Tuesday, March 14, 2006

Well Done James

My buddy James has put forth a good argument.

Read it here.

posted by The Jon Man @ 9:39 a.m.   4 comments

4 Comments:

At 1:59 a.m., Blogger Saskboy said...

Oh good golly. The Da Vinci Code is a work of fiction, based on an idea put forward by other fiction writers. To call a work of fiction/entertainment an anti-Christian book, is stretching an argument pretty thin into the "axe to grind" category.

 
At 7:37 a.m., Blogger The Jon Man said...

I can't disagree with you SB, but I also can't disagree with James. Chapters is refusing to sell a magazine that is "persecuting" or “discriminating” against the Muslim religion. Surly these cartoons are works of fiction as well…

James is making a good point by saying that Chapters shouldn’t discriminate between one and the other. If Chapters wants to implement policy that they do not carry discriminatory works, fiction or not, they should not discriminate in that decision between what works are discriminatory and which ones are not.

(wow, that’s confusing).

 
At 8:46 a.m., Blogger Saskboy said...

I agree that they should present a news magazine that they've featured before. Not necessarily a new one, but if they've sold it before, then they should continue unless for business reasons, not politically correct reasons.

 
At 9:05 p.m., Blogger jamesAMDG said...

Just so there's no confusion. The DaVinci code tries to have it both ways. Before the actual story begins there is a page which states "FACT: The Priory of Sion—a European secret society founded in 1099—is a real organization. In 1975 Paris's Bibliothèque Nationale discovered parchments known as Les Dossiers Secrets, identifying numerous members of the Priory of Sion, including Sir Isaac Newton, Botticelli, Victor Hugo, and Leonardo da Vinci.
The Vatican prelature known as Opus Dei is a deeply devout Catholic sect that has been the topic of recent controversy due to reports of brainwashing, coercion, and a dangerous practice known as "corporal mortification." Opus Dei has just completed construction of a $47 million World Headquarters at 243 Lexington Avenue in New York City.
All descriptions of artwork, architecture, documents, and secret rituals in this novel are accurate."

Of course there are several problems even within the facts, for example, the Opus Dei building in New York is the American headquarters, not the "World Headquarters". The Priory of Sion is a complete fraud and the man who "discovered" the documents (a pretty poorly held secret, called "Secret Files" and stashed in a public place, great job) completely recanted (as did his accomplice). The statement about art, rituals etc. is also misleading given the fact that the rituals described in the book claim to be true Chritianity which recognizes the Sacred Feminine etc.

If the main thrust of the character and plot in a book is say the Catholic Church is false and built on lies and murder how can it not be called anti-Catholic? Especially given the claims Dan Brown makes for the truth of these claims.

Oh and did carry the Western Standard and were kind enough to tell me, at the store, that they would carry the next one too. They told me they weren;t carrying ti specifically because of the cartoons. If that isn't politicaly motivated censorship, what is?

 

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