[Dean's World] Dave Price: Man Bites Dog: Rioting Christians Attack Theatre

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Posted by Dave Price:
Man Bites Dog: Rioting Christians Attack Theatre
http://www.deanesmay.com/posts/1151178461.shtml


   Sort of [1]reminiscent of the Mohammed cartoon riots:

     Meanwhile, Sonyâs post ban-lifted attempts to screen the Da Vinci
     Code in one part of populated Andhra Pradesh state in India today
     were unsuccessful when protesters under the banner of the Christian
     United Front ransacked a Hyderabad multiplex and caused extensive
     property damage, forcing the management to suspend the filmâs
     screening. The mob, carrying banners and placards describing the
     film as âDevilâs Code,â barged in to the multiplex located near the
     Hussain Sagar lake in the heart of the city even as hundreds of
     people eager to watch the movie were standing in queues for the
     tickets of the first show. The activists even broke the Prasad
     Imaxâs box office window (as opposed to breaking the box office
     record), so the film could not be shown there.

   OK, I guess now we know what âradical Christiansâ really look like.
   Not that different from some radical Islamists â but it puts Pat
   Robertson in some useful perspective, and of course there is obviously
   very little of this from Christians, which is the main reason why the
   story is interesting.
   Full disclosure: Iâm Christian, though more or lesss
   nondenominational. I have not attacked any theaters (yet! Is there a
   Christian word for taqqiya?).

References

   1. http://www.deadlinehollywooddaily.com/sandlers-an-audience-wrangler-adam-beats-back-jack-click-opens-no-1-with-15-million-indian-mob-attacks-da-vinci-multiplex/