Love thy neighbor, love thy panda, love wordpress

So recently, missionaries have been picketing and demonstrating around Woodburn Hall. They seek to show us the way of Christianity and to save us from damnation. It's not really that big a group of missionaries; rather, the annoyed crowd that they arouse becomes rather large around 1 in the afternoon. Now, I can understand protesting abortion. But showing blown-up, full-color pictures of dead fetuses? How does that contribute to the abortion debate? I can understand (just barely) trying to show others the way of the one true God. But slandering other religious leaders seems to be immature and unnecessary. "Muhammed is in hell. Buddha is in hell" or something like that was on a sign last year. At a protest against a restaurant that displayed a gay pride flag, that same group also had a sign that read "Fags die, God laughs," reports the IDS. Love thy neighbor! How should the non-Christian extremist portion of the student body respond? We could just ignore them and their fetus fetish pictures, and eventually they'd get tired of accomplishing nothing and leave. But that inaction precludes any dialogue. Who knows, maybe with some debate, one of those missionaries will change his/her views! Or, I suppose, a socially liberal student could be swayed by the brimstone/fire persuasion. Right now, I just ignore them. I guess that may not be the ideal solution, but it's the most practical. On to happier love issues, the title of this post promised panda love, and panda love you shall receive.

"Start making children soon. Don't let me down," Chinese Consul Peng Ren Dong told a couple dressed as pandas - which are notoriously difficult to breed in captivity - during a colourful tea ceremony which is part of Chinese wedding rites.

And I'm installing Wordpress on the AAA website, so it'll be looking smooth in a week, I promise!