The bus started to fill at the first stop after I'd gotten on tonight. A gentleman whom I think of as "The God-botherer" as I've seen him reading a bible in the morning got on and sat next to me. He accidentally elbowed me as he sat down and immediately apologised. I was very tempted to say, "I forgive you."
Anyway, we started talking about the weather, as the rain had just restarted, and how crowded the public transport was. This lead to a discussion regarding trains in Japan, China and Korea and how people are sometimes squeezed on to the trains. He did ask about farming in Korea and was surprised to hear that 80% of the land is not farmed as it is a very mountainous country. Of course this lead to talk about cemeteries and then religion. He asked about Koreans and I listed a few of the religions followed and when Buddhism came up he mentioned, "We looked at that," which rather took me by surprise. Perhaps the funniest coincidence was my game of Words With Friends that I was just about to play when he sat down whereby my opponent had most recently played HELL.
As I got up to leave he thanked me for the conversation and introduced himself with the same name as mine. It took him a moment when I replied, "Same here."
It was a most interesting chat on the bus this afternoon.
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Thursday, November 29, 2007
Insulting Religion And Inciting Hatred - Really?
A British teacher is facing a fine, six months in jail or 40 lashes for insulting religion and inciting hatred in Sudan. Her crime? Having a teddy bear in her maths, English and spelling class for seven year-olds called "Mohammed".
Crikey Moses. How bloody ridiculous. Surely the Sudanese have allowed church and state to be a little too close. Is Islam really that strict?
I don't expect that the investment firm, Fat Prophets Australasia, will be setting up business in Sudan any time soon. More likely they would expand to countries where Buddhism is prevalent. And I bet God wouldn't be ordering a pizza in Sudan. I hear that Judas Priest has cancelled their tour of Sudan also.
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Post Script
What this teacher should do is take the 40 lashes and call out, "Oh yeah, baby! Give it to me! I like it that way! Give it to me big boy!" Then perhaps a jail sentence is in order but not as it stands.
Old Teddy Roosevelt, whom the teddy bear was named after, would be spinning in his grave. Firstly known as a US President, then a teddy bear and now associated with a prophet at the head of a religion.
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A British teacher is facing a fine, six months in jail or 40 lashes for insulting religion and inciting hatred in Sudan. Her crime? Having a teddy bear in her maths, English and spelling class for seven year-olds called "Mohammed".
Crikey Moses. How bloody ridiculous. Surely the Sudanese have allowed church and state to be a little too close. Is Islam really that strict?
I don't expect that the investment firm, Fat Prophets Australasia, will be setting up business in Sudan any time soon. More likely they would expand to countries where Buddhism is prevalent. And I bet God wouldn't be ordering a pizza in Sudan. I hear that Judas Priest has cancelled their tour of Sudan also.
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Post Script
What this teacher should do is take the 40 lashes and call out, "Oh yeah, baby! Give it to me! I like it that way! Give it to me big boy!" Then perhaps a jail sentence is in order but not as it stands.
Old Teddy Roosevelt, whom the teddy bear was named after, would be spinning in his grave. Firstly known as a US President, then a teddy bear and now associated with a prophet at the head of a religion.
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