The worst idea for a blog ever

[liv]

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[chickenfeet2003.livejournal.com]

I think you are supposed to take it with a pinch of salt.

[radinden]

*thwap*

[liv]

*throws the salt cellar at you*

That is a brimstone-worthy comment, you know.

[syllopsium.livejournal.com]

How long before the emo-bible comes out?

[catwithclaws.livejournal.com]

maybe... just maybe it's a joke? a fake blog?

[pthalo]

well, i doubt it's really Lot's daughter.

[liv]

It's definitely a joke. It's not exactly a fake blog because some real person is composing and posting those entries. But it's a joke, and it's such an appalling one that I felt I had to share it. I think I didn't make it clear enough that I'm only horrified at the awfulness of the joke, not really horrified because I'm taking it seriously.

[pthalo]

I think it's a fantastic idea for a blog, I just think the current authour is probably the wrong one to be doing it and that the idea's been poorly carried off. But it's not a bad idea in and of itself.

[liv]

If it had been done seriously and well, it could have been quite interesting. I hadn't thought of that angle. As a joke, though, it's just tasteless.

[pthalo]

exactly. it's tasteless and looks like it was done by a 14 year old, but if it had been done seriously and intelligently, perhaps by someone who has studied the text in depth and has something new to say about it, then i'd probably be fascinated.

[ploni-bat-ploni.livejournal.com]

Maybe, it's my sick sense of humour, but I thought it was quite funny. In poor taste, but funny. Obviously her supposed anti-gay rant shows her ignorance towards Midrash (if she is Jewish), but in an odd, cyber-punk way, this is Midrash in its own right.

Why did you find it so offensive? Maybe I am missing something?

[spin0za1.livejournal.com]

We should write competing "Lot's Daughter" blogs with our own understanding of the implications of the text.

Or... we should not. Like we really should not.

I just went mad for a second.

[ploni-bat-ploni.livejournal.com]

Spinoza, what pisses you off about it?

Seriously... I seem to be missing something that others are getting upset about?

Is it the homophobia thing?

[spin0za1.livejournal.com]

Oh, I'm not pissed off or anything. I just think it's badly written. Didn't go nearly as far or as deep or as interesting as it could have... and yeah, I have issues with the blanket statement that the residents of Sodom were homosexuals... I think you know my stance on that.

*shrug* I really just think I could have done it better.

[liv]

I'm not offended offended. I'm just boggled at the idea that someone sat there and thought, wouldn't it be cool to write a blog as if I were Lot's daughter, and actually went through with it and posted it on the internet...

It is a kind of midrash, yes, and I'm pretty sure reading through that the author is Jewish. I don't even think it's particularly homophobic; given the context, it could be a lot worse. It's clear that the problem with Sodom is not that the inhabitants were "gay", but that they liked raping guests. And the blog author likes making dumb jokes about anal sex.

[ploni-bat-ploni.livejournal.com]

... from which you can infer that the author is not only Jewish but also American? ;-)

Sorry.

(It's just that American popular humour often seems to revolve around anal sex).

If worked out better, it could be a cool/original idea.

How are you, by the way?