Priest opens mouth, removes all doubt
Jerry Springer: The Opera continues to bring out the best in our religious authority figures. This time it’s the Rev Dr Bruce K Gardner who steps up to the mic, delivering (by email) his verdict on the decision by Aberdeen Performing Arts to stage JS:TO in March next year.
It is disgraceful that a demonstration of contempt for things regarded as holy by many is being defended on the grounds that ‘free speech’ will be denied unless one section of the population is allowed to be attacked.
While not wishing to exaggerate unduly…
Good idea, Rev, best not exaggerate unduly…
…this is how…
Uh oh, you’re going to, aren’t you? You’re going to mention..
…the Jews were singled out in Nazi Germany…
Aargh!
…first for ridicule, then contempt, then persecution.
Careless signals sent out by leaders can lead to less sophisticated manifestations of disrespect towards ethnic and faith groups in the community.
Jesus.
Duncan Hendry, chief executive of His Majesty’s Theatre, was calm in his response:
This is an extreme over-reaction by Rev Gardner. I don’t think Jerry Springer – The Opera is a comment on Christianity any more than Roy of the Rovers is a comment on football. His comments about the Jews in Nazi Germany are particularly inappropriate.
You could say that.
(From The Scotsman)
As someone who has Jewish heritidge I am deaply offended by this Reverand’s comments.
To equate the suffering, perseucution and barbaric slaughter of thosands of Jews at the hands of the Nazis to the so called “offence” felt by some Christians at a controversial opera is insulting and insensitive in the extreme.
It shows that when relegious loonies fail to win an argument they restort to spouting bile and bullshit. This Rev is a dumb arse of the highest order!
Nice to see one of my fellow-countrymen coming out of the irrationalist-closet with a sparkling example of a ridiculous comparison. But then, maybe he’s one of those biblical-literalists who sides with Mel Gibson’s dad on the role of the jews in history?
Yet another example of “supernaturalist is as supernaturalist does”, I guess. 🙂
Andy,
Dunfermline
I’m afraid there are a great many religious loons up here in the North East. The Rev’s church is quite near where I live actually. I would pop in and try to explain Godwins Law to him if I thought it’d do the slightest bit of good.