I know there are a number of Muslim comedians both in Australia and around the world. Good luck to them because if ever a religion needed to poke a bit of fun at itself, Islam is it.
Any Muslim humorist has his or her work cut out. At a scriptural level there are numerous forbidding entries regarding laughter in the Koran and associated texts.
The Hadith says, “Do not laugh too much, for laughing too much deadens the heart.”
Potentially this means any Muslim who uses the laugh out loud acronym is looking at an apostasy charge and in grimmer corners of Islam like Saudi Arabia this has probably already happened.
The Hadith also puts the brakes on satire, too. “Woe to the one who speaks and tells lies in order to make the people laugh; woe to him, woe to him.”
Iran’s mullah, the Shi’ite cleric Ayatollah Khomeini said Islam was a joke free religion. There was not a laugh to be had according to Khomeini. One look at that grizzled visage and you just knew he hadn’t cracked it for a giggle in a very long time, if at all.
Full column here.
Eventually got around to listening to the Fidler/Hoysted interview re Chow. All very good and amusing. I particularly liked Chow’s view on God. He didn’t deny his existence he just wasn’t happy with his performance, what with some people giving birth to imbeciles and a cold blooded murderer like he living to a ripe old age and remorseless. I formed the view that Chow didn’t have a friend in the world, merely associates or acquaintances.
It was very good Milton, I loved it. Let’s hope JTI does more.
Vale Dick Bruna.
Couple more years a bit more competition and improvement of the gear and I will be installing batteries to store what I now feed back in. The government wants to subsidise dirty coal instead of new “Innovative Agile” technology WTF ? That sure was an expensive slogan and advertising campaign for those 2 words.
http://www.theaustralian.com.au/business/technology/power-bill-drops-92pc-after-installing-tesla-battery/news-story/5d5bd65fb5bd8704004ce5fca93898f2
Bring back Coal Fired Power Stations asap and FGS lets hope Hazelbrook does not close! Tony Abbott was right, Coal is good, as our beloved Scott Morrison demonstrated in Parliament last week dear Dismayed. No back to the Stone Age for your humble correspondent Henry!
continued use of coal is a backwards step. Are you gong back to horse drawn cart because chaff is cheaper than petrol?
We will know what the horse and cart is like very soon – we will only have to observe SA in a few years time
Nice work, Henry. I sense you are warming (hehe) to my man Abbott. He may have had a few issues (and Hockey was literally the biggest of them) but he was a visionary and a doer in comparison to dud Tunballs.
CSIRO principal research scientist Paul Graham says the conservative fear and scare-mongering on renewable energy is “bunkum”.
http://reneweconomy.com.au/csiro-says-australia-can-get-100-per-cent-renewable-energy-86624/
Gawd mate, even I squirmed watching Turncoat & anti-environment MP Frydenberg trying to get out of the hole on their energy lies.
Blind Freddy knows they are dirty fossil-fuel puppets not operating in the national interest and shamefully not even trying to hide it now.
Enough really is enough.
Bella
RE: Jean Baptiste says:
February 21, 2017 at 12:36 pm
JB,
Very glad that you have enrolled in the distance learning Master of Divinity Program!!
I expect you are pleased at the granting of 3.5 Credits based on Recognition of Prior Learning associated with Ordination at the Sacred Cur!!
However, I must caution that the registered Master’s Topic – ‘The Greatest Bullshit Story Ever Told’ might attract charges of plagiarism unless you devote all of your talents to disguising its origin!!
But as fellow believers I am sure none of us will tell a soul!!
Oh, those silly old farts would never have heard of George Carlin, surely?
Hey PLMO, this is interesting!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q2HV_2A7x2M
Robert Gottliebsen’s article today will stir a few feathers no doubt
Is that you dear Yvonne? Bless you.
No it’s Boadicea – 🙂
The fabulous 3 Stooges, Mr Insider, from 70 years ago with a short clip of one of their famous Pie Fights, sure to put a smile on the most gloomy of faces this morning. As kids we used to go to the Saturday arvo Matinee and before the main feature the Stooges always were on.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1GNR12vGALI
You must be getting close to getting a congratulatory telegram from the Queen, Hank.
