tcpip: (Default)
Diary of a B+ Grade Polymath ([personal profile] tcpip) wrote2007-05-18 12:05 pm

Climate Change, Farewell Fawell, Gaming News

Unitarian Extension Movement's forum on climate change, species deaths and alternative technology last Sunday was excellent. Most appropriately the following day had a wonderful opportunity to slap-down some serious idiocy courtesy of the von Mises Institute. It really was like shooting fish in a barrel. Climate change was also a media feature this week with recognition that extremes will affect Australia, and especially Victoria.

A couple of days ago my flist seemed to in celebration over the demise of Jerry Fawell. His apocalyptic beliefs, and hatred of secular liberalism and abhorrent theology certainly generates little sympathy from this corner of livejournal. Rather appropriately, [livejournal.com profile] nom_de_grr plays Godwin's and challenges us to find the differences (in speech) between Fawell and Hitler. The key point: both are people who sought not to keep their theological beliefs to their own lives, but rather to impose them on others. Appropriately [livejournal.com profile] angel80 links to North Korea's Juche as a religion.

Monte Cook makes some very good comments about Dragon and the state of D&D. On Sunday ran the first session of Stormbringer's Rogue Mistress which is just great. Also have completed a further two scenes for the HeroQuest Glorantha epic.

Best title goes to [livejournal.com profile] reddragdiva. Science proves that trolls really are a bunch of dicks. Mightily impressed by [livejournal.com profile] beagl linking the free LP for a compilation of New Zealand undergound music (yes, I've been looking at properties in Dunedin again). Do you have ten favourite movies? List them on slipjig's survey.

Falwell

[identity profile] callistra.livejournal.com 2007-05-18 02:23 am (UTC)(link)
Did you see Fred Phelps is planning to picket the funeral?

Re: Falwell

[identity profile] tcpip.livejournal.com 2007-05-18 02:28 am (UTC)(link)

Yeah, I'd heard that but haven't read the news report. What's his beef? I thought those two would have been great bedfellows (pardon the pun and apologies for the mental image)..

Re: Falwell

[identity profile] cluebyfour.livejournal.com 2007-05-18 02:57 am (UTC)(link)
Nah. Falwell wasn't nearly enough fire-and-brimstone for Phelps. From their press release:

There is little doubt that Falwell split Hell wide open the instant he died. The evidence is compelling, overwhelming, and irrefragable. To wit:

1 Falwell was a true Calvinistic Baptist when he was a young preacher in Springfield, Missouri; and sold his soul to Free-Willism (Arminianism) for lucre.

2. Falwell bitterly and viciously attacked WBC because of WBC9s faithful Bible preaching - thereby committing the unpardonable sin - otherwise known as the sin gainst the Holy Ghost.

3. Falwell warmly praised Christ-rejecting Jews, pedophile-condoning Catholics, money-grubbing compromisers, practicing fags like Mel White, and backsliders like Billy Graham and Robert Schuler, Etc. All for lucre - making him guilty of their sins.


Burn, Jerry, Burn! One of these shirts should make quite a splash at Sunday service.

Re: How about this one?

[identity profile] cluebyfour.livejournal.com 2007-05-18 03:42 am (UTC)(link)
Excellent. However, this one may be pushing it a bit. The ultimate onanism!

(I was told this was designed by the younger brother of one my close friends; knowing him I'm not surprised!)

Re: How about this one?

[identity profile] tcpip.livejournal.com 2007-05-18 06:38 am (UTC)(link)

Being more than slightly irreverent means I find purile humour in the following...

http://www.divine-interventions.com/baby.php

Re: How about this one?

[identity profile] imajica-lj.livejournal.com 2007-05-18 01:31 pm (UTC)(link)
Brilliant.

Re: Falwell

[identity profile] tcpip.livejournal.com 2007-05-18 03:05 am (UTC)(link)

Wow... Just when you think you've read the craziest shit, someone comes along and beats it.

I'm almost tempted to do a parody site which attacks Phelps...

Re: Falwell

[identity profile] tcpip.livejournal.com 2007-05-18 06:25 am (UTC)(link)

Oh no, I was thinking something along the line of Phelps is a liberal fag-lover type site. You know, accuse him of pandering to limp-wristed democratic processes like protests and so forth, when truly righteous person would do the stonings themselves! (Especially for those who work on the Sabbath)

Re: Falwell

[identity profile] callistra.livejournal.com 2007-05-18 03:47 am (UTC)(link)
Here's my christmas version
:-)

Re: Falwell

[identity profile] mr-figgy.livejournal.com 2007-05-18 04:11 am (UTC)(link)
*applauds*