Discussion History Webcomic / GoblinHollow

\\\'\\\'[[quoteblock]]And what else would you call someone who told a distraught girl that her dead best friend was burning in hell?[[/quoteblock]]\\\'\\\'

I would ask where she heard such a thing, since most of your media evangelicals - especially of the \\\"Fire And Brimstone\\\" stripe, tend to be Baptist or Methodist, whereas the \\\"Suicide is unforgivable\\\" thing is mainly Catholic dogma.

And I would\\\'ve simply said \\\"Somepeople believe that. I don\\\'t, and neither does my congregation.\\\"

I certainly wouldn\\\'t have printed said accusation of lies in a comic for the world to see - not without expecting a shitstorm to come flying back at me.

\\\'\\\'[[quoteblock]]As to claiming Lily was in the wrong, apparently some people were raised like barn animals, but screaming at the preacher and swearing in church would get your BLOCK knocked off in most churchgoing households. Lily and Ben were \\\"in loco parentis,\\\" which means they had the duties and authority of legal guardians. And while that might fly in Berkeley, a single slap in the mouth for profanity and disrespect is not assault and battery. Anyone who has SEEN real assault and battery would be insulted at the claim. It was a short, sharp, slap to the mouth to halt to someone who was getting way out of hand.[[/quoteblock]]\\\'\\\'

And in the churches \\\'\\\'I\\\'ve\\\'\\\' been to, either Penny would\\\'ve had to wait her turn to call out Rev. Roller or would\\\'ve had several sisters backing her up. (Memphis, TN - C.O.G.I.C. headquarters, in case you were about to ask).

And as I\\\'ve stated elsewhere: Penny had said her piece \\\'\\\'and was leaving.\\\'\\\' Lily made an already out-of-control situation worse by demanding someone she knew was on a razor\\\'s edge go back into the lion\\\'s den. She could\\\'ve - and should\\\'ve - waited until things cooled down until she rounded on Penny. Or apologized herself, if she was that mortified.

Penny \\\'\\\'may\\\'\\\' have been wrong, but Lily \\\'\\\'definitely\\\'\\\' wasn\\\'t right.

\\\'\\\'\\\'[[quoteblock]]Yes, quite a few \\\"Shut up Hannibals\\\" have been delivered in the comic. You will note however that they were given out AFTER Ben and/or Lily had bent over backwards to try and reconcile with the individuals aggravating them. The standard routine with both of them has been to back off repeatedly, and only let loose when finally pushed into a corner.[[/quoteblock]]\\\'\\\'\\\'

Not too difficult, given the usual nature of the strawmen set up to get pwned in the comic.

\\\'\\\'\\\'[[quoteblock]]It\\\'s not the first time the law has been laid down, either. Penny got grounded for being rude to a customer. And Ben threw OUT one of his regular customers who started swearing in the arcade. (Pattern established....)[[/quoteblock]]\\\'\\\'\\\'

And when, in either one of those cases, were Ben or Penny personally called out by the jackass in question?

I think that most of the outrage here comes from Lily being portrayed as 100% in the right on this, and a mere \\\"You were wrong in reacting the way you did, but so was I.\\\" would do wonders for smoothing over the ruffled feathers of the readership. I find it a bit telling that RH Junior is putting more effort into defending Lily\\\'s actions that he has \\\'\\\'Lily\\\'\\\' putting in.

[[quoteblock]]And what else would you call someone who told a distraught girl that her dead best friend was burning in hell?[[/quoteblock]]