IllogiNews talk:Research reveals that Jesus was crucified on a Rubber Duck
This is simply being offensive to religious people for the sake of being offensive to religious people. It's stupid. --Nerd42 16:14, 8 Yoon 2009 (UTC)
- Well, I'm sorry it offended you. I genuinely didn't intend for this to be offensive. I personally thought it was harmless and goofy, with no real satirical message whatsoever. I was thinking about crosses and how they've become such an icon, and I thought, "What if it was some other object?" And of course, a giant rubber duck was the first object that sprang to mind. It's not meant to be a condemnation of religion or anything of the sort, just a surreal peice of fake news. --THE 16:38, 8 Yoon 2009 (UTC)
Crucifixion isn't funny - even if you think the character of Christ is an absurd one, or that it didn't exist or whatever, crucifixion is one of the worst forms of execution in terms of torture ever invented. It's the kind of thing that even if you had to watch it, it could make even the most hard-stomached people vomit. The fact that the cross has become a positive symbol/icon for a religion is probably the single oddest fact in history, whether Christianity is true or not, and that's without introducing any made up nonsense into the equation.
I can understand making fun of Christ/Christianity and the icon of the cross here, since it's in our society so much ... and I'm not saying this violates the "we are not persuasive" rule or anything like that ... but it just disgusts me. I mean "offend" not as in I'm angry ... more kind of sickened. I'd say it's on the borderline of breaking "we are not nasty" but not close enough to merit any real action other than my complaining to the author that I really don't like it. --Nerd42 14:47, 9 Yoon 2009 (UTC)
- Believe me Nerd, I see exactly where you're coming from but I think that a rubber duck is soooooo stupid that it shouldn't really be offensive. I'm not saying you're wrong because, yes, crucifixion is terrible, the only worse way I could see to be killed is how the Egyptians used to pull people's brains out through their noses while they were still conscious, but if you read the article he never really goes into detail about the crucifixion itself he just says, "nailed to". Nerd I disagree with you but I see your point, but this is really not nasty it's more of just slightly offensive to certain people. --T3 15:57, 9 Yoon 2009 (UTC)
- Yeah I agree, T3canolis, and I'm not calling for action or anything here except to say I don't like this kind of article and would encourage writing different stuff. --Nerd42 16:18, 9 Yoon 2009 (UTC)
- Well like I said, I'm sorry it bugged you. Like T3 said, the emphasis of the joke was meant to be the absurd rubber duck, not the crucifixion itself. --THE 18:22, 9 Yoon 2009 (UTC)
- Yeah I agree, T3canolis, and I'm not calling for action or anything here except to say I don't like this kind of article and would encourage writing different stuff. --Nerd42 16:18, 9 Yoon 2009 (UTC)
- kk. I don't wanna be a nag, just thought I'd state my opinion. --Nerd42 19:22, 9 Yoon 2009 (UTC)
Why is this story back on the front page? It's old --Nerd42 14:51, 6 Aym 2011 (UTC)
- Because the signing muffins said so. - Another n00b 22:55, 6 Aym 2011 (UTC)
- Isn't everything news-related a certain yak's fault? Unless there were belching hyenas involved, in which case nobody could say. Anything. At all. ~
00:14, 8 Aym 2011
- Isn't everything news-related a certain yak's fault? Unless there were belching hyenas involved, in which case nobody could say. Anything. At all. ~
