Hope this is the media/psy-ops thread:
<!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin--><b>Photo: Malaysian Hindus skewer themselves in penance rite</b>
Thursday February 1, 12:35 PM
Hindu devotees walk up the stairs to the sacred Batu Caves temple during the Thaipusam festival in Kuala Lumpur Febuary 1, 2007. REUTERS/Zainal Abd Halim <!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->What's up with Zainal Abd Halim's wording? Next, I'd like to see her or his report on Shia's celebration of Ashoura: 'sado-masochistic rites of self-flagellation and self-inflicted wounds in remembering and pious re-enacting of islamic event. Meanwhile mothers also make cuts on babies' heads with knives, also to mark the occasion of Ashoura.'
Or how about Reuters reporting mass properly: 'ritual christian cannibalism and drinking of blood (vampirism?) to mark jesus' words at the final supper.'
If they can't be even-handed, how about they shut up about how Malaysian Hindus celebrate this festival centering around Shanmuga?
<!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin--><b>Photo: Malaysian Hindus skewer themselves in penance rite</b>
Thursday February 1, 12:35 PM
Hindu devotees walk up the stairs to the sacred Batu Caves temple during the Thaipusam festival in Kuala Lumpur Febuary 1, 2007. REUTERS/Zainal Abd Halim <!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->What's up with Zainal Abd Halim's wording? Next, I'd like to see her or his report on Shia's celebration of Ashoura: 'sado-masochistic rites of self-flagellation and self-inflicted wounds in remembering and pious re-enacting of islamic event. Meanwhile mothers also make cuts on babies' heads with knives, also to mark the occasion of Ashoura.'
Or how about Reuters reporting mass properly: 'ritual christian cannibalism and drinking of blood (vampirism?) to mark jesus' words at the final supper.'
If they can't be even-handed, how about they shut up about how Malaysian Hindus celebrate this festival centering around Shanmuga?