“Transgendered Sea Anemone an Abomination”, says Baptist Group

[Shana A]

"Transgendered Sea Anemone an Abomination", says Baptist Group

http://www.maldivesdivetravel.com/maldives-blog/sea-anemone-ousted-by-church.html

The Save Our Seas Coalition, a Huntsville-based Baptist group, spoke out Monday against the "Telia Felina", a transgendered sea anemone saying that the organism is "base and depraved."

Rev. William Chester, spokesman for the coalition which is dedicated to "the preservation of aquatic decency and morality" said: "This filthy anemone, which exhibits both male and female characteristics, is turning our oceans' intertidal zones into dens of sin and perversion," he added "For God knows how long, this twisted sea creature has been running rampant in our oceans, spreading its unnatural, bisexual lifestyle. And it's high time somebody took a stand."

[findingreason]

WOW. Just WOW.

[Steph]

Hmm.....

I wonder how the Anemone feels about all of this.

-={LR}=-

[Shana A]

Hmm.....

I wonder how the Anemone feels about all of this.

I think zie feels marginalized 

Z

[Miniar]

ROFL!

[Flan]

too bad it's slightly old...
http://thehostess.wordpress.com/2008/07/page/11/
(scroll down)

[Julie Marie]

  the preservation of aquatic decency and morality 

Was this from The Onion?

Julie

[BrandiOK]

Yes..it was a story from The Onion back in 1999 I think.  Seems it's been reprinted by the dive magazine and not attributed to The Onion, which obviously, shows the story is fictional and meant for absurd humor.

Funny but not news.

[Julie Marie]

As I was browsing through the Onion I remembered this thread.  Here's the story: http://www.theonion.com/content/news/transgendered_sea_anemone

What is interesting is this story found its way to a Maldive Travel Dive site.  Now maybe the owners have a sense of humor but you have to rely on your prospective customers having that too.

But maybe it's the Springer effect, that whatever is in the media is true.  No need to research it.

[tekla]

Just more wonderful proof of Poe's Law.

Without a winking smiley or other blatant display of humor, it is impossible to create a parody of Fundamentalism that SOMEONE won't mistake for the real thing.

or as the RationalWiki puts it:it is hard to tell parodies of fundamentalism from the real thing, since they both seem equally insane.

[LordKAT]

How True, Tekla.