Jon Carroll's District Assembly Talk Now Online

"Unitarian Jihad" Author's Talk to UU's Now Available Online

The District Assembly of the Pacific Central District, held in late April, featured a Saturday evening dinner, followed by a talk by San Francisco Chronicle columnist Jon Carroll, author of the column "Unitarian Jihad."

A brief excerpt:

Beware! Unless you people shut up and begin acting like grown-ups with brains enough to understand the difference between political belief and personal faith, the Unitarian Jihad will begin a series of terrorist-like actions. We will take over television studios, kidnap so-called commentators and broadcast calm, well-reasoned discussions of the issues of the day. We will not try for "balance" by hiring fruitcakes; we will try for balance by hiring non-ideologues who have carefully thought through the issues.

We are Unitarian Jihad. We will appear in public places and require people to shake hands with each other.

His talk is now available online as an mp3 file at the PCD website.

A wonderful article about Unitarian Jihad has been posted on wikipedia.