Indian protesters burn effigies of Richard Gere after public kiss

[Rerun]

Originally Posted by rubecube

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cross_burning

The KKK was/is a minor fringe group that's existance has a LOT more to do with the hatred of blacks than it does about religious intolerance.

Show me articles or pics of thousands of people in multiple cities, supporting the KKK and their ideals and I will accept your rebuttle.

[troutman]

Originally Posted by Rerun

Gee... refresh my memory. When was the last time angry mobs in multiple Judeo-Christian cities burned effigies denouncing someone because they offended their religion.

Instead we take down Christmas trees because we're afraid their Christian symbolism might offend someone who is not of the Christian faith.

A lot of people burned their Beatles records after John Lennon joked they were bigger than Jesus.

http://www.newsoftheodd.com/content/view/212/29

Radio stations across the country, but especially in the South and Midwest, stopped playing Beatles records. Death threats began pouring in — directed against not only John, but the other Beatles as well. Bonfires appeared, with Beatles pictures and albums providing the fuel.

[Burninator]

Originally Posted by Rerun

The KKK was/is a minor fringe group that's existance has a LOT more to do with the hatred of blacks than it does about religious intolerance.

Show me articles or pics of thousands of people in multiple cities, supporting the KKK and their ideals and I will accept your rebuttle.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ku_Klux_Klan

At its peak in the early 1920s, the organization included about 15% of the nation's eligible population, approximately 4-5 million men.

There is your rebuttle.

[Rerun]

Originally Posted by troutman

A lot of people burned their Beatles records after John Lennon joked they were bigger than Jesus.

Strictly fringe fans .... no true Beatle fan would destroy one of their albums!

[Cowperson]

Originally Posted by fotze

I think the key in that is the extremist group, much like Billy Phelps or whatver his first name is.

That was a Hindu group. There's also a Muslim group protesting Valentine's day.

Nearly two dozen black-veiled Muslim women stormed gift and stationery shops Friday in Kashmir, India, burning Valentine's Day cards and posters to protest a holiday they say imposes Western values on Muslim youth.

No one was hurt in the half-dozen or so incidents, and police cordoned off the area to prevent the women from marching through Srinagar's main shopping district to continue their ransacking.

The women were from the Kashmiri Islamic group Dukhtaran-e-Millat, or Daughters of the Community, Kashmir's only women's separatist group, whose members are also known for their fiercely conservative social views.

"We will not let anyone sell these cards or celebrate Valentine's Day," said Asiya Andrabi, the group's leader, as she held a burning poster in her hand. "These Western gimmicks are corrupting our kids and taking them away from their roots."

http://www.newsmax.com/archives/ic/2...928.shtml?s=lh

The good news, of course, is that Muslim and Hindu extremists in India have come to agree on one topic at least, something to celebrate amid the flames.

Cowperson

[Rerun]

Originally Posted by Burninator

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ku_Klux_Klan


There is your rebuttle.

Did I say 400 years ago? Sorry... strictly a typo... I mean't 40 years ago

[La Flames Fan]

I may be wrong but isn't this the same region that gave us the Kama Sutra?

[rubecube]

Originally Posted by Rerun

The KKK was/is a minor fringe group that's existance has a LOT more to do with the hatred of blacks than it does about religious intolerance.

Show me articles or pics of thousands of people in multiple cities, supporting the KKK and their ideals and I will accept your rebuttle.

Exactly. These protests are also being done by fringe groups. The KKK's views on race are mostly founded by their religious beliefs, hence the cross-burnings. Your original post was incredibly ignorant.

[JimmytheT]

Originally Posted by fotze

http://www.breitbart.com/article.php...show_article=1

NEW DELHI (AP) - Angry crowds in several Indian cities are burning effigies of Richard Gere.


It's happening after Gere swept a popular Bollywood actress into his arms and kissed her several times during an AIDS-awareness event.

Photographs of Gere embracing Shilpa Shetty and kissing her on the cheek at an HIV/AIDS awareness event in New Delhi were splashed across front pages.

India is a country where sex and public displays of affection are largely taboo.
In Mumbai, members of the right-wing Hindu nationalist group Shiv Sena beat burning effigies of Gere with sticks and set fire to glamourous shots of Shetty.

I wonder if this stems from the hindu's belief in never harming animals and Gere's past treatment of gerbils?

Not to derail the thread, but this Urban Legend must be addressed for those that continue to believe it:

http://www.snopes.com/risque/homosexuality/gerbil.asp

A few excerpts:

"Contrary to widespread public belief, "gerbil-stuffing" is unknown as an actual sexual practice, nor are we aware of a verified medical case of a gerbil having been extracted from a patient's rectum."

"Like similar legends such as The Promiscuous Rock Star, this tale has been applied to various public figures who are known or believed to be homosexual, and it has stuck with one in particular: Richard Gere. Although the legend homed in on various targets when it first appeared (including a Philadelphia newscaster), it has clung tenaciously to Mr. Gere's name since at least the mid-1980s. Rumors that he had an emergency "gerbilectomy" at Cedars-Sinai Hospital in California have spread far and wide, and countless doctors and nurses claim to have participated in, been on hand during, or heard from a reliable colleague about, the procedure. (Cedars-Sinai is apparently the best-staffed hospital in the world, since several hundred different doctors and nurses were reportedly on duty at the time Mr. Gere was allegedly brought in for treatment.) The rumor's spread was aided by an anonymous prankster who, not long after the film Pretty Woman led to a tremendous increase in Gere's popularity, flooded fax machines in Hollywood with a phony "press release" purportedly issued by the Association for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals, claiming that Gere had "abused" a gerbil. But, as a reporter from The National Enquirer found when he attempted to track down the gerbil story, there were no facts to be had. "

[Ford Prefect]

I've wanted to burn effigies of Gere since An Officer and a Gentleman. Had I seen American Gigolo I'm sure my pyromaniac urges would have started even earlier. I'm thinking that I like Indian media/celebrity critics.