Thursday, December 13, 2007 | Reason : Comedy | print version

Protests Over The Golden Compass

by theonion.com

Thanks to Rick Leitch for the link.

Reposted from: http://www.theonion.com/content/infograph/protests_over_the_golden

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Catholics and other religious groups have organized boycotts of The Golden Compass, a film based on a children's book by an avowed atheist. What are their complaints?

* Directly competing with Margot At The Wedding, which they love

* Compasses inherently promote travel and broadened horizons

* The most sympathetic character is not killed in a prolonged and bloody torture sequence

* Though God is not referenced directly, subtitles pop up on screen to remind viewers when things symbolize God and religion

* Daniel Craig would be better served doing the Lord's work in the next Bond installment

* Breaks unspoken rule that talking CGI animals must be allegorical to Catholicism

* Would have enjoyed some broader anti-Semitic themes

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1. Comment #98679 by faouloki on December 14, 2007 at 3:07 am

The absurdity is that anything like this that comes from The Onion could just have easily come from a religious site and we wouldn't be able to tell the difference. Very amusing though, and very true.

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2. Comment #98762 by rustylix on December 14, 2007 at 8:25 am

The absurdity is that anything like this that comes from The Onion could just have easily come from a religious site and we wouldn't be able to tell the difference. Very amusing though, and very true.

Whats sad is you could probably say the same things about their articles on Bush, Iran, and Iraq.

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3. Comment #98766 by sidfaiwu on December 14, 2007 at 8:31 am

In the kings court, the Jester was the only one permitted to speak the truth.

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4. Comment #98896 by robotaholic on December 14, 2007 at 9:00 pm

ha! sidfaiwu

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5. Comment #99197 by dragonfirematrix on December 15, 2007 at 9:47 pm

Christian protests over book and movie contents are somewhat their norm.

I guess if the Christian protests over the "The Golden Compass" are as sucessful as the Christian protests were over the "Harry Potter" books and movies, "The Golden Compass" should do quite well.

I guess the Christian protests are all about the Christian love for freedom in America, or at least their limited view of it.

Another of my opinions in the sea of opinions.

Thanks,

Wayne

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6. Comment #99423 by rev on December 16, 2007 at 3:59 pm

swim in your sea dragonfirematrix and enjoy, but as for these fools who dare not see, forgive there blindness, as they are blind and can not see truth.

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7. Comment #110045 by stewjp on January 10, 2008 at 11:24 am

It amazes me how christians are always like "teach both theories" when it come to creationism or any other nonsensical idea they have regarding school curriculum.

Yet when it comes to movies and books like this they instantly want to ban/burn things.....it is awe inspiring the double standards they come up with to justify their behaviors.

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8. Comment #112913 by ridelo on January 18, 2008 at 9:18 am

In TGC peoples souls are animals. What crap! Everybody knows that souls are white balloons only visible for already departed persons! And they're checkered with black stains if you've sinned a lot!
Sjeezzzz! How stupid one can be.

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