Sen.Blutarsky 0 #1 May 31, 2005 The apostates were probably drinking alcohol at the time (make that Johnny Walker Black please) ... AFX News Limited SIX BURNT ALIVE AS PROTESTERS TORCH KFC OUTLET IN PAKISTAN 05.31.2005, 02:22 AM KARACHI (AFX) - Six people were burnt alive when a mob protesting a suicide bombing of a mosque torched a Kentucky Fried Chicken (KFC) outlet in the southern city of Karachi, police said. Police and firemen recovered the bodies of six KFC employees after an angry mob set the restaurant on fire late yesteday following a suicide attack on a Shiite Muslim mosque here that left five people dead. 'Their bodies were found during the search of KFC,' city police chief Tariq Jamil told Agence France-Presse. Three attackers stormed the minority Shiite Madinat-ul-Ilm mosque in the middle-class Gulshan neighbourhood during evening prayers late Monday. One of the assailants died in a gunbattle with police while the other blew himself up and the third sustained a serious head injury in a fall, Jamil said. Hospital officials said the man is unconscious but in stable condition. Police believe his survival could be the key to the investigation into suicide bombings. Two worshippers and one policeman also died in the attack, while 21 people, four of whom were in a critical condition, were hospitalised. Angry protesters went on the rampage after the attack, setting fire to two gas stations and a number of vehicles in addition to the KFC outlet. The attack on the mosque came just three days after 19 people, most of them Shiites, died in a suicide bomb blast at a Muslim shrine near the capital Islamabad. mz/sz/ben/rc http://www.forbes.com/...5/31/afx2064420.html Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Newbie 0 #2 May 31, 2005 where does it say that: a) KFC is a "christian icon"? b) they burnt the KFC down because of this supposed christian symbolism? They also burnt 2 petrol stations down - sounds like more of a rampaging mob mentality than anything specific. "Skydiving is a door" Happythoughts Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sen.Blutarsky 0 #3 May 31, 2005 Quote...sounds like more of a rampaging mob mentality than anything specific... All too routinely this 'mentality' visits itself upon the tiny Christian neighborhoods, business districts, churches and - in this case - a commerical Christian icon, that are situated in predominately Muslim countries yet have nothing whatsoever to do with the source of the original complaint. Why _your_ attempt to explain-away? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
mr2mk1g 10 #4 May 31, 2005 Isn't it blasphemy to refer to KFC as a "Christian Icon"? Christian Icon's are images such as the Christ, the Madonna, the crucifix etc... not a picture of the Colonel holding a chicken wing. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Erroll 80 #5 May 31, 2005 QuoteIsn't it blasphemy to refer to KFC as a "Christian Icon"? I don't know about blasphemy, but as a Christian, KFC is certainly no icon of any kind to me. Perhaps it is a symbol of Americanism, capitalism, tasty chicken, expensive take-outs, Western decadence, a need for oil, but a Christian icon? Nope. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Newbie 0 #6 May 31, 2005 QuoteQuoteIsn't it blasphemy to refer to KFC as a "Christian Icon"? I don't know about blasphemy, but as a Christian, KFC is certainly no icon of any kind to me. Perhaps it is a symbol of Americanism, capitalism, tasty chicken, expensive take-outs, Western decadence, a need for oil, but a Christian icon? Nope. this is what i was getting at. I don't understand how the OP decided Colonel Saunders represented something uniquely Christian. "Skydiving is a door" Happythoughts Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Skyrad 0 #7 May 31, 2005 ROFLMAOWhen an author is too meticulous about his style, you may presume that his mind is frivolous and his content flimsy. Lucius Annaeus Seneca Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Skyrad 0 #8 May 31, 2005 In case you didn't notice, the suicide bomber hit a Shiite Muslim Mosque not a Church. In fact unless the suicide bomber was a pissed off Christian I don't see the link in this story at all. As for Muslims killing Muslims thats hardly news any more than Christians killing Christians is.When an author is too meticulous about his style, you may presume that his mind is frivolous and his content flimsy. Lucius Annaeus Seneca Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
mccurley 1 #9 May 31, 2005 I think you would be more accurate to refer to it as a western icon rather then christian. Just my .02 worthWatch my video Fat Women http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eRWkEky8GoI Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
billvon 3,120 #10 May 31, 2005 >a commerical Christian icon . . . Perhaps we will see an outpouring of outrage from the Church of the Poultry Christ in the next few days. I hear Our Lady of the Immaculate Explorer Sport Trac XLT is getting pretty annoyed by all the Muslim vandalism of dealerships in Afghanistan. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
AggieDave 6 #11 May 31, 2005 QuoteI don't know about blasphemy, but as a Christian, KFC is certainly no icon of any kind to me. Perhaps it is a symbol of Americanism, capitalism, tasty chicken, expensive take-outs, Western decadence, a need for oil, but a Christian icon? Nope. Its sort of a Christian icon, to me atleast, since when I pass one I tend to think back to when I was quite young (even younger then I am now) at the tender age of 7-9 or so. After church on Sunday quite often we would hit KFC for some take out so we could all eat and enjoy watching Da Boys (the Dallas Cowboys) suck really badly play football.--"When I die, may I be surrounded by scattered chrome and burning gasoline." Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
diverborg 0 #12 May 31, 2005 QuoteI think you would be more accurate to refer to it as a western icon rather then christian I would agree with that, but to some muslims (ie the ones that started the riot) these would be one in the same. I think this is the point he was making. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sen.Blutarsky 0 #13 June 1, 2005 QuoteI think this is the point he was making Thank you, but BV is on the mark for a change. I had been concerned that the rioting in Pakistan could spill over and damage the Poultry Christ and the Our Lady of the Immaculate Explorer Sport Trac XLT churches. Blutarsky 2008. No Prisoners! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Erroll 80 #14 June 1, 2005 QuoteQuoteI don't know about blasphemy, but as a Christian, KFC is certainly no icon of any kind to me. Perhaps it is a symbol of Americanism, capitalism, tasty chicken, expensive take-outs, Western decadence, a need for oil, but a Christian icon? Nope. Its sort of a Christian icon, to me atleast, since when I pass one I tend to think back to when I was quite young (even younger then I am now) at the tender age of 7-9 or so. After church on Sunday quite often we would hit KFC for some take out so we could all eat and enjoy watching Da Boys (the Dallas Cowboys) suck really badly play football. Ah well.... That explains a lot then. When I was at the tender age of 7-9 most South Africans hadn't even heard of KFC nor had we seen any TV! After church we would go to the local Doll House roadhouse for burgers and milk shakes and for enjoyment we watched the seagulls steal peoples' chips (french fries) from their plates. Now.... that begs the question "Should Doll House roadhouses or seagulls be my new Christian icon?" Decisions... decisions... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sen.Blutarsky 0 #15 June 1, 2005 Blutarsky 2008. No Prisoners! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
