Wednesday, May 10, 2006

Don't poke the... sheep?

So there's this guy who likes to hit the College Campuses up and down the west coast promoting his views on religion, or more specifically, Christianity. He always gains the attention of anyone walking by because of his signs, in fact he just might be Pat Roberts' little brother. His sign clearly showed what he thought of "porno freaks," rebellious women, homosexuals and Muslims. According to him, these groups all go against the Bible and should be punished. In the past, another sign he liked to wave compares aborted fetuses to the holocaust (the selective extermination of a specific group).

Now the first time he and his friends came to campus I missed them. I was pretty upset too; I would have loved to have been down there arguing with those fools. I was all ready to show them a 'rebellious woman' - however, I did not miss their presence yesterday. This time he came by himself, one lone little man to face the masses with only his sign (and Jesus) to protect him.
The minute I got to the "free speech" area I could tell exactly why he was doing this. If you preach to people, they will ignore you - especially on a college campus. If you say something to piss everyone off, well they're sure to argue with you.

So, how to get college kids discussing religion? Hmm.. How about telling them, God hates them all? Yes that's it, those retarded kids are sure to be manipulated right into it.. And guess what? They were.

This guy was using his apparent extremism to get 200 people pissed off and start preaching the word of God to each other. Really, you haven't experienced anything until you've seen a 21-year-old woman angrily screaming in another's face that God loves them. Humor at its finest.

I have to give the guy credit; I think he just might be an evil genius.

Upon leaving him and the angry mob, I made my way to my Civil Right/Civil Liberties class where everyone was talking about it. I offered my theory to them, that they were being manipulated into a religious discussion, but they chose not to listen. And despite the fact that the first half of the semester was on First Amendment Rights, they thought he needed to leave. One thing we did learn is that if your speech incites a riot, it can no longer go unchecked - so jokingly, they thought about going down to start a riot.

Either way, they guy's message is crap, people need to keep their religions to themselves - but the way he went about it must be commended. And the Sheep, well they continued to bleat, just a little louder, with more anger than usual.

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