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Saturday, December 29, 2007
Brooms and stones
By VictorM:I don't know about you, but when I first read this story, my first thought was a Monty Python skit:
Brooms and stones? Vicious feuds? So much for Peace on Earth and Good Will fantasy.BETHLEHEM, West Bank -- Robed Greek Orthodox and Armenian priests went at each other with brooms and stones inside the Church of the Nativity on Thursday as long-standing rivalries erupted in violence during holiday cleaning.
The basilica, built over the grotto in Bethlehem where Christians believe Jesus was born, is administered jointly by Roman Catholic, Greek Orthodox and Armenian Apostolic authorities. Any perceived encroachment on one group's turf can set off vicious feuds.
This is one case where I think right wingers' preferred solution to every social problem would work -- give all the priests guns! Sure, it may get messy the first couple times around in a Robert Rodriguez sorta way, but the last group standing would not have to get involved in vicious feuds using brooms and stones again. And the losers? Well, they'd be in paradise, so really, you can't call them losers. It's a win-win situation.
PS. The above comment meant in a Monty Python sorta way.
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