Poking Fun

OK, on the Reformation Day post I was mocking the lesbian, Lutheran Swedish bishop who looks like a sofa out of Star Trek.



I try to keep the tone of the blog light--poking fun at those with whom I disagree, and not minding if they poke back. Nevertheless a regular (and awfully sober) reader was offended that I had mocked the lesbian Lutheran Swedish Star Trek sofa person.



I'm still not clear what he was offended by. Was it that I made fun of her dress sense, her sexual preference, her Protestantism or that she looked so, umm-- Swedish lesbian?



I'm not sure, but I wonder if any other readers get tired of the self righteous, playing the victim, "Ooooh. I'm sooo offended" stuff. After all, who really ought to be offended in this whole thing? Is it the Anglican and Lutheran feminist and homosexualists or the far greater number of ordinary, faithful Anglicans and Lutherans who have had their beautiful, ancient religion ripped from them by a minority of howling, passive aggressive activists?



Who should be offended here? What about the ordinary Moms and Dads who have to explain why "Uncle Vickie wants to marry Aunty Fred"? What about the ordinary families who discover that their children are being  subjected to mandatory 'sexual education' that tells ten year olds how to put on a condom to protect themselves during anal sex?



I could go on, but maybe once in a while the rest of us might be allowed the luxury of 'being offended.'