27 January 2014

Another message from Nazareth


The story of the hateful billboard erected in Nazareth near one of the most famous churches is making waves in the media. I have traced the picture to the Facebook original poster, Raphael Ben Hur, who took the picture and added the following text (original mistakes kept for authenticity):
to all my christian friends all over the world
i visited Nazareth last week on the way to the Anunciation Church i saw that huge banner, i was so apset to see the "words"!
i am sorry that the Israeli goverment keeps quite...yes maybe we afraid of the Muslims in Nazareth....
The Internet addresses (upper right corner of the board) lead to Islamic sites, of course.

I am trying to imagine what would have happened if a similar billboard was put up by Jews... and was addressing Islam in a similar vein. Doesn't bear thinking about, does it?

So, most probably, Raphael is right: maybe we are afraid of the Muslims in Nazareth...

6 comments:

SnoopyTheGoon said...

Naw. And it's not hateful. It's just a diagreement. Course, now, if the Christers were to put up their own billboard admonishing Islam, well, then you'd see some hate in action.

SnoopyTheGoon said...

Does she keep the pressure valve in her pocket? Gives a new meaning to "selfie."

SnoopyTheGoon said...

The birth rate is down, vodka consumption is up. So what else is new?

SnoopyTheGoon said...

Oh well, I wouldn't argue the point.

SnoopyTheGoon said...

I bet there is some gizmo in the pocket. It should be automatic, but probably some glitch happened.

SnoopyTheGoon said...

Still depressing. A great people goes into the bottle.