Try to wrap your head around the hell that would break loose if the following scenario were true: The American lead character on one of the most popular comedy shows on TV “accidentally” urinates on a statue of Mohammed. Can you even fathom the fiery outrage?

How many nanoseconds would pass before extremist Muslims would issue a jihad calling for the death of the infidel comedian? There is no doubt that before the guilty comedian and his complicit network bosses could even draw a breath to apologize, innocent Americans the world over would be assaulted and the offices of American interests all over the globe would be ablaze!

The virulence of the reaction need not be completely imagined, however, as it’s only been four years since violence erupted throughout the Muslim world over a depiction of the prophet Mohammed that appeared in the Danish newspaper Jyllands-Posten. Danish embassies in Syria, Lebanon, and Iran were burned and buildings with branch offices of European companies were ransacked and vandalized. Furthermore, politicians and pundits alike decried the “insensitivity” and “bigotry” of the illustrators and the newspaper that published the editorial cartoons. There was no measure or delay to the castigation of and retaliation for the perceived insult to one of the world’s largest religions.

Now, imagine that the above imaginary scene actually happened only instead of Mohammed, the comedian in question urinated on a painting of Jesus Christ. Observers and commentators would instantly ride to the defense of Christianity and fill the airwaves and newspaper with quick and unqualified denouncements of such intolerance, right? Wrong. Blogs, trade journals, entertainment news shows, and newspapers are mocking the “overreaction” and “victim mentality” on the part of Christians, principally the Catholic League for Religious and Civil Rights, over the splattering of urine on a picture of Christ. The desecration occurred on an episode of the HBO series Curb Your Enthusiasm, as the character played by star of the show and Seinfeld co-creator, Larry David, has taken medicine that increases his urine flow and while taking a bathroom break at the house of a Christian family, he splatters urine on a painting of Jesus Christ that some members of the family mistake for a miracle of weeping.  

Within minutes of the broadcast of this sacrilege masquerading as entertainment, the Catholic League responded to the tasteless treatment of their religion:

That’s what passes for creativity these days. Was Larry David always this crude? Would he think it comedic if someone urinated on a picture of his mother?” Furthermore recrimination came from Deal Hudson of insidecatholic.com: “I don’t think it’s funny. Why is it that people are allowed to publicly show that level of disrespect for Christian symbols? If the same thing was done to a symbol of any other religions — Jewish or Muslim — there’d be a huge outcry. It’s simply not a level playing field.

Amen.

For its part, HBO answered the criticism with a statement void of any apology but with an unmistakable endorsement of their cash cow: “Anyone who follows 'Curb Your Enthusiasm' knows that the show is full of parody and satire. Larry David makes fun of everyone, most especially himself. The humor is always playful and certainly never malicious.”

Fair enough, if that’s the way they see it, then there is a very effective way to answer this disregard accordingly. A response spoken loudly and clearly in the only language these immoral enemies of faith understand. Specifically, there are millions of devout Christians in the United States and last Sunday a character on a premium pay cable television show urinated on an image of their Savior and Son of God. How many of those Christians pay money every month for the privilege of having that programming pumped into their homes? Christians know that their Master would not endorse violent response, however, there is a way to manifest displeasure — cancel their subscription to a network that callously and unapologetically mocks their faith.

Finally, HBO should be true to their word and make fun of the sacred images of Islam and Judaism. Or, as we know to be the case with this cadre of hypocritical anti-Christian elites, does “make fun of everyone” really mean “everyone” that’s an easy, safe, and familiar target: Christianity.

Photo of Larry David: AP Images

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Shody said:

... Is it hilarious to insult millions of Catholics on your show by having Larry David urinate on an image of Christ, then portray the Catholics in the household as utterly stupid and gullible? To suggest that David's erections are a miracle encapsulates the ignorance, crudity, and moral bankruptcy of your show's creators, writers, and producers. If I urinated on a picture of Moses or the Star of David on a television show, I would be instantly banned from further broadcasting. Many, many "gentiles" understand that Jews in the media, such as Larry David and Jerry Seinfeld, believe they have carte blanche to belittle Catholics, Protestants, and Muslims in the broader media and in Hollywood. To profane Christ Jesus or religious imagery of any kind is simply malicious, and contradicts the Jews’ own infamous and aggressive insistence of enforced respect for Jewish images, culture, and history in the most remote instance. Every Christian who truly understands the double standard at play here should immediately cancel their subscription to HBO, as HBO will not apologize for this vulgarity. Believe it or not, there are several million people who are so reflective and committed to a higher reality as to find a show that promotes athesism, befoulment of Christ Jesus, and late middle-aged references to erectile dysfunction not very entertaining. "Curb Your Enthusiasm" hopes to make a culture of moral contempt the norm. By boycotting your advertisers and widely disseminating this episode’s attempt to deride Catholicism and Christianity, we will hold the writers and producers of this show accountable for the debasements they inflict on religious traditions of all kinds.

