Thursday, March 02, 2006

KARMA?

In case you don't want to read the whole article:

"Christian broadcaster Pat Robertson, criticized by some evangelicals for comments about Venezuela's president and Israel's prime minister, lost a bid for re-election to the National Religious Broadcasters' board of directors."

So, you can advocate assassinating elected presidents of other countries while simultaneously calling other people TERRORISTS, and the most you get is kicked off the board. Where do free speech and hate speech intersect? If someone had acted upon his call for execution, could Pat be held responsible?

To put it mildly, the folks who didn't vote for him said:
"NRB President Frank Wright said there was no broad effort to distance the group from Robertson. But 'there was broad dismay with some of Pat's comments and a feeling they were not helpful to Christian broadcasters in general,' he said in Wednesday's Washington Post."

At what point are Pat's comments just plain reprehensible? When he suggested that Ariel Sharon was being punished by God for pulling out of Gaza? When he suggested that people in PA could no longer pray for help from God?

Ok...he's stupid, but lots of people listen to him. So, when will his nasty remarks equal calling fire in a crowded theater???

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