No One Murdered Because of This Image (The Onion)

[Nye Bevan]

Last edited Fri Sep 14, 2012, 11:20 AM - Edit history (1)

WARNING: NSFW Image: (link removed)

WASHINGTON—Following the publication of the image above, in which the most cherished figures from multiple religious faiths were depicted engaging in a lascivious sex act of considerable depravity, no one was murdered, beaten, or had their lives threatened, sources reported Thursday. The image of the Hebrew prophet Moses high-fiving Jesus Christ as both are having their erect penises vigorously masturbated by Ganesha, all while the Hindu deity anally penetrates Buddha with his fist, reportedly went online at 6:45 p.m. EDT, after which not a single bomb threat was made against the organization responsible, nor did the person who created the cartoon go home fearing for his life in any way. Though some members of the Jewish, Christian, Hindu, and Buddhist faiths were reportedly offended by the image, sources confirmed that upon seeing it, they simply shook their heads, rolled their eyes, and continued on with their day.

(link removed, but The Onion is not difficult to find)

[HubertHeaver]

1. I get the feeling the Onion has been infiltrated.

[Nye Bevan]

2. Really?

Poll Reveals You Live In Country Where Mentally Ill Man Still Has Good Chance Of Being Senator

WASHINGTON—A new poll of the Missouri electorate reported this week that Sen. Claire McCaskill holds a tenuous lead in the state’s Senate race over Rep. Todd Akin, essentially revealing that you live in a nation where a man who is deeply and irrefutably mentally ill can nevertheless stand a solid chance of winning higher office. “Current data shows that, contrary to any conventional notions of human reason or logic, a man with a questionable grasp on reality is evidently quite able to attain a prominent government position in the nation you are a citizen of,” said researcher Donald Schur, noting that the man in question currently holds a one-percent lead, “yes, lead,” in several other similar election polls. “That’s right, you, the average citizen, live in a country where a human being deep in the throes of delusion can not only be elected to higher office on six prior occasions, but may in fact be voted into office again despite his psychological instability being put on full display in the most spectacular fashion imaginable. This is the place where you live, and work, and pay taxes.” Researchers also noted that, according to recent evidence, this kind of thing actually doesn’t surprise you too much anymore.

http://www.theonion.com/articles/poll-reveals-you-live-in-country-where-mentally-il,29274/

[HubertHeaver]

12. During Clinton's speech at the convention--too many unfunny penis jokes on twitter purportedly from

the Onion. Just seemed like there was a mole with an obsession.

The passage you referenced above does have the right "feel" to be good satire.

The original post seems more like a right-winger trying too hard to be satirical.

[joeybee12]

3. No one murdered?

Well, not yet at least. That is, until Terry Jones discovers The Onion.

[MNBrewer]

4. I think it's terrific!

and gets the point across very nicely.

[Kindly Refrain]

5. NSFW

That's an understatement.

[MineralMan]

6. No, thanks very much.

Fisting and masturbation aren't appropriate in images for DU. That's clear. See the TOS.

Don't post "shock content" or porn.
Do not post or link to extreme images of violence, gore, bodily functions, pain, or human suffering for no purpose other than to shock and disgust. Do not post or link to pornography.

[Nye Bevan]

7. Thanks for the reminder.

I have edited to remove the links to the pornography to ensure that my post is TOS compliant.

[MineralMan]

8. Thank you.

Even a NSFW warning is adequate, I think, in this case.

[LeftinOH]

9. Nobody has been murdered because the prophet M******d isn't in the orgy;

even the satirists at the Onion know that if they did it, all hell would break loose.

[deaniac21]

10. yup

[Marinedem]

11. I'm pretty sure that was the point.

The fact that they could put everyone BUT Muhammad in the pic illustrates it.

[disidoro01]

13. That's the point

We all get it, you insult the figures of other religions (that image is pretty disgusting) and people get upset, that's the end of it. Why this insistence that those who are protesting and destroying property, killing people are righteous in their cause. Not in this thread of course but across DU there is talk about how the filmmaker is the one who should be held accountable. He should be held no more accountable than the maker of the above image or Andres Serrano. If a person kills because Muhammad was insulted by another, all responsibility lies with the killer not with the other person. You simply don't burn down buildings, attack people or kill people because you were insulted. It doesn't fly anywhere.