{"id":632,"date":"2006-02-05T12:59:00","date_gmt":"2006-02-05T12:59:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/theirbadmother\/2006\/02\/the-decline-of-western-civilization.html"},"modified":"2006-02-05T12:59:00","modified_gmt":"2006-02-05T12:59:00","slug":"the-decline-of-western-civilization","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/theirbadmother\/2006\/02\/the-decline-of-western-civilization.html","title":{"rendered":"The Decline Of Western Civilization"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>To which I am contributing by posting the following.<\/p>\n<p>I warn you &#8211; once you view this YOU CAN NEVER GO BACK. It&#8217;s kinda like doing acid, but not in the happy everyone&#8217;s-a-Muppet! kind of way (I know, I have a thing about Muppets. Muppets are cool!) This, this is like a bad acid trip, the kind that produces flashbacks and that stays with you forever.<\/p>\n<p>So, consider yourself warned.<\/p>\n<p><object width=\"425\" height=\"344\"><param name=\"movie\" value=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/x20v9F-sWHQ&amp;hl=en&amp;fs=1&amp;rel=0\" \/><param name=\"allowFullScreen\" value=\"true\" \/><param name=\"allowscriptaccess\" value=\"always\" \/><embed src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/x20v9F-sWHQ&amp;hl=en&amp;fs=1&amp;rel=0\" type=\"application\/x-shockwave-flash\" allowscriptaccess=\"always\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" width=\"425\" height=\"344\"><\/object><\/p>\n<p>Muslims are currently rioting because of some Danish editorial cartoons. Why, I ask, is no-one rioting about this?<\/p>\n<p><i>Originally posted at <a href=\"www.herbadmother.com\">Her Bad Mother, 2006<\/a>.<\/i> <i>Copyright Catherine Connors 2006 &#8211; 2009.<\/i><\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>To which I am contributing by posting the following. I warn you &#8211; once you view this YOU CAN NEVER GO BACK. It&#8217;s kinda like doing acid, but not in the happy everyone&#8217;s-a-Muppet! kind of way (I know, I have a thing about Muppets. Muppets are cool!) 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