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Dave said:

... "If the same thing was done to a symbol of any other religions — Jewish or Muslim — there’d be a huge outcry. It’s simply not a level playing field." Absurd. Well, the Muslim part may well be true. But Larry David has been mocking the Jewish religion on his show for years (including a whole episdoe where he made fun of Hassidic Jews). There could obviously be a similar episode where a splash of urine from David splashes onto a Torah or some other Jewish symbol. It's probably just bad luck for David that that wasn't the case. I kind of doubt this column would have been written if it was.

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Flu-Bird said:

	BOYCOTT HBO I suggest that if your getting HBO on your cable TV cancil it and hit that LOONIE LARRY and his blastfumous skit where it hurts and to think both him and his ding-bat wife and envirometalist decrying people who drive SUVs from their gas guzzling 4 mpg limos
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His friend said:

	... Cancel subscription to a network (HBO) that callously and unapologetically mocks Christian faith. Money talks...BOYCOTT
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Brian Burleson said:

	... I can't boycott HBO. I already did that years ago because of their anti-gun propaganda.
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Bonnie said:

... Rest in the LORD, and wait patiently for him: fret not thyself because of him who prospereth in his way, because of the man who bringeth wicked devices to pass. Cease from anger, and forsake wrath: fret not thyself in any wise to do evil. For evildoers shall be cut off: but those that wait upon the LORD, they shall inherit the earth. For yet a little while, and the wicked shall not be: yea, thou shalt diligently consider his place, and it shall not be. But the meek shall inherit the earth; and shall delight themselves in the abundance of peace. The wicked plotteth against the just, and gnasheth upon him with his teeth. The Lord shall laugh at him: for he seeth that his day is coming. The wicked have drawn out the sword, and have bent their bow, to cast down the poor and needy, and to slay such as be of upright conversation. Their sword shall enter into their own heart, and their bows shall be broken. A little that a righteous man hath is better than the riches of many wicked. For the arms of the wicked shall be broken: but the LORD upholdeth the righteous. Psalm 37:7-17

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Joe Blancher said:

... This little stunt that he pulled is going to bring more harm to the Jewish community than anybody else. Many people are going to see this is a 'Jew pissing on Jesus' which will translate to many hateful acts/comments. For that reason alone, an apology is warranted. Something that should be understood is that not every Christian is a peace loving sheeple. Some of us are starting to get really pissed off (no pun intended) with all these attacks. All that I am saying is that it would be wise to watch your back and even wiser to make a public apology as quickly as possible. PS. Send HBO an email telling them that you just cancelled their channel from your cable subscription (even if you never had HBO)!

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Nicholas Carter said:

	... If you don't like it, then you don't have to watch it. It is beyond idiotic to insinuate that they should go after other non-Christian religious figures next.
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October 30, 2009
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Hari Seldon said:

	... I can't wait to see the episode where Larry David or Jerry Seinfeld urinate on an image of a Holocaust victim. I've cancelled HBO entirely, and sent an email and a letter to their offices, otherwise they won't know why.
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October 31, 2009
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John OConnor said:

	Larry the loser To bad we can't ship urine through the mail. Can you imagine the laughs HBO would get if everyone who believes in Christ shared some of their urine with Larry David and the bigwigs at HBO. It would be hilarious to see them open up all those bags of urine hahahahahahah!!!!!comeon laugh larry larrylaugh
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October 31, 2009
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Jessie said:

Get Over It I just watched the latest episode of Curb and this thing has been blown WAY out of porportion. Have any of you religious nuts even seen the episode??? A drop splashes on the picture, LD did NOT piss on the picture as some articles would have you believe. I love Curb and love LD. You people need to lighten up and find something more important to complain about. If you don't like the show, don't watch it.

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all roads lead to? said:

unintentional? Oh, just a few drops of urine...clearly it wasn't meant to offend anyone. But, if he had emptied his bladder, that would have been unmistakeably anti-christian! It's okay to defame christians and increase hostility against jews, as long as it's in good, "clean", passive-aggressive fun. Right. Not speaking out against this blatant attack would only hasten the day these spineless propagandizing pawns crawl out from under the rocks they hide, to spew their hate-filled poison in broad daylight. What will we do then? Nothing...it's business as usual. We are falling further down the slippery-slope if we let this one slither by.

