| > It would be like saying an American flag displayed in a political demonstration was worshipped, or some doves let free during a peace demonstration were worshipped Good points. But it is worshipped if not more so. "Can't let the flag touch the ground". That is just one such thing. Other things are worshipped and revered at the same level -- the Constitution. For large swathes of this country Constitution is not too far from the 10 Commandments. They go hand in hand. Founding Fathers might as well have halos around their heads instead of wigs. The flag and those things is pretty close to the mango. The mango is funny to us now, it wasn't funny for them locally. I would guess Constitution worship or large religiousness in US is probably just as funny to other Western 1st world countries. > How is that any different than the uproar we see in the rural US about biology and Darwin But it is not. Nobody said it was. Just because they had crazy cargo cult worship of a mango doesn't mean we don't have irrational crazies thinking earth was made by some sky daddy 5k years ago who then planted dinosaur bones, along with fake C-14 backdating, to "test" us. There are hundreds of thousands of people who believe that. They are not on HN, not in your circle of friends. But they vote and have purchasing power, make decisions about our future as well. That is very scary. Heck it would have a lot better to just have them believe in a magic mango. It would probably be a lot safer. |