In the words of the old joke…
AP:
Christians clash at Jesus’ tomb on Orthodox Palm Sunday
Dozens of Greek and Armenian priests and worshippers exchanged blows at one of Christianity’s holiest shrines on Orthodox Palm Sunday, and used palm fronds to pummel police who tried to break up the brawl.The fight came amid growing rivalry over religious rights at the Church of the Holy Sepulcher, built over the site in Jerusalem where tradition says Jesus was buried and resurrected.
“Palm fronds to pummel the police…”
Oh well. At least they didn’t use pieces of The True Cross.
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The Shattering of Forms
palm fronds to pummel the police
nails are driven into the feast
wine to be the blood of christ
the fishermen are not that nice
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Every year
they fight over the bits of the Sepulcher. You gotta love it. Us Greeks and Armenians resisted the Turkish occupation for hundreds of years and we cannot figure out how to behave in a holy place.