned action is false, read the First Epistle of John.

    If one were sincerely attempting to embody the essence of the most challenging of Jesus’ teachings — in the sense of “let he who is without sin cast the first stone”;

    “if someone strikes you on the right cheek, turn to him the other also”

    “if someone were to sue you or take your tunic — give him your cloak as well”;

    etc., etc.

    Such a person would not likely be condemning an act, nor condemning a person.

    One who is attempting to embody the most challenging of teachings from Jesus would apt to treat another’s holy book with the same respect they would want others to treat their own.

    Which is not to say that someone attempting to embody the teachings of Jesus would not, out of compassion for all people, make an effort to help someone see the consequence of their intended actions — as per natural law.

    I suspect that would be true whether the practitioner is Christian, Muslim; religious or not.

    PS. But it also goes as a reminder that many people were afraid of what would happen if the guy burned it.

    So, we have the whole range of reactions, here. You focus on “what would Jesus do?” while others focus on “what will the Islamic fundies do for revenge?” and both don’t want the book burned.

    Same story about most things for all of recorded history? One says do something because it’s the kind thing, another says do it or someone might make you sorry.

    The holy man might smile and shrug whist looking at the fire and say something like, “It’s only a book, Revrn J. You are a divine soul and more important than mere paper and even more important than the things you do and the things you think”.

    But the above is only a pipe dream…who knows, lightening might strike ha.

  9. waylay
    September 10th, 2010 @ 12:31 am

    Sorry for the little side trip in the post script. To clarify, my focus was on what Smitty said which was essentially (best I can paraphrase):

    We condemn him more because he’s a minister

    I was IOW responding more to the notion of condemning the acts of a Christian minister, by someone who follows the teachings of Christ.

    …I see some real silver linings in recent events today.

    That Florida minister has highlighted so effectively what many sermons might not: The reverend in Gainesville is as representative of mainstream Christianity as Al Qaeda is of Islam. Extremism is not exclusive to the fringe in Islam. It has done that, if only in it’s relative absurdity; as in I keep thinking we are talking about Terry Jones of Monty Python. The whole silly skit belongs in the annals of absurdity.

    Someone said to me today that a peaceful holy man would not push to have his mosque built in a spot that some people found offensive, but would choose to be understanding and simply move it to another spot. Do you feel this it true or not?

    I kind of agreed with that, myself, not that I feel the guy is being hostile, but just that he, like the book burners, is not a violent person but is a typical stubborn man.

    (Not to be sexist, we women are typical stubborn women, as well.)

  10. waylay
    September 10th, 2010 @ 12:57 am

    Someone said to me today that a peaceful holy man would not push to have his mosque built in a spot that some people found offensive, but would choose to be understanding and simply move it to another spot.

    I’m sure you’ve been hearing that a lot lately too.

    I’m a little amazed that it doesn’t seem to occur to people who say that: they seem to be expecting of people what they can’t do themselves: stop trying to push something on someone, and instead try to be more accepting and understanding of the other’s point of view.

    I kind of agreed with that, myself, not that I feel the guy is being hostile, but just that he, like the book burners, is not a violent person but is a typical stubborn man.

    I understand why many others experience him a little differently: see him as a thoughtful man in a very difficult situation, who is looking at things from all sides.

    He says he’s looking for a resolution that doesn’t encourage even more more acts of hatred and fear from extremists on either side.

    I take him at his word.

  11. Dave C
    September 10th, 2010 @ 8:47 am

    Joe
    September 9th, 2010 @ 9:23 pm

    [if you can scroll past the trash of the last three comments]

    I was going for a joke with that.