Misappropriated Expectations (5 comments)
Some money-grubbers are trying to build a class-action lawsuit against Wikipedia, based on the flawed expectation that the internet can be trusted. While Wikipedia does have amazing amounts of factual material, it's foolish to treat it as an authoritative source of information. I love Wikipedia, but "don't believe everything you read on the internet" still applies.
Mel wanted to see the new version of The Lion, The Witch, and The Wardrobe when we first saw previews. Since then, though, the evangelicals have decided that the story was written to spread their message. Even though C. S. Lewis said that wasn't the case decades ago, the movie is being touted as a great way to trick your friends into being saved, and the box office gross is seen as a measure of the righteousness of our nation (which proves the need to take most of my favorite shows off TV or something). I guess we're waiting for the DVD to hit Netflix.
I'm always tempted to go off on a rant about all the claims that the fundamentalist christians are oppressed because they're not allowed to control other peoples' lives. Go ahead and imagine that I did that here. If you like, you can even include my rebuttal of these quotes from The BBC's coverage of our perennial Christmas vocabulary war:
"People are tired of being told not to celebrate Christmas, they are tired of the ACLU. This is just parents saying they want to preserve Christ in Christmas."
"The Bush administration has suffered a loss of will and... they have capitulated to the worst elements in our culture."
As a special treat, you can even imagine that I'd use "love thy neighbor" and "do unto others" sarcastically.