Follow, As I Wanda Tuinphro.

Welcome, ladies and gentlemen, to another installment of My Brouhaha With BrooWaha. In yesterday's post [Update on Last Friday's Post] I related how Wanda had submitted a second article to this, so-called, citizen newspaper - BrooWaha.com. This article, Website: Catholic Bashing, OK. Muslims, Not So Much, exposes the hypocrisy of the editors of BrooWaha who, out of political correctness, would not publish an article critical of Islam, but did not hesitate to publish an article that bashes the Catholic Church.

When I submitted the article, I did not expect it to be published; that was not, after all, the purpose of sending the piece to the editors. Needless to say, I was a little surprised when the article was actually published. You can find it here.

Almost immediately after the article was put online, a comment was left. This comment came so quickly that I suspect it was written by one of the editors of BrooWaha. Of the article on Islam, (which the editors had refused to publish) [Is Islam a Religion of Peace?] he said,
"If an article wasn't written with hatred it would be published whatever religion was involved."
Of course, we know now this statement is false. The article submitted by Wanda [Will the Pope Apologize for Rizal?] was filled with as much hatred for the Catholic Church as one could imagine, yet it was published by BrooWaha without a second thought.

There are differences, of course, in the two articles. In the piece on Islam, every accusation made was supported by a link to evidence backing up that accusation. When I wrote of Jehovah's Witnesses missionaries being beheaded by Muslims in the Philippines in 2002, I provided a link to Council on Foreign Relations report which notes the incident (along with several more Abu Sayyaf terrorist attacks).
When I mentioned, "In an example of Muslim religious tolerance, during this past Ramadan, a group of Sunni Muslims killed at least 59 '.....Shiite apostates who sold their faith for money to be a tool used in a war against Iraqi Sunnis ' " I backed up my statement with a link to the story published in the Manila Bulletin.

Likewise, all the references to Muslim violence, from the murder of Theo van Gogh to Aisha Bibi's mutilation, were supported by evidence.

That certainly wasn't the situation with the article on the Catholic Church. Not one shred of evidence or link was put forth by the writer.

The editors of BrooWaha had no qualms about publishing a hate piece against the Catholic Church.....even when it was obvious to anyone with an ounce of awareness that the writer was phony; only a dunderhead would believe that "Wanda Tuinphro" was a real name.

As pointed out by blogger Al of Is Anybody There?, the comments that followed avoided the issues brought up by Wanda's last article and focused, instead on personal attacks on yours truly. Those commenting had previously fallen for Wanda's hoax and were none too happy.

Now, my work concerning BrooWaha has come to an end .........unless I decide to create another persona. Of course, I wouldn't do that; would I?

Update on Last Friday's Post.

The most pertinent question brought up by my last post, Website: Catholic Bashing, OK. Muslims, Not So Much, was put forward by LarryD of Acts Of The Apostasy, when he asked,
"So - are you going to expose them for their hypocrisy?"

I wasn't sure just how to go about exposing the site, other than writing the post and sending emails to a few folks.....none of whom are particularly influential. I knew I wanted the editors of BrooWaha to read my post; I also wanted some of the regulars at the site to see the management for what they truly are.

My first thought was to have "Wanda Tuinphro" submit Friday's post to the folks at BrooWaha. I knew it would not get published; I wasn't sure how they would react. Would they eliminate mine two accounts there? Since that was a possibility, I decided to send links to the blog post to some of the writers. The article that "Wanda" had submitted originally had generated comments from two such writers and a message from a third. Saturday morning, I sent messages containing a link to Friday's post, to those three, letting each one read my accusations against BrooWaha.com.

All three sent a reply to me, though only one of the three seems to have enough reading comprehension to have understood the point of the post.

This morning around 5:00 AM, I had Wanda submit the post to the editors of BrooWaha as an article. Now, six hours later, the decision on what to do with the article is still "pending". I know, of course, the article will never see the light of day. I'm simply curious to see how the editors will respond. Right now, their response seems to be, "let's just ignore the whole thing".

Website: Catholic Bashing, OK. Muslims, Not So Much.

I honestly wish the circumstances hadn't turned out this way; I would like to think that I had been wrong in my assumptions and that this post would be unnecessary.

This post is a continuation of one I had written this past Tuesday, entitled My Brouhaha with BrooWaha. For those of you who have not read that post, allow me to bring you up to speed.

Last weekend, I happened upon a website called BrooWaha.com. The website is promoted as "Your Citizen Newspaper", enabling writers to board another vehicle in hopes of getting their words out onto the Internet. Thinking it might be a good opportunity, I submitted two pieces from my blog right away, both of which, were published.

