Rowan Williams and sharia: time for some satire
Kim has written a nice satirical piece about why St Paul should resign from his position; and he’s also written a song for the occasion, “Sharia!” (to the tune of “Maria” from West Side Story).
This inspired me to write a limerick of my own:
An archbishop once gave an oration
On religion and law in our nation;
When we heard what he said
We all stoned him down dead,
To protect our great civilisation.
A blogger named Kim Fabricius,
Is guilty of confusion most grievous:
So hates he enlightenment,
He'll sing for benightenment
And Muslim law most capricious.
This is a poem, so it must be right.
Nice work, Shane! — I can see why you couldn't resist the "Fabricius / capricious" rhyme.
Meanwhile, I'm sure Kim is exercising tremendous restraint in not availing himself of the tantalising rhyme: "Shane / a royal pain"...
;-)
Hi Shane,
To have a poem written about me - gosh! I am touched, thanks. And no matter that it's critical. As Oscar Wilde said, "One can always be kind to people one cares nothing about."
And for a philosopher, the poem's pretty good. The scansion needs a bit of work, but you've done real well with a tough rhyme scheme (love the "benightenment"), and no doubt would have done better if you knew that my family actually pronouces Fabricius "Fabreeshus" - as in "specious" and "facetious". It's certainly a harder name to work with than Shane: "brain", "pain", "vain", "disdain", "cocaine", "Hussein" ...
Anyway, thanks again, mate, and keep up the good work.
Hi Ben - just saw your comment after I posted mine - ;)
As far as I'm concerned, abusive poetry is the highest example of the genre. (I tease because I care.)
Cocaine?
Don't need it Kim. Writing blog comments is my cocaine.
But if you happen to have some . . .
Oi! "We"?!!
...when they heard what he said
they all stoned him down dead
...revealing their stupification...
Still, great limerick and thank God for the voices of you, Kim, Mike and others similar.
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