@ avital
Your words serve as enmity to others labeled only by a difference of inherited traditions. You know nothing of this man in the picture so your righteous indignation over a bunch of assumptions holds no water.

I think it's fly-looking and it'll look good even after its meaning becomes obsolete.

I've taken a handful of sexuality courses at the doctoral psychology level, and I've learned this sort of fetishism is not that unusual. Well, maybe the inanimate object of her fancy is unusual, but there are lots of people who are into stilettos, whips, ropes, and other common objects.

There are even people who 'get off' on things like mathematics, religion or nature.

Sexuality is so fluid and diverse that it shouldn't be pigeon-holed into one model. Let your freak shine!

@ Ted,
Let me educate you, my son. Here are 'some' of the passages in the NT that say to follow the OT.

First, why include the Tanakh ("Old" Testament) in your Bible if Christians are not to study and follow what it says?

Matthew 5:17 ‘Do not suppose that I came to throw down the law or the prophets—I did not come to throw down, but to fulfil;
18 for, verily I say to you, till that the heaven and the earth may pass away, one iota or one tittle may not pass away from the law, till that all may come to pass.
19 ‘Whoever therefore may loose one of these commands—the least—and may teach men so, least he shall be called in the reign of the heavens, but whoever may do and may teach them, he shall be called great in the reign of the heavens. (BBE)

Matthew 19:17 And he said unto him, Why callest thou me good? there is none good but one, that is, God: but if thou wilt enter into life, keep the commandments. (Kjv)

John 14:15 If ye love me, keep my commandments.

John 15:10 If ye keep my commandments, ye shall abide in my love; even as I have kept my Father’s commandments, and abide in his love.

1Corinthians 7:19 Circumcision is nothing, and uncircumcision is nothing, but the keeping of the commandments of God.

1John 5:2 By this we know that we love the children of God, when we love God, and keep his commandments. 3 For this is the love of God, that we keep his commandments: and his commandments are not grievous.

1Jonn 2:3 And hereby we do know that we know him, if we keep his commandments.
4 He that saith, I know him, and keepeth not his commandments, is a liar, and the truth is not in him.

Revelation 12:17 And the dragon was wroth with the woman, and went to make war with the remnant of her seed, which keep the commandments of God, and have the testimony of Jesus Christ.....14:12 Here is the patience of the saints: here are they that keep the commandments of God, and the faith of Jesus....22:14 Blessed are they that do his commandments, that they may have right to the tree of life, and may enter in through the gates into the city. (KJV)

2 Timothy 3:14 But *thou*, abide in those things which thou hast learned, and of which thou hast been fully persuaded, knowing of whom thou hast learned them;
15 and that from a child thou hast known the sacred letters, which are able to make thee wise unto salvation, through faith which is in Christ Jesus. 16 Every scripture is divinely inspired, and profitable for teaching, for conviction, for correction, for instruction in righteousness; 17 that the man of God may be complete, fully fitted to every good work. (Darby)

Ted, I suggest you pick up your Bible and actually read it, instead of 'slagging' non-believers, which only indicates *your* own prejudice against the non-Christians. Have a great day!

I feel bad for the hedgehog but if it didn't die we wouldn't have this amazing story.

@ Justin
The great thing about perspective is people are allowed to have their own unique take on something. There are legions of people in America and the rest of the world that react strongly to Old Testament like TT and I do.

Richard Dawkins (Biology Prof at Oxford) summed it up well - "The God of the Old Testament is arguably the most unpleasant character in all fiction: jealous and proud of it; a petty, unjust, unforgiving control-freak; a vindictive, bloodthirsty ethnic cleanser; a misogynistic, homophobic, racist, infanticidal, genocidal, filicidal, pestilential, megalomaniacal, sadomasochistic, capriciously malevolent bully."

People still read the OT and live by it. It's in no way 'old business', and it continues to do tremendous harm to many people. This article only displays the religious underpinnings of the so-called 'Holy Bible'.

I can't blame Asians for eating everything that moves, because they eat every part of it and waste nothing. Their culture is f*cking old (5k years) and they know a thing about making food. I mean, c'mon who here hates Chinese food? I would say no one (but of course some weirdo is going to reply and say they hate Chinese food).

Humans have canine teeth for a reason - to tear apart meat. Vegetarians confuse me, but more power to them. If you can eat tofu morning, noon and night, then I don't mind you taking out your frustrations by screaming murder.

Pigs are just as smart as dogs, yet we eat bacon, ham and pork chops. Hypocritical, I'd say.

@ Pol x
People have said the Japanese aren't that creative because they often *improve* things rather than innovate. Take for instance the car industry where the only thing the Japanese have *created* was the coin collector, everything else the Japanese simply took pre-existing parts and improved upon them.

It's the nature of the Japanese culture which is often likened to an ant colony. Everyone is in a collective hierarchy operating as one big efficient machine, which benefits consistency/quality but downplays innovation.

But that doesn't mean they're devoid of creativity - just they're less known for stepping out of line, thinking outside the box. The Bento box is my favorite for lunch but I must say I've never had such an elaborate one as found in those pics.

The New Testament says to follow the Old Testament. That means, should you ever want to sell your daughter as a sex slave, consult your favorite Bible.

I can see a lot of people using the Freud finger puppet to act out their anal-stage psychosexual fantasies.

I was 10 when I began taking the 6 train from Spring St. to 72nd Street to get to Junior High. It's really safe if you stick to the middle cars and travel during rush hour. There are plenty of kids that travel the trains out of necessity.

The weird thing is this happened in Hoboken, New Jersey.

@ Ted: I'm glad I could ruin your day. But I find the imagery of a bad-ass Satan pwning God. That would *make* my day!

@ Confused: I'm a de facto Atheist, meaning I'm 99.99999% sure God doesn't exist. I just say I'm Atheist so the simpletons understand. Hope that clears your confusion.

As an Atheist I find myself surprised that I empathize w/the Master Jedi. Had it been Satan pummeling God, however, I would've jumped in and given Satan a hand. ;p

this is blasphemous. what will they do next, turn water into wine?