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In reply to the discussion: Harvard president calls planned Black Mass 'abhorrent' [View all]MADem
(135,425 posts)51. They moved it off campus to a nightclub, and then the nightclub said "Not here."
Not sure what the "hell" is going on with it. That's the last the news had to say about it.
The media is getting all pissy and portentous, interviewing a chubby priest, running around asking people what they think of it (half of them are like the stooges Jimmy Kimmel finds, when he asks fake questions and people pretend to know the answer or the topic when they have no effing idea) --best thing to do is ignore it; when you pay attention to a few people ostensibly engaged in an academic exercise and try to inject some sort of moral aspect into it, you're playing into the desires for DRAMA on the part of a few.
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If your faith is so weak and pitiful that some people eating crackers or burning a book you dont own
AtheistCrusader
May 2014
#21
You really might want to look a little closer at what this is all about before you
cbayer
May 2014
#23
Take it up with the 40,000 Harvard students, faculty and alumni that have thus far registered
cbayer
May 2014
#25
Petition up to 60,000 people who actually do know something about this guy and do
cbayer
May 2014
#45
Also, I love that you just assume all 60k signatories 'know something about him' beyond
AtheistCrusader
May 2014
#47
Also, spitting in people's faces is actually assault, so maybe pick a different analogy.
AtheistCrusader
May 2014
#28
... Catholics say the intent of such ceremonies is obvious: to mock their rituals and beliefs.
struggle4progress
May 2014
#6
I was raised/educated Catholic and I have no problem with this. Religious pomposity deserves
nomorenomore08
May 2014
#64
Nobody stopped it. The Club itself said they had not been disallowed use of the pub
struggle4progress
May 2014
#85
OP concerns Harvard President's statement, so I post link to said statement; you call that spam
struggle4progress
May 2014
#12
Do you think that communion is meant to mock or ridicule other members of a community?
cbayer
May 2014
#10
Tha ugly misrepresentation is so far off the mark that the misrepresentation must be deliberate
struggle4progress
May 2014
#86
I find it very hard to believe that an institution with 21,000 students can russle up 60,000
muriel_volestrangler
May 2014
#98
Even if it's 1 in 6, that's still an incredible petition signing rate
muriel_volestrangler
May 2014
#100
That's the point - "click here to sign" is what online petitions do
muriel_volestrangler
May 2014
#102
So you and I agree with many others that online petitions don't have much weight
struggle4progress
May 2014
#105
I want to know why you keep pulling this 'ridiculed victims of sexual abuse card' as if
AtheistCrusader
May 2014
#59
I have a very strong opinion about repressed memories based on my own personal training and
cbayer
May 2014
#67
You are correct. During this horrific era, it was the patients who were most harmed.
cbayer
May 2014
#71
Black Mass Cancelled Amid Uproar As Cultural Studies Club Withdraws Sponsorship
struggle4progress
May 2014
#52
Good. Sorry that you think this could have been educational and made a great point.
cbayer
May 2014
#78
Catholic Community and Its Supporters Gather for Prayer and Protest in Face of Black Mass
struggle4progress
May 2014
#103
Even after Harvard Group Drops Sponsorship, Black Mass Takes Place at Hong Kong
struggle4progress
May 2014
#104