Revelling-in-the-gruesome-death-of-others roundup

7 comments on “Revelling-in-the-gruesome-death-of-others roundup”

1. Kathryn says:
   March 21st, 2008 at 9:00 am

   Uhm, darlin’., we are celebrating the resurrection not the murder of our lord jesus christ. Does that help? Oh, and spring, since they miraculously coincide.

2. Mary Soderstrom says:
   March 21st, 2008 at 9:08 am

   Come now, George, where is your pagan soul? The eggs and bunny business comes from the idea of rebirth which happens in the spring. (Ninjaboy should be up on that birth of baby stuff these days, I imagine.) When I was a kid in a much warmer climate, chocolate wasn’t really a part of the celebration. The big thing was decorated eggs which were then hid outside on Easter morning, and we kids went hunting for them. Perhaps the chocolate part developed in this colder and more Catholic country because Easter meant the end of Lent–the chocolate–and nobody in his or her right mind wanted to look for eggs outside.

   Couldn’t find eggs in the snow this year, anyway. I heard on the radio that this is the first time since 1913 that Easter has come this early, and that it won’t come again on March 23 until 2157 or some such.

   Have fun

   Mary

3. Crystal says:
   March 21st, 2008 at 10:26 am

   I wonder how Allen Ginsberg feels about Mr. Finsberg reading his stuff. ;)

4. Monica says:
   March 21st, 2008 at 3:30 pm

   i’m confused by the whole story of that guy getting ejected from the line up of the movie. am i just particularly unaware of things?

5. Nathan says:
   March 21st, 2008 at 3:58 pm

   I believe the Allen Finsberg footage was cut from the theatrical version of Finding Nemo. He was the hippie/Beat octopus.

6. Richard says:
   March 21st, 2008 at 9:55 pm

   Well at least no one here in the West is going to celebrate Easter by actually being crucified. as they do in the Philippines. This year there are 21 volunteers, and four of them will use actual nails. Yuck. It gives a whole new meaning to “walk a mile in another man’s shoes”. I have never quite understood why religious heroes are generally victims of huge torture… sensu “The Passion of the Christ”. (The original meaning of Passion was extreme agony.)

   What I don’t get is why Coca-cola would want to be among the sponsors of such an event Does real (self) torture actually sell soda pop? Couldn’t they sponsor a nice quiet and pagan egg hunt?

7. Matt C. says:
   March 22nd, 2008 at 12:04 pm

   “Does real (self) torture actually sell soda pop?”

   When SAW IV was released last October, it opened at #1 at the N. American box office (31 million dollars, give or take). I’m sure a few of the audience members bought pop to wash it down (or alcohol afterwards to wash it out).

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