Don't Flip That Coin
Aside from the Rolling Stones -- who rocked, by the way -- the best part of this year's Super Bowl was the fact that it ended. Really, it was that bad. So bad, in fact, that most of the game I was thinking of the coin toss.
Deep thinker that I am, I couldn't help but reflect on something about a coin toss. Basically, opposing players choose sides of the coin -- head or tails -- and the winner gets to receive the kick, or watch while the loser gets the beer, or for whatever reason the coin flip was called into play.
The problem is, we are experiencing a global coin toss right now. And only one side is flipping.
The Home Team, since this analogy came from my brain I get to pick, are the Christian Fundamentalists. The Away Team are the Muslim Fundamentalists. They are fighting against each other. Their captains, Pat Robertson and Osama bin Laden, are at the fifty yard line and the ref has the coin.
Problem is, what really is the difference?
OK, Pat Robertson hasn't killed anyone (that we know of). But he and his cohorts have used their political power to help create this potiential religious war that is unfolding before us. Osama bin Laden, through the use of terror tactics, have only empowered the Christian Right.
Bush, himself a member of the Christian Right, is going right along with this. Forcing fundamentalist views on the American people, like nominating Alito or adding faith-based initiatives, is ultimately removing the very rights he swore to uphold.
And, while Robertson and Jerry Falwell (the man who declared war to "save Christmas") may not have murdered Muslims of late, George W. certainly has. Thousands of Iraqis are dead right now because of his war against Saddam Hussein -- a war that should never have happened.
The tension between these two has been high since the 1970's. It is rapidly getting worse. The Toon Wars are only another example.
The escalating hatred is leaving innocents dead on both sides. My friend Joe died going to work on a hot Tuesday morning in September, 2001. Families are caught in the crossfire of a battle in Baghdad and everyone -- including children -- are killed.
They both believe in their hearts that God is with them and that they shall be victorious.
They are wrong.
They will not cease until mass destruction has been wreaked on mankind. With Iran in the mix now, this coin toss can go nuclear.
Hey, Ref!! Don't flip that coin!!
Deep thinker that I am, I couldn't help but reflect on something about a coin toss. Basically, opposing players choose sides of the coin -- head or tails -- and the winner gets to receive the kick, or watch while the loser gets the beer, or for whatever reason the coin flip was called into play.
The problem is, we are experiencing a global coin toss right now. And only one side is flipping.
The Home Team, since this analogy came from my brain I get to pick, are the Christian Fundamentalists. The Away Team are the Muslim Fundamentalists. They are fighting against each other. Their captains, Pat Robertson and Osama bin Laden, are at the fifty yard line and the ref has the coin.
Problem is, what really is the difference?
OK, Pat Robertson hasn't killed anyone (that we know of). But he and his cohorts have used their political power to help create this potiential religious war that is unfolding before us. Osama bin Laden, through the use of terror tactics, have only empowered the Christian Right.
Bush, himself a member of the Christian Right, is going right along with this. Forcing fundamentalist views on the American people, like nominating Alito or adding faith-based initiatives, is ultimately removing the very rights he swore to uphold.
And, while Robertson and Jerry Falwell (the man who declared war to "save Christmas") may not have murdered Muslims of late, George W. certainly has. Thousands of Iraqis are dead right now because of his war against Saddam Hussein -- a war that should never have happened.
The tension between these two has been high since the 1970's. It is rapidly getting worse. The Toon Wars are only another example.
The escalating hatred is leaving innocents dead on both sides. My friend Joe died going to work on a hot Tuesday morning in September, 2001. Families are caught in the crossfire of a battle in Baghdad and everyone -- including children -- are killed.
They both believe in their hearts that God is with them and that they shall be victorious.
They are wrong.
They will not cease until mass destruction has been wreaked on mankind. With Iran in the mix now, this coin toss can go nuclear.
Hey, Ref!! Don't flip that coin!!
posted by E-Luv at 9:19 AM
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