France is Burning

[NurseGoodVol]

Apparently Paris is not the only one burning. Had an emergency alert the military is evacuating Prince George county for wildfires.

 

[LadyVolette]

So the committee's purpose was to indoctrinate the children in the audience?

Umm .. it’s a worldwide platform.. it’s the Olympics I know plenty of parents that were watching with their kids as ‘hey a fun family event’ .. which normally opening ceremonies is.. and were not pleased or turned it off when they saw where it was going

 

[BernardKingGOAT]

Umm .. it’s a worldwide platform.. it’s the Olympics I know plenty of parents that were watching with their kids as ‘hey a fun family event’ .. which normally opening ceremonies is.. and were not pleased or turned it off when they saw where it was going

Not surprising

 

[luthervol]

There was a lot of weird. The best parts, imo, were Gojira/Marie Antoinette and Celine's performance. The athletes arriving on the boats was cool, too.

The Marie Antoinette scene was my favorite part.

The first visual of her in the window holding her head as it sang was surreal.
It seems like a bunch of decapitated women holding their own heads would be scarier and more troubling for a child to see than a bunch of drag queens sitting around a table.

 

[gcbvol]

The Marie Antoinette scene was my favorite part.

The first visual of her in the window holding her head as it sang was surreal.
It seems like seeing a bunch of decapitated women holding their own heads would be scarier and more troubling for a child to see than a bunch of drag queens sitting around a table.

I get your point on the Marie Antoinette visuals, but it worked so well with the metal.

 

[StarRaider]

Apparently Paris is not the only one burning. Had an emergency alert the military is evacuating Prince George county for wildfires.

is that in N VA? or Tidewater?

 

[luthervol]

I get your point on the Marie Antoinette visuals, but it worked so well with the metal.

I thought it was great. That was the only part I went back and watched a second time.

 

[PEPPERJAX]

Art is most always highly subjective. There is a ton of weird.

Bob Ross was a got dayum legend.

 

[EasternVol]

I have never heard “We were at our end so we called in the French”

There was this thing in the 1770's and 80's. It was pretty important. I'm surprised you never heard of it.

 

[EasternVol]

True but it has been a part of French culture for a long time, even during 1800s and early 1900s when it was taboo.

Now do the same for the US. People are people, everybody gets tempted, and many act on that temptation.

 

[EasternVol]

I get your point on the Marie Antoinette visuals, but it worked so well with the metal.

Yeah when I read complaints about it I thought it sounded bad but when I saw the video it all meshed and was enjoyable.

 

[EasternVol]

is that in N VA? or Tidewater?

Or Maryland SE of DC?

 

[kiddiedoc]

Ok, the Gojira performance was awesome.

 

[volbound1700]

The Marie Antoinette scene was my favorite part.

The first visual of her in the window holding her head as it sang was surreal.
It seems like a bunch of decapitated women holding their own heads would be scarier and more troubling for a child to see than a bunch of drag queens sitting around a table.

That was kind of disturbing as well. I get it is engrained in their culture but the imagery just seemed like it belong in Diablo or Doom video series and not the Olympics.

 

[OrangeTsar]

What about all of the time spent on Notre Dame Cathedral and the ringing of the bells?

Too much "religion" being forced on viewers around the world who are not Catholics/Christians?

Should there be outrage?

Ah yes, I keep forgetting how hearing a ringing bell immediately transforms the listener into a Christian, even against their will
If the Olympics were being held in an Islamic country, I would not be offended in the least to hear the call to prayer five times a day.

 

[luthervol]

Ah yes, I keep forgetting how hearing a ringing bell immediately transforms the listener into a Christian, even against their will
If the Olympics were being held in an Islamic country, I would not be offended in the least to hear the call to prayer five times a day.

What if the Islamic country both celebrated Islam at one point and had a little irreverent fun at Islam's expense at another point?

Horrible? Great? Somewhere in between?

But I doubt the organizer would have been granted the artistic freedom.

 

[OrangeTsar]

What if the Islamic country both celebrated Islam at one point and had a little irreverent fun at Islam's expense at another point?

Horrible? Great? Somewhere in between?

But I doubt the organizer would have been granted the artistic freedom.

In an international Event like the Olympics, there is no logical incongruity between simultaneously a) allowing your local religious displays and events to continue uninterrupted and b) refrain from mocking or in any way denigrating the faith of others. I cannot fathom why the French Organizers somehow found themselves incapable of meeting these two simple guidelines.

 

[volfanhill]

What if the Islamic country both celebrated Islam at one point and had a little irreverent fun at Islam's expense at another point?

Horrible? Great? Somewhere in between?

But I doubt the organizer would have been granted the artistic freedom.

Why wouldn't they be granted that freedom?

 

[luthervol]

Why wouldn't they be granted that freedom?

Fear of freedom of thought -

 

[luthervol]

In an international Event like the Olympics, there is no logical incongruity between simultaneously a) allowing your local religious displays and events to continue uninterrupted and b) refrain from mocking or in any way denigrating the faith of others. I cannot fathom why the French Organizers somehow found themselves incapable of meeting these two simple guidelines.

LOL.....they were more than capable, they just didn't agree with your two simple guidelines.

 

[UT_VOLS13]

Boxing champion angered over Olympic gender controversy: 'Definitely dropped the ball'

Team USA gold medalist Claressa Shields expressed her outrage after an Italian boxer abandoned her fight with an opponent deemed to have male chromosomes.

www.foxnews.com

 

[OrangeTsar]

LOL.....they were more than capable, they just didn't agree with your two simple guidelines.

Any civilized nation should be quite willing to do so. Why mock ANYONE else’s faith? It is uncourteous, rude, and petty. You can hardly do something more dehumanizing to an individual than to ridicule their most cherished beliefs. It is okay to discuss with someone why you think their faith is wrong as long as you are respectful. But to just poke fun at someone’s beliefs is just barbaric IMO.

 

[C-south]

Any civilized nation should be quite willing to do so. Why mock ANYONE else’s faith? It is uncourteous, rude, and petty. You can hardly do something more dehumanizing to an individual than to ridicule their most cherished beliefs. It is okay to discuss with someone why you think their faith is wrong as long as you are respectful. But to just poke fun at someone’s beliefs is just barbaric IMO.

Maybe the Olympic committee will eventually choose an African or middle eastern country to host. They can simulate mutilating a women or beheading some homosexuals during opening ceremonies. In an artistic fashion of course.

 

[UT_VOLS13]

Maybe the Olympic committee will eventually choose an African or middle eastern country to host. They can simulate mutilating a women or beheading some homosexuals during opening ceremonies. In an artistic fashion of course.

LOL

 

[UT_VOLS13]

Maybe the Olympic committee will eventually choose an African or middle eastern country to host. They can simulate mutilating a women or beheading some homosexuals during opening ceremonies. In an artistic fashion of course.

Roof toss as new event.