Tell me something controversial

[YelloKitty]

Originally posted by angrykitty

that's a really tough one. i wouldn't be able to pick a side.

thats easy, ak. the answer rhymes with moshiro tifune.

[FisticuffsBluff]

Originally posted by Kosmopolite
A dork is a whale's peepee.

and a geek is a sideshow freak that bites the heads off chickens and drinks their blood - not a rockstar.

[angrykitty]

Originally posted by Make Room
None of this crap you guys have said is controversial at all.

i disagree.

[angrykitty]

Originally posted by YelloKitty

thats easy, ak. the answer rhymes with moshiro tifune.

what?!?! easy?!?!

you obviously don't understand the "tao of steve".

;)

[Tom Servo]

Starving people. Stray pets. The solution seems obvious.

[perseus]

there's a new pill that cures both homosexuality and religious fundamentalism.

[reckanize]

Forget Benny Laden. Someone should take George Bush out right now. He is the most dangerous man on earth. Damn, somebody gimme a rifle.

[chairmynmeow]

Originally posted by Sethius
Did you know God is gay?

Controversial 'gay Jesus' play previews in New York
Catholic League on the play: 'Sick beyond words'
Theatergoer: 'It's all about free speech'
September 23, 1998
Web posted at: 1:49 a.m. EDT (0549 GMT)
NEW YORK (CNN) -- The curtain went up Tuesday on an off-Broadway play about a gay Christlike figure as theatergoers submitted to airport-style security because of death threats and about 150 people protested outside.

People attending the first preview of "Corpus Christi," which debuted to a full house, had to pass through metal detectors and hand over bags and packages to be X-rayed.

Several members of the Franciscan Friars of the Renewal -- who wore gray robes and sandals, some carrying crosses -- held a prayer vigil outside the City Center theater.

The play, by Tony-winning playwright Terrence McNally, has been a source of controversy since media reports in the spring revealed that it was about a gay Christlike figure who has sex with his disciples.

In May, The Manhattan Theater Club dropped the work from its fall schedule because of security concerns after callers threatened to burn the theater and "exterminate" everyone inside.

Days later, theater executives reversed their decision, saying police had promised to ensure safety if the play was staged, and it was scheduled for Oct. 13. Tuesday was the first night of previews, in which a play is generally fine-tuned before its official opening.

Pressure to produce the play also came from within the ranks of the theater community. South African playwright Athol Fugard threatened to withdraw his play "The Captain's Tiger" from the theater club's roster if "Corpus Christi" was not mounted.

Catholic League on the play: 'sick beyond words'
Holding signs saying "You call this art?" and "Don't support blasphemy," about 150 people gathered in a designated area across the street from the theater, holding rosaries, singing hymns and praying. A 70-year-old woman was arrested when she refused to move from in front of the theater.

"This play offends the very root of Christianity, which is the sacredness of Christ," said Margaret Devlin, a Roman Catholic from Long Island. "It defames Jesus Christ."

Devlin conceded she had based her objections to the play on media reports but said "just knowing that Jesus Christ lives a homosexual lifestyle with his disciples" was reason enough to protest.

The Catholic League branded the play "sick beyond words."

"Certain segments of the arts community seem obsessed with sex, and ... they're projecting it onto Jesus Christ," said Rick Hinshaw, a spokesman for the Catholic League for Religious and Civil Rights. "It's just the misportrayal, blasphemous portrayal of Jesus."

Play spokesman Andy Shearer refused to discuss the script Tuesday, saying McNally preferred to let "Corpus Christi" speak for itself.

He said no details would be released beyond a description in a brochure sent to potential theatergoers earlier this year. It said: "From modern day Corpus Christi, Texas, to ancient Jerusalem, we follow a young gay man named Joshua on his spiritual journey, and get to know the 12 disciples who choose to follow him."

Theatergoer: 'It's all about free speech'
Theatergoers hurried past the demonstrators instead of lingering outside the theater, as is customary before a show. They seemed to shrug off the controversy.

"It's all about free speech. They have the right to protest. The theater has a right to stage it. I have the right to see it," said Candace Simon, 37, of Newark, New Jersey.

After being among the first to watch the play, John Friedman, 34, of Greenwich, Connecticut, said he understood why it was controversial.

"It may not be for everybody, but I thought it really brought out the transcendental nature of Jesus," he said. "It emphasized that he was an outcast."

McNally -- who has won best-play Tony awards for "Master Class" and "Love! Valour! Compassion!" as well as a Tony this season for the musical "Ragtime" -- is both gay and Catholic. The play is directed by Joe Mantello, another gay Catholic who starred in "Angels in America."

"It makes me a bit nervous," said Gail Topol, who said she had not known the night's performance was the first of 10 previews before the play's formal opening.

"It makes it a bit more nerve-racking. You don't know if some lunatic is going to create a disturbance in the theater or something," she said.

http://www.cnn.com/US/9809/23/gay.jesus

[chairmynmeow]

Originally posted by reckanize
Forget Benny Laden. Someone should take George Bush out right now. He is the most dangerous man on earth. Damn, somebody gimme a rifle.

Careful dude. Big Brother is watching.

[archonemis]

Originally posted by Waco Jesus
Captain Picard is better than Captain Kirk.

Fuck you, man.

Kirk 4 EVA!

[reckanize]

I'll kick his ass too, dammit!

Incidentally, here in the UK it's the other way round. Everyone is watching Big Brother, a 'reality' TV show.

[archonemis]

Originally posted by reckanize
Forget Benny Laden. Someone should take George Bush out right now. He is the most dangerous man on earth. Damn, somebody gimme a rifle.

If I could I would assasinate him right now.

[stryfe]

sometimes, when people, like ask for an opinion, they really just want you to agree with them, you know?

and like oh my gosh, when you don't, like agree with them, they like get all bent and of shape and stuff.

they like call you a hypocrit, an elitist, or like a really big dork, you know?

[archonemis]

When people ask me, in passing, 'how are you?' I tell them how I am. They never know what to do because they don't really want to know how I am. It's a reflexive phrase said without any thought about whether or not someone could take it seriously. That's why I stick to the never understood, very ambiguous and somewhat confusing, 'what it is?'

Back to the topic. Picard could be argued as a better captain in terms of acting (Stewart IS a seperior actor), but the original Star Trek wasso ground breaking. It dealt with very human and very emotional subjects. They were taking on things about which no one had the balls to write. Kirk was the face of that. Kirk was the poster/cow-boy on whom everyone doted because he gave Star Trek life.

TNG had it's points. I won't tell you I didn't watch it because I DID. I loved it. It was a better show in terms of production, acting, overall scripting and even character development (barring the Star Trek movies), but I still say that the O.G. Kirk is a far better captain and far more iconin than Picard.

Without Kirk there would be no Picard.

[stryfe]

i loved st:tng!