And yet another ‘Draw Muhammad’ contest was held the other day

I nearly moved to Tuscon, Arizona last year because real estate is cheap as fuck and I’m tired of shoveling snow in the North East. But, if shit like this keeps up, I may wanna stay put.

Vice.com is reporting that yet another ‘Draw Muhammad’ contest was held last week, this one in Phoenix, Arizona. This came as a response to the attempted attacks on the original ‘Draw Muhammad’ contest held in Texas which nearly became another national tragedy that would have made the Islamic religion the culprit.

These contests are usually organized by biker gangs and what are essentially white supremacist groups due to the fact that usually after such contests are held, these same groups will go to mosques and protest. That said, the turn-out for the cartoon contest wasn’t as impressive this time around as only two people took part and both went home with $100 each, raised from the sales of ‘Fuck Islam’ T-shirts that were being sold right outside the building. The rally itself had about 500 attendees.

Hey, freedom of speech is all fine and dandy. But, there’s a difference between fighting for free speech and being an asshole, and the organizers of these cartoon contests are definitive assholes. No one should be persecuted for what or whom they pray to/for. As a matter of fact, I was re-watching an episode of Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee the other day featuring Sarah Silverman. In the episode, Sarah mentioned how some people make fun of Scientology for how absurd it sounds, but that every other religion sounds just as bat-shit crazy. I wholeheartedly agree.

I was raised Catholic and went to Catholic school, but couldn’t comprehend why guys by the name of “Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John” would be living in Israel and writing about Jesus. Oh and by the way, I don’t know if you’ve ever been to Israel, but no one over there names their kids Matthew, Mark, Luke, or John even in the Christian portions of the country. In a recent Jpost article, it was mentioned that the most popular names in the country include Noam, Ori, Itai, and Yosef. Those names are far cries from Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John. And yes, I understand Jews don’t believe in the New Testament of the Bible, but last I checked it wasn’t Christians that wrote the Bible, it was originally the Jews and since then has been edited worse than Scarface on TBS.

Don’t believe in everything you read.