Decrepit Shamans Duke It Out

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mld, July 30, 2002 at 11:22:00 AM CEST

Decrepit Shamans Duke It Out

I wish I was creative enough to make this stuff up. If I were, I'd go down with Swift and Twain as one of the funniest satirists that ever picked up a pen.

It seems (read the full story here) that two groups of Xian monks, one Egyptian Coptic, one Ethiopian, have been sharing the roof of a shrine in Jerusalem. Each group had it's own designated area.

Well, it seems that one of the monks, who had been living up there since 1970 got too hot, and moved his chair a few feet into the shade. Unfortunately those few feet belonged to the other group. A freakin' fight broke out between the two groups of doddering holy men, with chairs, among other things, being hurled. Where are the Jerry Springer bouncers when you need them?

By the time this Clash of the Geriatric Titans was over, eleven monks were injured. One was knocked out, and another had a broken arm.

People wonder why I think religion remains the thing that humans must outgrow before we can "all just get along."

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