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"MarkA" |
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07 Jun 2004 02:12:14 PM |
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I got a Chick Tract! |
It has actually happened to me. A friend gave me a Chick Tract! At
first, I wasn't sure if he was being serious or not, so I just thanked him
and put it in my pocket.
My sleepy little town was holding its first
Gay/Lesbian/Bisexual/Trans-gender support rally. The organizer is a
friend of mine, so I planned to show up to wish him well. When I heard
that a coalition of local churches was planning a
counter-demonstration/prayer meeting across the street, I decided to
*definitely* attend. Never pass up an opportunity to annoy the religious
"I'm-right-and-you're-damned" crowd. BTW, the organizer of the GLBT
rally is also a pastor, at a church founded by a group of people who
disagreed with their mother church's support of slavery in the 1800's.
Anyway, there in the crowd was my friend, whom I know from the local Linux
user's group, and he also works in a computer store where I buy some of my
stuff. He handed me a tract, "Unloved", telling me that he was there
handing them out. Being polite and non-confrontational by nature, I just
smiled, thanked him, and put it in my pocket.
The rally, BTW, went very well. But I still get a chuckle when I think of
my fellow CPU geek being a Chick-tract distributor. You never know, do
you?
--
MarkA
(still caught in the maze of twisty little passages, all different)
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| User: "Graham Kennedy" |
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| Title: Re: I got a Chick Tract! |
07 Jun 2004 03:01:26 PM |
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MarkA wrote:
It has actually happened to me. A friend gave me a Chick Tract! At
first, I wasn't sure if he was being serious or not, so I just thanked him
and put it in my pocket.
My sleepy little town was holding its first
Gay/Lesbian/Bisexual/Trans-gender support rally. The organizer is a
friend of mine, so I planned to show up to wish him well. When I heard
that a coalition of local churches was planning a
counter-demonstration/prayer meeting across the street, I decided to
*definitely* attend. Never pass up an opportunity to annoy the religious
"I'm-right-and-you're-damned" crowd. BTW, the organizer of the GLBT
rally is also a pastor, at a church founded by a group of people who
disagreed with their mother church's support of slavery in the 1800's.
Anyway, there in the crowd was my friend, whom I know from the local Linux
user's group, and he also works in a computer store where I buy some of my
stuff. He handed me a tract, "Unloved", telling me that he was there
handing them out. Being polite and non-confrontational by nature, I just
smiled, thanked him, and put it in my pocket.
The rally, BTW, went very well. But I still get a chuckle when I think of
my fellow CPU geek being a Chick-tract distributor. You never know, do
you?
I love those things. Chick is a comic genius, all the more so
because he's actually being completely serious.
Which one was it?
--
Graham Kennedy
Creator and Author,
Daystrom Institute Technical Library
http://www.ditl.org
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| User: "MarkA" |
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| Title: Re: I got a Chick Tract! |
07 Jun 2004 04:40:51 PM |
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On Mon, 07 Jun 2004 21:01:26 +0100, Graham Kennedy wrote:
MarkA wrote:
It has actually happened to me. A friend gave me a Chick Tract! At
first, I wasn't sure if he was being serious or not, so I just thanked
him and put it in my pocket.
<snip>
I love those things. Chick is a comic genius, all the more so because he's
actually being completely serious.
Which one was it?
It appears to be a new one, called "Unloved." It is on his web site,
along with another gem called, "Birds and the Bees," illustrating the
horrors of being tolerant of another person's non-Xtian lifestyle. I have
to admit, if I got shafted as much as the principle in "Unloved," and
especially if I had a father that wore the same clothes for 30 years, I
might be tempted to believe in God, too.
--
MarkA
(still caught in the maze of twisty little passages, all different)
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| User: "Lord Calvert" |
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| Title: Re: I got a Chick Tract! |
07 Jun 2004 05:20:38 PM |
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It appears to be a new one, called "Unloved." It is on his web site,
along with another gem called, "Birds and the Bees," illustrating the
horrors of being tolerant of another person's non-Xtian lifestyle. I have
to admit, if I got shafted as much as the principle in "Unloved," and
especially if I had a father that wore the same clothes for 30 years, I
might be tempted to believe in God, too.
