Hypocrites

If there is one thing I can't stand in this world, it's hypocrites. Now, I reailze that everyone is a hypocrite from time to time and that is fine. But the people that are constantly hypocritical, or hypocritical on the big things, really take the cake.

Take Pat Robertson, for example. This guy is a religious broadcaster for the Christian Broadcasting Network. In a recent eposide of the 700 club, he called for the killing of the Venezuelan President, Hugo Chavez. Read more about it here

Now, correct me if I'm wrong, but isn't the sixth commandment Thou Shall Not Kill? Let me go ahead and break a few things done that he said. This is what he said:

"We have the ability to take him out, and I think the time has come that we exercise that ability. We don't need another $200 billion war to get rid of one, you know, strong-arm dictator. It's a whole lot easier to have some of the covert operatives do the job and then get it over with."

A few days later, he tried to defend himself by saying this:

"I didn't say 'assassination.' I said our special forces should 'take him out,'" Robertson said on his show. "'Take him out' could be a number of things..."

Right. Take him out. Our special forces could "take him out" for a nice night on the town. Maybe dinner and a movie. I hear Ashlee Simpson is great in Undiscovered. They could all have a nice steak dinner and booze it up a little. And if he plays his cards right, he could be pulling a train of special forces in his hotel room later that night. Come on now. What else could you possibly mean by take him out? What's that you say? Oh, taking him out could also mean kidnapping him? Let me point out what you said just prior to the take him out remark.

"You know, I don't know about this doctrine of assassination, but if he thinks we're trying to assassinate him, I think that we really ought to go ahead and do it. It's a whole lot cheaper than starting a war, and I don't think any oil shipments will stop."

Oh, I see. It's all so clear to me now. Even though take him out could mean a number of things, you were clearly referring to assassinating him. Imagine if a Muslim clerk called for the assassination of President Bush. The United States would be up in arms and calling for the guys head. I may strongly dislike President Bush, but I don't wish death upon him. That's wrong. And what's even more wrong is a religious leader, who claims to be moral and righteous and all that, calling for the assassination of anyone.

Be that as it may, I'm a forgiving man and Robertson did say that he was sorry. That doesn't make him any less of a hypocrite though, nor does it make him any less accountable. I hope that the FCC takes some sort of action and there is a price to pay for this. Not necessarily revoking his broadcasting license, that would be too harsh I think. However, there has to be consequences for his actions on this one. But hey, even if nothing happens, he'll have to pay the fiddler one way or another. I'm sure God isn't too crazy about people who call for the assassination of someone. I mean, I don't believe in God or anything, but I'm sure that if there is one, He doesn't take too kindly to things like that.

Anyways, that's all I wanted to say really. You stay classy, San Diego.