just minishorts.

This morning I told Eric to cancel any after-lunch appointments in the areas near Jalan Riong. I think it's ridiculous. I mean, come on, everyone has been insulted ever so often, all right? And especially when it comes to religion, come come, Muslims aren't the ONLY prime target all the time, except maybe for now, it does seem that Muslims are the prime target because their predicaments are about the only ones that seem to be highlighted in the dailies worldwide every day.

The last I heard in Church, the pastor was referring to people who worship idols of stone as Satan-inflicted know-nothings who require salvation. While I've come to the point where I agree that if you do comply by the bible, this line probably works and makes reality real for more fundamental X-tians, I'll bet the average Buddhist-Taoist person who wears an amulet of the Goddess Kuanyin around his/her neck will find that pastor's message insulting.

This is almost as ridiculous as the possible scenario of a group of X-tians deciding to demonstrate (peacefully, of course, whoever said anything's going to be violent?) outside The Snake Temple in Penang, or maybe, a group of peace-loving idol-worshippers (let's just group Buddhists, Hindus and Taoists together, shall we?) gathering outside the local Assembly of God to protest against the insulting sermons.

At this rate, EVERYTHING will be insulting. Even this post. Oh dear, what have I done? I'm sorry, really. And maybe, just to be safe, I think I better put a password on this post come the end of today.

The open secret of course is this: no one can insult you unless you allow them to. And nothing, really, is more lamentable than feeling affected and insecure over something that could have been shrugged off as petty.

Was it really an insult? Oh come on. You've just proven the accursed comic strip completely right, grown a mountain out of a molehill, and that, I'm sure, is not the intended outcome of these protests, right?