Fox News: Worst interview ever... - Page 2

Trip · 07-29-2013, 03:30 PM

This is hilarious. She is wanting to make this huge controversy and he just wants to promote his book.

pauldun170 · 07-29-2013, 07:46 PM

Comical interview based on stupid arguments but at least the guy will sell more books from the publicity

EpyonXero · 07-30-2013, 10:50 AM

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Originally Posted by pauldun170

Comical interview based on stupid arguments but at least the guy will sell more books from the publicity

http://www.nytimes.com/2013/07/30/bu...-on-jesus.html

pauldun170 · 07-30-2013, 11:40 AM

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Originally Posted by EpyonXero

http://www.nytimes.com/2013/07/30/bu...-on-jesus.html

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The reaction to the book has spread to Mr. Aslan’s Amazon page: on The Atlantic Wire, Alexander Nazaryan pointed out that browsing through dozens of one-star reviews on Amazon revealed that “plenty of readers of what seems to be a fundamentalist/Evangelical persuasion are furious that a Muslim published a book about Christianity’s origins.”

His family is pretty much secular, not very religious. They just kind of call grandma on the holidays and maybe say they don't like to eat pork because they don't like it.
They moved here during the Iranian revolution and when Aslan turned 15 he announce that he was Evangelical christian to his parents because 15 years olds do the damnedest things when they are trying to fit in at school.

He goes off to Harvard where he discovers that all the Evangelical friends he had at home are morons and decides to go back to celebrating holidays with the family and calling grandma on holidays because they are paying his fucking bills while he is in school.

So in the case of the Amazon reviews, all the Evangelicals are tying to pull a Scientology on the guy.

Trip · 07-30-2013, 11:14 AM

LOL, he so manipulated Fox News.

Papa_Complex · 07-30-2013, 11:23 AM

I wouldn't say 'manipulated', so much as 'played.' He just used what he knew that they would do, to generate controversy. 'Manipulated' implies that they did something that they wouldn't normally do

Trip · 07-30-2013, 12:00 PM

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Originally Posted by Papa_Complex

I wouldn't say 'manipulated', so much as 'played.' He just used what he knew that they would do, to generate controversy. 'Manipulated' implies that they did something that they wouldn't normally do

No, I think it fits with this definition quite perfectly, especially the tool part...

1. handle or control (a tool, mechanism, etc.), typically in a skillful manner.

Papa_Complex · 07-30-2013, 01:24 PM

Are you manipulating someone if you set a trap, and they walk into it? Nawwww.

Trip · 07-30-2013, 01:42 PM

Depends on how you get them into the trap.

Papa_Complex · 07-30-2013, 02:52 PM

Well in this case he did it just by showing up.

07-30-2013, 11:23 AM	#6
Papa_Complex Nomadic Tribesman Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: Brampton, Canada Moto: '09 ER-6n Posts: 11,150	I wouldn't say 'manipulated', so much as 'played.' He just used what he knew that they would do, to generate controversy. 'Manipulated' implies that they did something that they wouldn't normally do __________________ "Everything's better with pirates." - Lodge, "Dorkness Rising" http://www.morallyambiguous.net/

07-30-2013, 01:24 PM	#8
Papa_Complex Nomadic Tribesman Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: Brampton, Canada Moto: '09 ER-6n Posts: 11,150	Are you manipulating someone if you set a trap, and they walk into it? Nawwww. __________________ "Everything's better with pirates." - Lodge, "Dorkness Rising" http://www.morallyambiguous.net/

07-30-2013, 02:52 PM	#10
Papa_Complex Nomadic Tribesman Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: Brampton, Canada Moto: '09 ER-6n Posts: 11,150	Well in this case he did it just by showing up. __________________ "Everything's better with pirates." - Lodge, "Dorkness Rising" http://www.morallyambiguous.net/

07-29-2013, 03:30 PM	#1
Trip Hold mah beer! Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: 80 Miles South of Moto Heaven Moto: 08 R1200GS Posts: 23,268	This is hilarious. She is wanting to make this huge controversy and he just wants to promote his book.

07-30-2013, 11:14 AM	#5
Trip Hold mah beer! Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: 80 Miles South of Moto Heaven Moto: 08 R1200GS Posts: 23,268	LOL, he so manipulated Fox News.

07-30-2013, 01:42 PM	#9
Trip Hold mah beer! Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: 80 Miles South of Moto Heaven Moto: 08 R1200GS Posts: 23,268	Depends on how you get them into the trap.