Side-tracked

Why are we all getting so bogged down in trivia?
Terrible things are going on in our world, in our country. The damage from Katrina has not been repaired yet, and we have no idea whether we can afford next year's blows. Bird Flu is on the horizon, terrorists are still on the march, and . . .

And the left is trying to get a Crip off death row. Because he wrote children's books.
Suppose he wrote self-help books, or an autobiography. Would it be ok to execute him then?
The man is a cold-blooded killer, with ties to a group that spans the continent. He needs to feel what the law can impose upon him, and his friends need to see it done.

Meanwhile, the right is frothing at the attack on Christmas. They are pissed that WalMart and Target are selling "holiday trees" instead of Christmas trees. Maybe if they looked at how those trees are made, and by whom, out there in the third world, they might have second thoughts about associating HIS name with them. Ho Ho Ho that, boys and girls.
Anyway, if the Soviet Union, Red China, and militant Islam can't kill Christianity, then Sam Walton's juggernaught won't either.

Meanwhile, the left are objecting to the new Narnia movies, on account of the "Christian" subtext. What, they've got holiday trees in it, or something?
Yes, C.S.Lewis was a Christian apologist, and there are traces of Christian thought in the books, and movie. There are also creatures from Greek myth, Norse myth, and Germanic myth.
Or did you myth the fauns, dwarves, and giants?
Honestly, this is the old Dungeons and Dragons argument again. D+D is satanic because it has devils as adversaries. Narnia is Christian because some of the ideas are Christian.
Well, Lord of the Rings had the same sorts of elements. Go rain on that parade for a while.

Meanwhile, . . . the birds are coming. And so are the hurricanes.