Sunday, September 18, 2005
“They’re Just Birds”
US Christian Right misfires again
. . . 'the penguin is only one'
“If ever the world needed reminding about the oddities of America's Christian Right, its espousal of the film March of the Penguins provides us with a perfect example”.
“...this French nature documentary - with its images of birds blinded by blizzards but still battling to protect their young affirms decent, traditional norms like monogamy, sacrifice and child-rearing...but, "Earth also has Bonobo chimps, whose jaw-dropping sexual athleticism would make Hugh Hefner blush; well-fed cats that cruelly toy with their prey; and praying mantises that eat their spouses”.
"surely the penguin is only one of God's works"
MARCH OF THE PENGUINS