Funny news: Rightwing group calls for Greggs boycott over sausage roll nativity

[guillaumeb]

From the article:

The bakery chain Greggs has apologised for offending Christians with a nativity scene advert that replaces Jesus with a sausage roll.

To read more, and to see the picture:

https://www.theguardian.com/business/2017/nov/15/greggs-nativity-jesus-sausage-roll-advent-calendar

[JDC]

1. The H in Jesus H Christ stands for Hotdog. Everyone knows that

[pansypoo53219]

2. only bacon would be good enough.

[flotsam]

3. I hear the three wise men came...

...bearing gifts of napkins, dipping sauce and after dinner mints.

[Angry Dragon]

4. So many questions come to mind and so many go unanswered

[guillaumeb]

12. The real meaning of life?

[Angry Dragon]

15. You have the answer??

Funny , you ask me a question when you do not answer mine...............

[guillaumeb]

16. A question, not an answer.

Perhaps there are only questions in this life.

[Angry Dragon]

17. I wonder why when you are asked a straight forword question you refuse to answer

[guillaumeb]

18. I wonder the same thing about many here.

But some here obviously differ in their personal understanding of the meaning of straightforward questions and good faith responses.

[Angry Dragon]

19. I care very little how you and others converse

It matters to me how you and I converse
Once again you deflect
Does your mind only work in circles??

[guillaumeb]

20. Often, a response to one poster is answered by another poster.

We both know this.

So, using an actual example, if I state to one poster that I can only define Christianity for myself, and a third party accuses me of appointing myself as the official definer of Christianity, I might wonder about the willingness to engage in actual dialogue.

In another thread, I responded that being a Nazi is legal in the US, and that statement of legal fact was misframed, and continues to be misframed, as me claiming that I support Nazis. So yes, these 2 examples among more than a few have caused me to be wary.

In addition, some posters ask questions but never answer them.

But in the interest of dialogue, please ask again.

[Mariana]

21. Gil, if a Nazi handed you some Nazi literature to read

so as to try to convince you to become a Nazi, would you intolerantly throw it away?

[guillaumeb]

22. I would refuse to accept the literature.

And if the person persisted, I would inform that person of my disgust with Nazi philosophy.

But Cartoonist was at work, with (presumably) a restriction on what Cartoonist could say to a potential customer. I understand that situation also.

[EvilAL]

5. Sausagefest.

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Also if you say Jesus backwards it kind of sounds like sausage.

[muriel_volestrangler]

6. 'Jesus' spelled backwards is 'susej' - it's a sign!

That's the most profound thing I've seen in this kerfuffle.

[EvilAL]

8. Yeah..

Can't argue that.
Hahah

[guillaumeb]

23. Making eating sausage a religious act?

Interesting, but as a vegetarian I will respectfully decline to partake.

[trotsky]

7. You think that's funny?

Are you OK with mocking people's beliefs?

[Act_of_Reparation]

10. I thought we were supposed to respect the beliefs of others.

That's what I was told at any rate.

[trotsky]

11. It's exactly as Greta Christina said in her piece that I posted.

But it's disingenuous at best, hypocritical at worst, to say that criticism of other religious beliefs is inherently bigoted and offensive... and then make an exception for beliefs that are opposed to your own. You don't get to speak out about how hard-line extremists are clearly getting Christ's message wrong (or Mohammad's, or Moses', or Buddha's, or whoever) -- and then squawk about religious intolerance when others say you're the one getting it wrong. That's just not playing fair.

And right on cue, guillaumeb goes and proves the point.

[guillaumeb]

13. Did you read the post?

If so, explain the mockery in terms of motivation and intent.

[yallerdawg]

9. That IS funny!

Bold and audacious, too.

Another funny thing - how some groups of people have absolutely zero sense of humor.

[guillaumeb]

14. True.

No sense of humor and a keen sense of intolerance and mockery.