Stench Fills Jesus' Birthplace After Siege: PALIS TURN CHURCH INTO TRUCK STOP RESTROOM

Reuters ^ | May 10, 2002 03:44 PM ET | Paul Casciato and Michael Georgy

[Cinnamon Girl]

First of all, the Jews who lived in Israel before it became a state in 1948 were "Palestinians" and second of all, people just say "Jews" when referring to the Hebrew nation with the shortest term. What makes you think "Palis" is derrogatory? And isn't that the least of their concerns if they are urinating in a house of worship?

[Psycho_Bunny]

"Just a Christian Church, nothing to see, move along....."

I'm certain that, already, some Muslims are considering this an Islamic holy site.....'Where a small band of Allah's Faithful held off the hordes of blood drinking jews'.

I wonder how long it will be before they lay claim to the church.

[aShepard]

So, would this make it ok for Christians to now go urinate all over the holy places in Mecca

Remember the photo of the four IDF soldiers taking a leak on the outside wall of a Mosque during the Jenin cleanup campaign??

We all thought it was funny at the time.

[angkor]

Has any U.S. Christian group offered to go and assist in the cleanup?

[kapn kuek]

Hot Damn! I'm Catholic and I'm PO'd at the Israelis for attacking my church!

So here is what they can do to make it right.
1. Carve out some of their desert for a homeland for the Christians that have been displaced by Zionism.
2. Remove all muslims from this area.
3. Make the capitol of this Christian homeland Bethleham.
4. Allow the Christian nation to be self-governed.

Wouldn't it be nice to have two democracies in the Middle East? They would probably form an alliance against islam terrorist.

[neutrino]

Calvin has a great idea!

There is no hog but allah, and mohammed is her pimp.

Pass it on!

[GSWarrior]

uh...it's just a building.

[Corporate Law]

True. I thought that they already trying to make such a claim on the site, "Mohammed slept here" sort of thing. Plus, aren't they building a mosque in Manger Square that will have the effect of blocking access to the Church of the Nativity?

[pankot]

My goodness! i thought all of us multicultural peace loving diversity types respected other faiths! (sarcasm)

[AmericaUnited]

And it's still funny!

[Corporate Law]

I have driven past that a few times on my way to Detroit. Much larger than the one down here.

[Dixie republican]

Ohhh ... boo hoo!

[Senator Pardek]

I can't wait until we hear what that graffiti says...

[neutrino]

would equate being called Palis

No, no, no. It isn't Palis. Singular is palie, and plural is palies. One should never capitalize the first letter - they simply aren't worth it. As for being insulting, how could one possibly insult a palie? Language fails to provide any term that would be as bad as the reality of palie behavior and existence, and the very term "insult" seems to imply that one could somehow find words that were worse than the disgusting reality. No, I'm sorry to say that it is utterly impossible to insult a palie...though trying to do so remains a noble cause.

[Cinnamon Girl]

Remember the photo of the four IDF soldiers taking a leak on the outside wall of a Mosque during the Jenin cleanup campaign??

Wow, you're right. That IS the same thing.

[Stavka2]

The church is no stranger to conflict. Samaritans destroyed much of the original church during a revolt in 529. Christian Crusader and Muslim armies fought over it for many years. The church was rebuilt during the reign of the Roman Emperor Justinian in about 530 AD. Crusaders redecorated it and over the centuries it has been renovated and expanded with the addition of other chapels and monasteries around it.

Reuters needs a history lesson since these events took place over a period of almost a thousand + years.

[isthisnickcool]

Maybe George W. Bush can lend them the same cleaning crew he used after Clinton left.

[Sloth]

It's just a building.

[Renatus]

Whenever I see a picture of Arafat I am as disgusted as when I see picture of Clinton. Same feeling. I start to get sick.