Mexico: Where the Gods Wage Selfie Wars

Anywhere but Clown World, I would watch this catfight with a beer & hoagie. We being in Clown World, however, this catfight actually is a War of the Gods, and a perfect metaphor of how we white Christians uplift, err, “oppress” a civilization.

The gods must be angry: Mexico 'cancels' statue of Greek god Poseidon after dispute with local deity

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By Fabiola Sanchez, 12 July 2024

MEXICO CITY (AP) — The gods must be angry — or just laughing at the hubris of humanity.

The gods are not angry. Barbie is, and I’m no longer allowed to calm her down with a spank and lunch order. Will the Mexican tourism industry survive this unchained hamster?

Authorities in Mexico have slapped a “closure” order on a 10-foot-tall (3-meter) aquatic statue of the Greek god of the sea Poseidon that was erected in May in the Gulf of Mexico just off the town of Progreso, Yucatan.

Mexico’s environmental protection agency said late Thursday that the statue, which appears to show an angry trident-wielding Poseidon “rising” from the sea a few meters from the beach, lacked permits. In the few months it has been up, tourists had gathered to take pictures of themselves with it as a striking background.

But it was symbolically “closed" Thursday — and could be removed altogether — after a group of activist lawyers filed a legal complaint saying the statue of the Greek offended the beliefs of local Maya Indigenous groups who prefer their own local god of water, known as Chaac.

It's always been dangerous for humans to get involved in battles between deities. But this one appears to be all about present-day humanity, combining “cancel culture,” social media storms, lawsuits and the one truly fearsome, overpowering force in today's world: Instagram selfie-fueled tourism.

It’s the clash of Titans! Communism versus Capitalism! It’s gonna be ugly, folks, like only a Central American deity can be!

True to form, Mexico social media users took to, well, social media, to crow about the decision, with at least a dozen posting slogans like “Chaac 1, Poseidon 0.”

My math says Poseidon 5, Chaac 1.

The officials chose to make a statue of Poseidon, not Chunk. Chaac. 1-0

The statue became a popular, cost-effective tourist attraction. 2-0

The pagans REE’d as hunky white god became more popular than spiteful vibrant mutant god. 3-0

The pagans demanded a return to their Bronze Age Death Cult, and were denied. 4-0

The pagans filed suit that Poseidon was a Climate crime, and won a removal decision. 4-1

Nobody has yet removed Poseidon. 5-1

There are arguments on both sides.

“Poseidon is a Greek god who is alien to our Maya culture," according to the legal complaint filed recently against the statue. “I have a human right for my Maya culture to be preserved.” The lawyers' group that filed the complaint did not immediately respond to requests for comment.

The complaint also mentions the alleged lack of permits.

Your human rights needed legal backstopping, Barbie, because you’re full of shit and nobody wants your creepy, ugly god.

Poseidon is not Jesus, but today in Mexico, he could be.

Pan the camera to right, and you can see the Leaning Tower of Pisa. Pan to the left, and it’s the Little Mermaid.

What I just said, had better be pure sarcasm. I mean it, Barbie!

Defenders of the statue — which strikingly shows Poseidon's body rising mightily from a relatively, calm, open stretch of water near the beach — also have their arguments, though they might not hold up as well in court: it's pretty, and it's good for business.

I think those two arguments will hold up very well in court, indeed. Poseidon 7-1.

Critics of the statue cite a series of recent storms in and around the Gulf — Tropical Storm Alberto in June and Hurricane Beryl this week — as proof that Chaac, a fanged, hook-nose deity who isn't quite as Instagram-friendly as Poseidon, is angry.

Hook-nosed, you say? AND ugly & resentful of more handsome, more white gods? No way… couldn’t be…

…Harvey Weinstein?

My, my, what a big… Nose, your god has. Did he practice human sacrifice, too? *checks* Chaac is the Mayan rain god, known to Incans as Tlaloc the rain god. When infants were sacrificed to Tlaloc, they were tortured first because Tlaloc enjoyed their tears. So say the official accounts. Meanwhile, the Chaac Mool statues at Chechen Itza held the bowls for the vital organs of sacrifices. Confirmed!

Little known fact: Chaac was so ugly, his own priests sometimes preferred his a$$ to his face. That will cost Team Social Justice a point. Score now 7-0.

Meanwhile, the plaintiff’s claim that the mere image of a civilized white dude inside their borders, causes natural disasters, sounds exactly like the Climate Change agenda.

“It's an attraction for our town and it draws attention,” said Lizeth Alvarado Juárez, 28, an employee at a hotel in Progreso. “There are people who come from Merida (the state capital) just to see the Poseidon.”

Concerns about the threat to Mayan culture are overblown, she said, noting that “the culture is doing fine.”

Battles between the gods just aren't what they used to be. “It's all about the memes,” Alvarado Juárez said.

Worse, it’s all about the selfies. In ancient days, people worshiped idols. Today, they worship themselves.

And yes, the Bible confirms that that IS a sign of the Apocalypse.