One does ones best for Queen and Country Milton, sadly the Telegram some 35 years off but am counting the days. God Save the Queen.
Christ Henry! Are you counting on that old bag going another 35 years?
Hey JTI – not sure if others are having the same experience with their smartphone. But mine will now not download anything after 19 Feb. Although the laptop will. Rebooting phone does not help.
Although things out in the chariot on the battlefield could be dicey, I am wondering if perhaps the file is getting too large? Are all the back articles being held in the same spot.?
Being just a warrior and not a tech expert I could be barking p the wrong tree
Not sure the reasons for that, Boadicea. If you can clear the history and cookies on your phone, it might help. Let me know.
Ok will do:)
Seems all good again. JTI
I wrote a new comment and when I posted it all the missing ones opened up. Strange, but things in the chariot can be unpredictable – but all the wheels seem to be turning okay again – thanks!
Excellent.
My IPad did the same thing – touch the refresh little circle arrow thingo in the box showing the URL and it sorts itself out.
Higly technical explanation 🙂
Smartphones just aren’t what they were in AD 60…
Sadly, yes. Things back then were just so much simpler – ah, and the air was so much purer. However I now have this wifi stuff in the chariot and my chargers are getting used to it. Giddyup lads
Still got those knives swinging off the axles?
I preferred the knots used by the Incas
It’s no big deal, but something seems to have changed in the way the blog works. My own comments “awaiting moderation” used to be visible as such on my own devices, I guess stored locally in response to an instruction from the blog. This doesn’t happen anymore, and at first I mistakenly thought comments were disappearing. Like I said, no big deal.
And of course as soon as I posted that it went back to the previous behaviour. Please disregard.
i have enjoyed this, but when the choice comes between western civilisation and some alternative, what will you choose?
It depends. For holiday destinations I usually choose the latter.
Dismayed says:
February 20, 2017 at 10:20 am
“I stand by my comments. They reflect the facts.”
Of course you would Dismayed, of course you would. But its still a fair dinkum “slither” on your part nevertheless. Even Blind Freddie can see you’re struggling to ride tall in the saddle mate.
Dismayed says:
February 20, 2017 at 10:38 am
“I do not like being misrepresented or judged by people …”
I fully understand mate, you’re the expert on that caper, I’ll give you that.
Still using your selective reading and context ways cotc. Your dishonesty is your cross to bare/bear. Your fixation and inability to accept facts is almost as bad as yvonne/bodicea’s? You have taken the mantly from razor and the other one as the dishonest con. Move along I have no time for losers like you. That is fact.
I realise you obviously feel proud of yourself Dismayed. But Jasus, they’re leaving with their keyboards!
It’s not a good look for a self-confessed honest bloke such as yourself mate.
Wouldn’t want that on my CV.
No they’re not CotC, you must have noticed the return of at least one….happens every time.
If they’re not leaving Penny, how can they return??
Beats me?
CotC…..you’ve been here long enough to know that no-one ever leaves when they say they will, they just come back as someone else. I do know of one who has told me he’s just taking a rest and who can blame him. But he will come back as himself…..
“But Jasus, they’re leaving with their keyboards!”
Ah well, that will be natural selection weeding out the weaklings Carl. Boo hoo and all that.
The finest steel is forged in the hottest fire!
Give ’em heaps, God bless you.
I’m all for natural selection JB. I’m a Darwinian at heart and the Galapagos is on my bucket lists.
On your bucket list! Goodoh! And Borneo too to visit your not so distant rels’?
Hang on a sec while I bring the chariot to a screaming halt……………… why am I named in this conversation? Here I am sitting on my cloud minding my own business. Thanks for your interest, but no thanks. Not now, not ever. Up here in Valhalla/heaven we only deal with happy, smiley people.
To quote the divine Mr Jagger – ”Hey you, get off of my cloud”
Huh? Blind Freddie?.
I hear ISIS have their own Kneel Down Comedy Club. The open Mike night has to be seen to be believed!
Yeah. but Mike doesn’t enjoy the finale.
He doesn’t complain for long, Dwight.