Troubletown's: E-Z guide to who should have free speech and who should not.PEOPLE WHO SHOUT FIRE IN A CROWDED THEATER? NO! YOU STOP THAT! PEOPLE WHO MAKE FUN OF OTHER PEOPLE'S RELIGIONS? YES, UNLESS THEY BECOME VERY VERY MAD. PEOPLE WITH POLITICAL SLOGAN T-SHIRTS? YES, UNLESS THEY COME WITHIN A MILE OF PRESS. BUSH. EGYPTIANS WHO DRAW CARTOONS ABOUT THEIR GOVERNMENT MINISTERS? NOT IF THEY ARE HURTFUL. EIGHT-GRADERS? THAT'S INCITING GANG VIOLENCE! AMATEUR FATWA fat·wa n. A legal opinion or ruling issued by an Islamic scholar. [Arabic fatw ISSUERS? YES! SOMETIMES YOU MUST GO AROUND THE FATWA COURT AND MOVE VERY QUICKLY. AL JAZEERA? MAY BAD. HOLOCAUST DENIERS? NO, WE HAVE SPECIAL CAMPS FOR THEM. MOVIE REVIEWERS? PASSION OF CHRIST Passion of Christ See also Christ. agony in the garden Christ confronts His imminent death. [N.T.: Matthew 26:36–45; Mark 14:32–41] cock its crowing reminded Peter of his betrayal. [N.T. TEMPTATION OF CHRIST The temptation of Christ in Christianity, refers to the temptation of Jesus by the devil as detailed in each of the Synoptic Gospels, at Matthew 4:1-11, Mark 1:12-13, and Luke 4:1-13. YES X NO YES NO X THE REPRESSED re·pressed adj. Being subjected to or characterized by repression. CHINESE? YES, WHEN WILL GOOGLE HURRY UP AND FIX THAT SITUATION? PEOPLE WHO MAKE RACIST COMMENTS ABOUT BLACK ATHLETES WHO PLAY FOR THE CLEVELAND INDIANS IN A CROWDED STADIUM? GIVE HIM A TOMAHAWK tomahawk [from an Algonquian dialect of Virginia], hatchet generally used by Native North Americans as a hand weapon and as a missile. The earliest tomahawks were made of stone, with one edge or two edges sharpened (sometimes the stone was globe shaped). , SPEAR-CHURCKER! NO! THATS ATLANTA! NICE PEOPLE WHO MIND THEIR OWN BUSINESS AND KEEP THEIR MOUTHS SHUT? YES, DEFINITELY! [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] |
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