It was my third article which started this rather odd chain of events. I submitted a piece which I posted onto this blog - Is Islam a Religion of Peace? - In that post, I laid out several instances where Muslims had committed what can only be described as atrocities. In each instance, the perpetrator was acting in accordance with Islamic law.

This article was rejected by the editors of BrooWaha. I suspected that the reason for the rejection could only be out of Liberal, political correctness which maintains that telling the truth about Islam makes one a bigot.

In his comment on my Brouhaha post, blogger LarryD opined,

"I bet if you submitted a post about the eeeeeeevviiiilllllll Catholic Church, they'd publish it without a second thought."

I was certain Larry was correct, so I'd do just that.

Many of my readers will recall some of my posts from 2009, where I created characters to goof on a group of Nigerian scammers who had sent emails to one of my accounts. One of these characters was a "woman" I had given the name, Wanda Tuinphro. It was time to bring Wanda back to life and have her open an account with BrooWaha.com.

After creating a profile for Wanda, I set about putting together an article. Rather than spend a lot of time writing some sort of anti-Catholic drivel which I didn't really believe, I googled the phrase evil catholic church and after going through a number of pages, found a blog written by someone who despises the Catholic Church. I simply copied portions of one post - along with something from the comments section - and put it all together, calling it "Will the Pope Apologize for Rizal?"

Wanda submitted that article, along with a photo of Jose Rizal. Of course, the website, which would never publish something defaming Islam, had no problem publishing Wanda's article.
As I write this, the article can be found here.

On the front page of the publication, the article is referred to as "persuasive".

Naturally, because I have no idea how long the article will remain online - particularly if someone hammers BrooWaha - I have taken screen shots as evidence, which I'll post below.

Funny thing, I haven't actually read all the terrible things Wanda "wrote", but someone who visits the website was impressed. After reading the trash, this person commented,

"You have to wonder sometimes what Christ would think of all the evils, past, present and future, done in his name. If I were he, I don't think I'd be flattered. Christ's message was this: "Love God. Love Your Neighbor." Five words, and from those five words, rivers of laws and rules and opinions and translations have flowed, until today, when we stand entangled in words that have lost their heart, their power and their message.

So, no, I don't think you will receive your apology, so long as the earthly sector of the church is run by fallible humans. Maybe we should have a World Day of Forgiveness. Then we could start from scratch, with clean hearts and wiser heads and make a better job of it."

Muslim Cabbie Stabbed.

Michael Enright, the young man alleged to have stabbed a Muslim cab driver, has thrown a proverbial spanner in the works.

It would have made it easier on everyone had Enright's story followed all the familiar paths; if only it had fit all our preconceived notions, we wouldn't have to think so much. Rather than being a right wing nut, a Tea party member who opposed the building of the so-called Ground Zero Mosque, Enright can more accurately be describes as left-wing liberal supporter of the Ground Zero Mosque. Enright was a volunteer for Intersections International whose "core mission is tied to interfaith dialogue and cross cultural cooperation, especially with our Muslim brothers and sisters."

In his statement on the crime Rev. Robert Chase, Executive Director of Intersections International said Enright "shared our vision for a diverse and peaceful world".

Clearly, alcohol was involved. It's being reported that Enright had problems with drinking, though friends believed he had been sober for a year.

Further complicating the issue, the NY Post is reporting that the victim, cab driver Ahmed Sharif, was opposed to the construction of the Mosque at Ground Zero. The NY Post article ends appropriately; "Tuesday's stabbing must be taken for what it was: the act of a disturbed individual who is now in custody."

My Brouhaha with BrooWaha.

This past weekend, I happened upon an ad for website called BrooWaha.com which, at first, looked as if it might offer something of interest to me.

Calling itself "Your Citizen Newspaper" it looked like the ideal vehicle for reaching a larger audience with my blog.

After opening an account, I submitted than my first article....actually it was a retitled copy of my blog post on in vitro fertilization clinics in India. So far, so good.

No long afterward, I submitted my blog post, Obama- a "Limbaugh Christian"? This articled was accepted, as well, though the title came out as "Obama..a "

That article brought down the wrath of a few Liberals and consequently, it was my brouhaha with one such Progressive that prompted me to write my post, Is Islam a Religion of Peace? which I submitted to the editor soon after.

Two hours after I submitted my piece on Islam, a rejection email arrived in my inbox.

Judging from the articles published on the website, there's no doubt that that rejection was done because of Liberal, political correctness.

I went to the perseverances in my account and tried to disassociate myself from BrooWaha but could not find any way to do so.

I sent an email, but to no avail. So, after 24 hours with no response to my email asking to terminate my connection, I submitted an article which, basically stated that I wanted my associate with those folks to end........along with the BrooWaha Bites jpg shown in this post.

If they haven't deleted my account in another 24 hours, I'll submit this post.