I may have no life, but I stand up for humanity. Huzzah!

http://www.facebook.com/inbox/?ref=mb#/group.php?gid=20664117026&ref=ts

go there.

It's just a little ridiculous if you ask me. And if you're too lazy to click that and find out what it is, then I'm not a fan of you and your lethargic justification of not clicking.

But I'll tell you anyway. It's a group on facebook lovingly entitled "FUCK ISLAM!!"

Yeah, if you can't tell what they're all about from the title, you could always read their information?

On to the point. Since I'm antisocial and lazy, I've been perusing the internet as I always do, specifically Facebook, when I came across this group after my Muslim friend, Abdul, joined and posted some comments on it. Before you say "WHAT?! He's Muslim but he's in a group called Fuck Islam and commenting?!" he did it in return to the comments the other people in the group had posted. Now, about 75% of the posts on there are actually people who hate Islam and anyone who follows the religion and/or supports its freedom (kind of like a Neo-Nazi legislation opposed specifically to Islam instead of Judaism), but a good 25%, 1/4 of all the posts, consists of people nay-saying the nay-sayers. People, some Muslim, some not, defending the justice behind leaving Islam alone.

And, naturally I agree.

You can go to that group and read the entire comment thread yourself, its pretty fun. But I got pretty heated because one man in particular, Heinrich Muller (not the real Heinrich Muller for you holocaust buffs) started insulting my friend. After he asked me for some advice on what to say back, particularly with grammar-burning, I couldn't help but join the group and post some thoughts of my own.

So, while it might be a little hypocritical to rail against a group like this when one of my main arguments is freedom of speech and expression, I still say you should join and share what you feel on the group's page. Hopefully, you're on my side on the issue of letting people practice whatever religion they want freely as long as its not dehumanizing or destructive in any way (and I know you're thinking of a slew of terrorist jokes to vault at that, but bear with me).

But, on a larger scale, people should be able to profess whatever they believe, with that aforementioned requisite, without getting repudiated and mocked. Again, it sounds a little like punishing someone with the death penalty for murder, but I don't even care to take it to that level. Its just insensitive, hurtful, demeaning, and easily spreadable. Like a disease that can talk and insults you constantly. Could you imagine?

OH WAIT. If you're Muslim, its a reality. Of course, Muslims aren't the only ones who face this kind of persecution, but in reality they're probably one of, if not the highest ranking religion to be railed against...especially after September 11, 2001.

I take this kind of hit personally, though, because it'd be the same for me if someone had made a group called "FUCK PERU!!" and made fun of our immoral and illogical use of llamas versus alpakas. I'd be sad :(

But in all seriousness, that group has some serious allegations including, and I quote:

"Islam ordains apostates to be killed, limb amputations for petty theft, raping women as 'holy' legal punishment, lashings, men ordered to beat their wives, women are blamed if they're raped, molesting little girls is perfectly fine, those who insult Islam and all those who do not submit to it are to be killed through beheading and by the cutting off of their hands and feet."

Alright, I'm not the biggest Islam geek, but even I can spot out some fallacies within that paragraph. And even if all of that were 100% true, it doesn't mean all Muslims follow the Quran doctrine to a tee. Same as Christianity or any other religion that cites a specific document for its values and laws.

Now, keep in mind that this group has 11,000+ wall posts. But, at least if you're not going to take it seriously, feel free to browse around for some entertainment value. Personally, seeing all the anti-Muslim radicals and their hooooorrible typing skills delights me the most, but everyone has their funnybone fetish. Some of the claims on there are just plain preposterous, and its sad that people actually think like that. A lot of people on that page actually try to reason with the haters peacefully and rationally, but most of them end up saying they don't care, telling the nice open-minded individual that they're wrong and are going to hell.

In fact, Abdul and I were threatened to be murdered on this very page. After some back and forth tomfoolery, one man entered the commentversation (comment and conversation fused together, btw) and said this:

Romanul Banatean (Birmingham, AL)
4:13 PM

"heinrich, lets kill this taliban terrorist abdul and this liberal muslim lover shelton. These fucking liberals are more of threat to our proud aryan master race than all the sand monkeys and coloureds together"

I'm not kidding!

Now, also take into account the date of this blog post...if you see this in the far future, just go to that page (if it isn't deleted by then) and search the comment archives around this date if you want to read everything I said as well as Abdul and the Gestapo.

Like I said, its entertainment value if you actually don't care for what's going on. But, please take note of it and realize that this is possibly the smallest form of racism, bigotry, hatred, discrimination, propaganda, and ignorance out there. It only grows from there, folks =/

Anyway, other than that, nothing interesting has arisen in my life. Do you really care?

Probably not.

But, in recent news:

-Saw Bolt. Loved it. Reviewed it. 9.5/10
-Rented Prototype, I'll probably review that soon too when I beat it. For the uninitiated, Prototype is actually a video game, not a movie. But hey, maybe I wanna review it anyway. Huh, punk? Huh?
-Discovered a little gem called Dead Snow about Nazi zombies. Coming out this Friday in limited release. Who wants to see it?! I do. I don't care if its gimmicky. See my preview on my movie blog (www.kshelton21.blogspot.com <--yeah i plugged my other blog on this blog. sue me.)
-Ate a High Life Hot Dog from Longdogger's. Gotta love Florida's hot dog joints!
-Beat the gym-leader of fighting Pokemon in Pokemon: Platinum. Hooah!

Aaaand yeah, that's my weekend. Fantastical and full of whimsy!

That wraps it up for me on this Sunday night. Sakachawaaa


Oh, and, I dislike you with great contempt "FUCK ISLAM!!" group. U gais r sooo stewpid, i dono y i even bothar wit u LOL.

-Bloody Wanker Cunt

(I was called a wanker and cunt. multiple times. i added bloody for added British humor.)