This picture was taken by my friend, Snapshot Jack, who is known as the outlaw photographer.
Friday, April 28, 2006
Wednesday, April 26, 2006
ARE WE CRAZY YET?
Are we crazy yet?
According to Yahoo News, Osama bin Laden has demanded death for those involved with cartoons of the Prophet Mohammad. He stated: “Heretics and atheists, who denigrate religion and transgress against God and His Prophet will not stop their enmity toward Islam except by being killed.”
Osama (not yo mamma) expressed his views in connection with cartoons posted by Jyllands-Posten in Denmark on September 30, 2005.
Shiites take a more tolerant view of pictures of Mohammad than Sunnis. Shiites believe that pictures of Mohammad are permissible so long as done with the greatest respect. Sunnis take a more extreme view and prohibit pictures of Mohammad altogether. And, of course, Osama is a Sunni, which is the predominant group of Islam.
Denmark has refused to apologize for the cartoon saying that it respects freedom of speech.
The cartoons were reproduced in several newspapers. Riots relating to the cartoons have resulted in at least 50 deaths.
The cartoons are described by proponents of Islam as being “culturally insulting,” “islamaphobic,” and “blasphemous.”
Are you prepared to see Cartoons so terrible that they are worth the death of 50 people and so terrible that Osama thinks you should die. If you are go to this link: http://www.humaneventsonline.com/sarticle.php?id=12146
To read an article about the Danish cartoons go to the Wikipedia link which also has a picture of the cartoons : http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jyllands-Posten_Muhammad_cartoons
So are we crazy yet? No? Then let’s move on.
Osama went on to say that for the Danish government to refuse to apologize take action from preventing this crime shows “ that the freedom of speech have no roots, especially when it comes to Muslims.”
Now we are crazy. In effect Osama says that there is no freedom of speech or press in Denmark because they allowed pictures to be published that offended his personal religious beliefs. Therefore freedom of speech would be NOT to allow the press to speak on things that offend Muslim sensibilities.
Yeah. That’s just the way they do it in some Islamic countries. Freedom of speech is when you shut down the newspapers and kill those who speak things you do not want to hear.
I think we are crazy now if we believe this and put up with it. Many a person in the U.S. has died defending our freedom of religion and freedom of speech. And I for one do not intend to sacrifice these freedoms in the fear that someone in another part of the world call me “Islamaphobic.”
The 50 people who died might have good reason to be Islamaphobic. Newspapers that cannot publish something that might offend someone’s religious sensibilities be they Christian or Islamic, might be Islamaphobic if they are afraid of the results of their freedom of speech.
Are we crazy yet? Yes, I think may be we are.
According to Yahoo News, Osama bin Laden has demanded death for those involved with cartoons of the Prophet Mohammad. He stated: “Heretics and atheists, who denigrate religion and transgress against God and His Prophet will not stop their enmity toward Islam except by being killed.”
Osama (not yo mamma) expressed his views in connection with cartoons posted by Jyllands-Posten in Denmark on September 30, 2005.
Shiites take a more tolerant view of pictures of Mohammad than Sunnis. Shiites believe that pictures of Mohammad are permissible so long as done with the greatest respect. Sunnis take a more extreme view and prohibit pictures of Mohammad altogether. And, of course, Osama is a Sunni, which is the predominant group of Islam.
Denmark has refused to apologize for the cartoon saying that it respects freedom of speech.
The cartoons were reproduced in several newspapers. Riots relating to the cartoons have resulted in at least 50 deaths.
The cartoons are described by proponents of Islam as being “culturally insulting,” “islamaphobic,” and “blasphemous.”
Are you prepared to see Cartoons so terrible that they are worth the death of 50 people and so terrible that Osama thinks you should die. If you are go to this link: http://www.humaneventsonline.com/sarticle.php?id=12146
To read an article about the Danish cartoons go to the Wikipedia link which also has a picture of the cartoons : http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jyllands-Posten_Muhammad_cartoons
So are we crazy yet? No? Then let’s move on.
Osama went on to say that for the Danish government to refuse to apologize take action from preventing this crime shows “ that the freedom of speech have no roots, especially when it comes to Muslims.”
Now we are crazy. In effect Osama says that there is no freedom of speech or press in Denmark because they allowed pictures to be published that offended his personal religious beliefs. Therefore freedom of speech would be NOT to allow the press to speak on things that offend Muslim sensibilities.
Yeah. That’s just the way they do it in some Islamic countries. Freedom of speech is when you shut down the newspapers and kill those who speak things you do not want to hear.
I think we are crazy now if we believe this and put up with it. Many a person in the U.S. has died defending our freedom of religion and freedom of speech. And I for one do not intend to sacrifice these freedoms in the fear that someone in another part of the world call me “Islamaphobic.”
The 50 people who died might have good reason to be Islamaphobic. Newspapers that cannot publish something that might offend someone’s religious sensibilities be they Christian or Islamic, might be Islamaphobic if they are afraid of the results of their freedom of speech.
Are we crazy yet? Yes, I think may be we are.
Sunday, April 23, 2006
Angels and Demons
HarleyDad returned to the Blessing of the Bikes in Ozarklandia. It was my second day there and so I might refer to it as the "Second Blessing." It was a great experience and very well attended.
I went for the Bike show and the blessing of the bikes done by Father Bob McIlroy . Apparently, no one wanted to have an unblessed bike and so everybody in the area attended from the modest rice burners in Honda and Susuki land to the meanest Harley around.
The pictures portray a universe of motorcycles and outstanding motorcycle art. I am dividing the pictures into angels and demons.
The demon pictures will come first and then come the angel pictures.
It was a great experience and I plan on attending next year.
Now I will be both your Virgil and Beatrice as I give you a photographic tour of the Purgatorio and Paradise of Harley art and pics.
After all, I am HarleyDad.
I went for the Bike show and the blessing of the bikes done by Father Bob McIlroy . Apparently, no one wanted to have an unblessed bike and so everybody in the area attended from the modest rice burners in Honda and Susuki land to the meanest Harley around.
The pictures portray a universe of motorcycles and outstanding motorcycle art. I am dividing the pictures into angels and demons.
The demon pictures will come first and then come the angel pictures.
It was a great experience and I plan on attending next year.
Now I will be both your Virgil and Beatrice as I give you a photographic tour of the Purgatorio and Paradise of Harley art and pics.
After all, I am HarleyDad.
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