Have You Heard About the Lutefisk Riots?

All this concern over the Newsweek article and how much responsibility that report bears for the subsequent riots seems to ignore the fact that this so-called "peaceful" religion, Islam, is clearly marked by almost constant violence. Some can see the humor in it, though, as illustrated by this bit of satire from Iowahawk. Although I am a Missouri Synod Lutheran, and this is about the Scandinavian Lutheran branch, I think that it does really point up some differences in the world's religions.

Newsweek Lutefisk Story Sparks Fury Across Volatile Midwest

Decorah, IA - The debris-strewn streets of this remote Midwestern hamlet remain under a tense 24-hour curfew tonight, following weekend demonstrations by rock- and figurine-throwing Lutheran farm wives that left over 200 people injured and leveled the Whippy Dip dairy freeze. The rioting appeared to be prompted, in part, by a report in Newsweek magazine claiming military guards at Spirit Lake’s notorious Okoboji internment center had flushed lutefisk down prison toilets. Newsweek’s late announcement of a retraction seems to have done little to quell the inflamed passions of Lutheran insurgents in the region, as outbreaks of violent mailbox bashings and cow tippings have been reported from Bowbells, North Dakota to Pekin, Illinois.

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(Hat tip to Dr. Gene Veith of Cranach Institute and World Magazine)