PA teen abusing Jesus statue

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Its disgusting. But it doesnt actually violate the law as far as I know. Its just free....speech?....or free self videography, or something. Anyway- the guy has the right to be juvenile and disgusting, but he is still juvenile and disguisting.

This is stupid its just some teen being immature and perverted with a Jesus statue for cheap laughs, why would this make the news? He could have peed on the statue then it might have been news worthy and he could face vandalism charges and such but besides being offensive to religious folks and gross no crime commited here just being a jackass.

I find it depressing, and disgusting, and disrespectful (make that contemptible).

If he were my kid, he'd probably be standing there with his fingers in his ears while I delivered a filibuster-quality lecture about respect and commonly decent behavior whilst issuing definitions of words like "sacred," "icon," "tolerance," and "character."

That's what I had to put up with from my dad when I did dipshit things like that as a teen.

However, other than his own reputation, he really didn't destroy anything.

I want to live in a world where people respect religious icons, whether they are the icons of their religion, or someone else's religion, or their ex-religion that has caused them great personal pain and anguish.

I don't want to live in a world where it is a crime to fail to respect the icons of any certain religion or religions. That sounds a little too, I don't know, theocratic to me. I don't want to live in a world where it is a criminal act to make an ass of yourself in a manner that is, however offensive and immature, non-destructive and non-violent.

The kid, obviously, is a brat who has a lot of growing up to do. But making a criminal issue out of it seems sorta Pharisaic.

Ironic, you aren't supposed to worship icons in Christianity. Yet people are making an icon of this figure. Go give your lecture to the Pope, he's the worst of all.