Marijuana and book burning.

I regularly post on a message board called Christianforums. It's a huge messageboard site open to anyone of any religion, but it's run by Christians and holds Christian standards (ie. you can't talk badly about Christianity, although you can debate it). Well, today I thought I posted a pretty darn good post in response to a "thread" called "Would you burn your favorite secular albums if:", that I made me laugh as I was writing it. Here it is, for anyone curious enough to read it.

The original post:

Would you burn your fave secular albums if:

1) The artists got busted for child abuse or downloading kiddy porn from the Net.

2) They admitted to having an affair with their manager's wife.

3) They believed they were bigger than Jesus or wrote songs that defame Jesus.

4) They were previously on a Christian label and signed with one of the big four labels with a UPC on the back.

5) They showed off their breasts in a magazine or at a live concert (or for a guy they get out their penis on stage).

6) They call the Queen a ****.

7) They abuse an airhostess and/or pretend to hijack a flight to New York.

8) They support the death penalty and cutting down acres of rainforests.

9) They do a benefoit concert to support abortion and same sex marriage rights.

10) They call for the decriminalisation of cannabis and the harder drugs.


My response:


1) The artists got busted for child abuse or downloading kiddy porn from the Net.

I'm guilty. I admit to downloading naked kiddy's often when I'm bored. Meow!

2) They admitted to having an affair with their manager's wife.

Does my best friend's wife count? Guilty.

3) They believed they were bigger than Jesus or wrote songs that defame Jesus.

I don't think that Jesus was a muscular as I am, so I definetely believe that I'm bigger than Jesus. Guilty.

4) They were previously on a Christian label and signed with one of the big four labels with a UPC on the back.

I stuck a label from Labatt Blue beer to my forehead once; it had a UPC on it. I was walking around the bar all night with a UPC bar code on my forehead. Guilty.

5) They showed off their breasts in a magazine or at a live concert (or for a guy they get out their penis on stage).

I showed off my breasts at a concert a number of times. Running around topless is fun! I also went skinny-dipping once. I hate leeches. Guilty as charged.

6) They call the Queen a ****.

Calling the Queen four-stars in just too far! Even I'm not guilty of that one. With those teeth, I couldn't give her more than two-stars.

7) They abuse an airhostess and/or pretend to hijack a flight to New York.

I try to abuse airhostess' as much as humanly possible. What else am I going to do on an airplane when beer costs $26 for a cup? Guilty.

8) They support the death penalty and cutting down acres of rainforests.

I support the death penalty and live in a house made of wood. So does Jesus; who was also a carpenter that obviously was responsible for the cutting down of many trees. Deal with it. You hug a tree and I'll cut it down. Guilty again.

9) They do a benefoit concert to support abortion and same sex marriage rights
What the heck is a "benefoit concert"? I don't know if I'm guilty of that or not.

10) They call for the decriminalisation of cannabis and the harder drugs.

I call for the decriminalization of cannabis as well. Wait a minute! My country has already decriminalized it! I'd much rather see my tax money go to something other than imprisoning people for commiting petty crimes, thank you. "O Canada..." Totally guilty dude.

What I don't support is the abundant and easy to obtain supply of over-the-counter drugs; many of which are proven to be much worse on a person's body than the compound known as tetra hydra-cannibal and even the total effects of smoking a marijuana cigarette; with or without filteration.I also think it's hypocritical for any nation to outright ban marijuana when it promotes the sale of things such as alcohol and tobacco cigarettes; both things which have high death-rates attached to them. The total death count attributed to marijuana is significantly lower. When you count the number of deaths directly attributed to alcohol verses marijuana, you'll notice that number for deaths because of alcohol is quite high, while the number of deaths because of marijuana is absolutely zero.

Also, I have a tentency to relate the burning of secular albums to the burning of books. There's not much difference. Do you really want to live in a theocracy run by men? I'd rather live in a democracy (or at least some form of one) then to be run out of the country or killed because of my beliefs and values. Hitler anyone?

The men and women who write such "controverial" lyrics have their reasons for saying such things. Maybe it would better benefit those book/CD burners to learn why those artists say what they do in an effort to help those around them, instead of hiding behind the fire of their ignorance.



I had a good time with that one.