Comments on: Violence mars Bosnia gay pride

By: Alex

Alex — Fri, 26 Sep 2008 12:27:53 +0000

What a bunch of barbarians these religious fanatics are. Who cares if there’s another celebration during their religious holiday? I just don’t get it?

What doesn’t offend these people other than massive oppression and ignorant thinking?

By: huckster

huckster — Fri, 26 Sep 2008 01:32:43 +0000

The attendees at the LGBT festival should have brought pork and beer with them. Upon the onset of the attacks; they should have started popping the tops of the beer and throwing the pork. It is a sin in the muslim belief to come into contact with pork and alcohol. I think that it would have been funny to see them trying to get rid of that particular sin from their bodies. It certainly would have been less violent.

By: Adam

Adam — Thu, 25 Sep 2008 20:01:42 +0000

This is ridiculous. If these people don’t like gays so much then why do they bother coming to the parade? They should stay away from it then instead of getting so pissed off. They should know by now that they won’t win. The same thing happened in Serbia the first year a pride parade was held but things calmed down in the years afterwards. Hopefully the same will happen in Bosnia.

By: Victoria

Victoria — Thu, 25 Sep 2008 19:53:02 +0000

“I would have moved the parade either before or after the Islamic holiday.”

Why? Nothing will come of appeasing a religion that is already homophobic to the point of corporeal violence in its core doctrine. If anything supremacist religions need pride in their face as much as possible so they get the idea that they cannot dictate the lives of others.

By: Stepen

Stepen — Thu, 25 Sep 2008 16:34:20 +0000

I have several friends from both Bosnia and Serbia. The problem is they are one of the most stubborn people I’ve met once they have their minds set.

I would have moved the parade either before or after the Islamic holiday.

By: Victoria

Victoria — Thu, 25 Sep 2008 15:55:53 +0000

“The timing of the festival has irked Bosnian Muslims – the event is taking place during the holy month of Ramadan.”

Yeah, I’m sure the timing was really important in terms of expressing their murderous homophobia.

Besides shouldn’t the AP write “_their_ holy month of Ramadan”? I hate when the Press unconsciously validates religious superstition. With Islam, they do the same thing when they call Mohammed “The Prophet” in stead of “The Islamic Prophet”. With Christians too the fundamentalist nut is always “devout” which implies of course that liberal believers are less so.