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Warrior For Christ said:

The War Is On Now! Calling All Christians.. The time has come to rise up against those that spend every opportunity to beat down Christianity. I do not care if you are Catholic, Baptist, Protestant... If you believe in God the time has come to band together and destroys these idiots. It is time to put away your fears of being persecuted and rise up. Do it in the name of God. Start by boycotting HBO and Home Depot. Next, beat down anyone (verbally) that puts God down. If they do not stop with your verbal beat down then do what you have to do.

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Jessie said:

	Pathetic Hey Warrior Wacko, does Jesus know you are advocating physical violence? You gotta love "Christians" who don't act very Christ-like. You are not a true Christian, as true Christians live by the words of Christ and do not judge others, they forgive, and they certainly do not suggest to "beat down" those whose beliefs differ from their own.
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Val said:

	... I am a religious Jew, and for me the act of this low life clown, who should be banished forever from any respected show, is absolutely sacrligious the same way as it should be for a person of any faith or even an atheist. And of course he is a covard because he would never dare to do the same thing with images sacred to Islam. I am cancelling my subscription to HBO. Val
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Mitch said:

	Get Real He didn't urinate on a picture of Christ because there are no pictures of Christ. No one knows what he looked like – or even if he really existed. There are no eyewitness accounts of the events described in the Gospels. At worst, someone might deface a depiction of myth.
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Flu-Bird said:

	What would they ? How would these hollyweird bunch react if someone urinated on a picture of BARACK OBAMA or KARL MARX? Will they call its a HATE CRIME and what if someone burned a CHE GUEVRA T-shirt or burned rainbow gay/eco-freak flag
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all roads lead to? said:

no eyewitness accounts you say Read Luke 1:2 and 2 Peter 1:16 before you say there were no eyewitnesses. Fact is, the birth, life, death and resurrection of Jesus Christ are the most proven events in all of history!You may want to pull your head out of your nether regions and actually read the books you condemn as myth. I'm sick to death of people who have never even read the Bible saying it is false. Show me what centuries of theologian scholars have spent their lives researching to actually be in error and I will renounce my faith. If you're just going to bash what you don't want to accept as fact because you are a selfish, arrogant, know-it-all, then shut up. I make no apologies for my harsh language...Jesus used a whip to get his point across.

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Joey said:

	Stop pushing other people under the bus . Stop complaining about Muslims . . This is why people do not take problems like this to. heart because you guys spend most of your time complaining about Muslims or Jewish people. Just say Hey that is wrong.. and No one else (with out being specific ) would have to take this mess . When you target other groups it makes your cause look worse.
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deanna duran said:

I know i'm not going to watch ur show larry david Today my Pastor shared with his congreation on what on the show. Come on urinating on Jesus then tryin to make a joke of it. Get for reals. What did Jesus do for u except die for u and us in general. He loves all. Larry are u going to have a blast reading all these comments knowing that u happened to mess with the wrong growd meaning Christians we are going to stand up for our God.

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Obamanation at NOTRE DAME said:

	Notre Dame to award Honorary Degree to Larry David. After Obama, anything is possible. Hey, they just sent some students to the "GAY RIGHTS MARCH" in D.C. - NO JOKE! http://www.FreeTheND88.org
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Savi said:

	... Why does anyone even care about this? You people are very "symbol minded" as George Carlin would say. You care so much about the fact that he symbolically insulted you by pissing on an image of your god, yet you overlook the fact that no one was harmed in the process. If he pissed on one of you, then I could understand being upset.
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Savi said:

... Also, I don't understand the point of boycotting HBO just because of one little thing here and there that you don't agree with. There's at least one thing I don't agree with about every network. If I resorted to boycotts every time someone said or did something I didn't like, I'd be boycotting so many things (not limited to just TV networks), I wouldn't be able to keep track of them all. Why can't you learn to coexist with others who are different than yourself? Also, by boycotting HBO, you're trying to inflict harm upon them, albeit indirectly of course. Solving harm with more harm? Are you sure that's the Christian thing to do? Not that Larry even harmed you in the first place. But you believe he did. And now you're trying to harm him back/"get even" with him and the network by withholding your money from them. You're just creating more malice. In fact, what you're doing is worse than pissing on an image of Jesus. You're limiting the amount of money HBO and Larry David earn by boycotting them. He did absolutely nothing at all to any of you. So really, you're the first ones to commit any harm.

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J said:

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Suzie said:

	Historicity of Jesus Mitch, FYI: www.tektonics.org/jesusexist/jexfound.html
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Jay Rothermel said:

	Bravo Larry! Great episode! http://marxistupdate.blogspot....nival.html
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