Thursday, September 4, 2008
Ask Blognigger: Should Muslims Be Allowed to Pray on the Subway?
Today's Ask BN is a guest post over at Street Carnage!
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bn, you know I love ya but today I think you're going too far.
To say that the muslim guy (who you must admit has been persecuted a helluva lot more than you in the last few years - maybe EVER) is praying to purposely scare people is beyond ridiculous.
This marks the first time I've been offended by a bn post...
seriously.
really really good. excellent in fact.
The separation of church and public transportation is of the utmost importance. In fact, just all y'all shut up on the bus/train/plane, willya? I'm trying to read, yo.
anonymous, just saw your post -
Please tell me you're kidding- who cares WHY the guy is doing it - I'm sure he does have noble intentions but dude - you HAVE to admit that this shit is scary (at least it seems scary in the exact train-is-packed-rucksack way that "jamesR" described it)
you're not allowed to scream fire in a crowded movie theater, and frankly this action causes a similar kind of panic and fear. I don't see why his right to pray AT THAT PARTICULAR moment should take precidence over other peoples' right not to panic.
Take it to the extreme - what if he just HAD to pray naked on your corner... would that be ok??
Frankly, i think blognigger is just doing what he does best-
saying the shit that everyone is thinking but nobody wants to say.
anon, i dont believe you're really a bn reader if you're offended by this post.
I think when they are actually praying they are down on their knees doing salaams or whatever to the Big Sky God.
That dude was probably reciting hadith about the righteousness of blowing up infidels, or about how much pubic hair he is supposed to clip(for real, that is a thing with them.)
Compared to a lot of the shit you hear people screaming on the subway, some dude muttering into his beard sounds pretty harmless.
Following on yesterday's jokes:
An Arab woman goes to a doctor for the first time. He says, "I need samples of urine, feces, blood and menstrual blood."
She says, "No problem, here, just wring out my burka."
jesus seth, that sounds like uncharacteristically liberal bullshit... it's tough to pin you down.
How can you compare this situation with a random homeless person screaming crazy shit on the train. It's not what the guy was saying that matters - it's the fact that he's in the middle of a fucking subway car with what could be explosives. At least, that's how it went down in Madrid etc
The guy obviously has every right to shit his pants - I would have as well.
I agree Seth, ya sound like a hippie, but that joke made me LOL
I don't know gentlemen, I too have a gut feeling that bn is crossing a line here.
Once you start messing with people's right to pray, just because it might disturb some uptight americans... I think that's got to be a red flag. As for the comparison to shouting fire in a crowded movie theater - absolute bollocks. The muslim in question was praying to his god, not intentionally and illegally causing panic or attempting to terrorise the general public in any way whatsoever.
I'm going to be honest- I am half Arab and I still get a little freaked out by stuff like that.
That said, it's perfectly possible that that dude wasn't aware how scary he was, especially if he was a recent immigrant. During the time I spent living in the Middle East, even Westernized Arabs prayed at work, in the park, on the airplane wherever. In fact, Royal Jordanian shows where Mecca is in relation to the airplane at all times, so people can pray in the right direction. It's not a private thing. That's kind of odd from our perspective, but they basically think nothing of it.
My point is that that guy might be pretty surprised if someone confronted him about it. I'd be curious to see what happened.
Katie, I'm in love with you...
but I guess your religion might not approve... Unless... which half of you is muslim?
who's oldschool enough to remember this Blognigger:
"Ah Katie - my favourite WHITE GIRL name!!!!"
genius. again. but listen - vice and streetcarnage are immature rags. please don't fall into that scene; you're so above it.
blognigger.com forever!
SWEET POST, nohomo.
Answer; Yes, so long as I'm allowed to put my foot in his ass for being obnoxious on the train, the same way I should be allowed that for any douche acting up.
Also, how will he locate Mecca? Unless you're in Manhattan, that shit gets all curvy, you could fuck with him, tell him Allah would not be pleased that you're aiming that shit at New Jersey.
epic.
roebling is wins. i lolled
damn you're good
anonymous 2:16 is sarah palin
Lucy,
Like BN said, just because you're allowed to do something, doesn't mean you should. Banning that sort of thing is a slippery slope that no one wants to walk down. However, common sense should prevail and he shouldn't have done that.
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