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34. "I'm eating a sandwich" is information?

Wed Oct 22, 2014, 07:49 PM

Oct 2014

I thought information was supposed to inform, i.e. educate. Twitter isn't the source of evil -- evil is intelligent and manipulative, while Twitter is just stupid. I fail to see how getting an update that Kim Kardashian just farted is of any relevance... unless you're tracking seismic activity.

The cleric is overestimating the importance of social media. He's probably just worried that people will be distracted from reading the holy books over and over again because they're telling their friends, "I'm shopping in the marketplace" or "I'm sitting on the toilet."

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Twitter is 'source of all evil', top Saudi cleric says [View all] n2doc Oct 2014 OP

Translation: Twitter gets more attention than I do. Solly Mack Oct 2014 #1

Translation: I can't control what people tweet gratuitous Oct 2014 #7

It is. Whatever did he do before then? Solly Mack Oct 2014 #16

I'm trying to decide if that's true or not. hedgehog Oct 2014 #2

The hashtag (hash symbol) is a way of tracking a topic. herding cats Oct 2014 #23

Thanks! hedgehog Oct 2014 #25

This explains it even better Ampersand Unicode Oct 2014 #36

I can't say that I disagree with him unrepentant progress Oct 2014 #3

So, what was the source of of all evil before Twitter existed? notadmblnd Oct 2014 #9

AOL unrepentant progress Oct 2014 #19

lol notadmblnd Oct 2014 #21

Twitter is actually not that different from religion. Ampersand Unicode Oct 2014 #35

I'm trying real hard to disagree here. Really, really hard. nt Tommy_Carcetti Oct 2014 #4

It is a great way to spread info quickly and on huge scale. JNelson6563 Oct 2014 #5

What's next? Books? Literature? Art? DetlefK Oct 2014 #8

Burn them all!1! JNelson6563 Oct 2014 #12

"I'm eating a sandwich" is information? Ampersand Unicode Oct 2014 #34

Yes, that is just what I meant! JNelson6563 Oct 2014 #45

"the source of all evil and devastation" - really? iscooterliberally Oct 2014 #6

What was the source of all evil before Twitter? nt ChisolmTrailDem Oct 2014 #10

AOL bigwillq Oct 2014 #13

DUzy!! nt longship Oct 2014 #18

Damn. Ninja'd. unrepentant progress Oct 2014 #20

Rap music. Dr. Strange Oct 2014 #17

Damn, I thought it was religious nutjobs doing their jihad killings seveneyes Oct 2014 #11

Source of all evil? No LondonReign2 Oct 2014 #14

#SillyPerson Nuclear Unicorn Oct 2014 #15

@topmuslimcleric KamaAina Oct 2014 #22

So people who don't use Twitter are evil and anachronistic? Ampersand Unicode Oct 2014 #38

You do realize that... YvonneCa Oct 2014 #40

No, people who think Twitter is "the source of all evil" KamaAina Oct 2014 #43

He should have been forced to pack his statement into 140 characters. Travelman Oct 2014 #24

DUzy! KamaAina Oct 2014 #44

Did he tweet that? Erich Bloodaxe BSN Oct 2014 #26

He's wrong shenmue Oct 2014 #27

People who claim to know the mind of god are the source of all evil. FiveGoodMen Oct 2014 #28

He got that one right jberryhill Oct 2014 #29

From what I've seen, Saudi-sponsored Wahhabism is hard to beat KeepItReal Oct 2014 #30

It only allows 164 characters. It is, by definition, trivial Scootaloo Oct 2014 #31

And if he thinks Reddit is the source of all evil... Ampersand Unicode Oct 2014 #37

LOL... NaturalHigh Oct 2014 #42

Do what? Jamastiene Oct 2014 #32

Ugg I think there is a Pat Robertson in every neighborhood Kalidurga Oct 2014 #33

On the plus side, he didn't denounce DU (nt) Nye Bevan Oct 2014 #39

I wouldn't go that far. NaturalHigh Oct 2014 #41