It's too bad the Cthulhu Chick Tract had to be taken down. It was a genuine
classic.
Here is the explanation of the reasoning.
http://www.howardhallis.com/bis/cthulhuchick/
Rich Goranson, Amherst, NY, USA (aa#MCMXCIX, a-vet#1)
EAC Department of Applied Rattan Use
"Without faith we might relapse into scientific or rational thinking, which
leads by a slippery slope toward constitutional democracy." - Robert Anton
Wilson
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| User: "MarkA" |
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08 Jun 2004 06:09:11 AM |
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On Mon, 07 Jun 2004 22:20:38 +0000, Lord Calvert wrote:
It appears to be a new one, called "Unloved." It is on his web site,
along with another gem called, "Birds and the Bees," illustrating the
horrors of being tolerant of another person's non-Xtian lifestyle. I
have to admit, if I got shafted as much as the principle in "Unloved,"
and especially if I had a father that wore the same clothes for 30 years,
I might be tempted to believe in God, too.
It's too bad the Cthulhu Chick Tract had to be taken down. It was a
genuine classic.
Here is the explanation of the reasoning.
http://www.howardhallis.com/bis/cthulhuchick/
Rich Goranson, Amherst, NY, USA (aa#MCMXCIX, a-vet#1) EAC Department of
Applied Rattan Use
"Without faith we might relapse into scientific or rational thinking,
which leads by a slippery slope toward constitutional democracy." - Robert
Anton Wilson
Actually, the Cthulhu Tract is still out there, but you have to dig for it.
--
MarkA
(still caught in the maze of twisty little passages, all different)
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| User: "JessHC" |
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| Title: Re: I got a Chick Tract! |
08 Jun 2004 04:49:09 PM |
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MarkA <manthony@stopspam.net> wrote in message news:<pan.2004.06.08.11.08.40.954956@stopspam.net>...
On Mon, 07 Jun 2004 22:20:38 +0000, Lord Calvert wrote:
It appears to be a new one, called "Unloved." It is on his web site,
along with another gem called, "Birds and the Bees," illustrating the
horrors of being tolerant of another person's non-Xtian lifestyle. I
have to admit, if I got shafted as much as the principle in "Unloved,"
and especially if I had a father that wore the same clothes for 30 years,
I might be tempted to believe in God, too.
It's too bad the Cthulhu Chick Tract had to be taken down. It was a
genuine classic.
Here is the explanation of the reasoning.
http://www.howardhallis.com/bis/cthulhuchick/
Rich Goranson, Amherst, NY, USA (aa#MCMXCIX, a-vet#1) EAC Department of
Applied Rattan Use
"Without faith we might relapse into scientific or rational thinking,
which leads by a slippery slope toward constitutional democracy." - Robert
Anton Wilson
Actually, the Cthulhu Tract is still out there, but you have to dig for it.
http://www.ibiblio.org/esrblog/index.php?m=200312#135
Might have to scroll down.
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| User: "BTR1701" |
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08 Jun 2004 06:47:29 PM |
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In article <d58e3ac.0406081349.134734e1@posting.google.com>,
jesshc@phantomemail.com (JessHC) wrote:
MarkA <manthony@stopspam.net> wrote in message
news:<pan.2004.06.08.11.08.40.954956@stopspam.net>...
On Mon, 07 Jun 2004 22:20:38 +0000, Lord Calvert wrote:
It appears to be a new one, called "Unloved." It is on his web site,
along with another gem called, "Birds and the Bees," illustrating the
horrors of being tolerant of another person's non-Xtian lifestyle. I
have to admit, if I got shafted as much as the principle in
"Unloved," and especially if I had a father that wore the same
clothes for 30 years, I might be tempted to believe in God, too.
It's too bad the Cthulhu Chick Tract had to be taken down. It was a
genuine classic.
Here is the explanation of the reasoning.
http://www.howardhallis.com/bis/cthulhuchick/
Rich Goranson, Amherst, NY, USA (aa#MCMXCIX, a-vet#1) EAC Department
of
Applied Rattan Use
"Without faith we might relapse into scientific or rational thinking,
which leads by a slippery slope toward constitutional democracy." -
Robert Anton Wilson
Actually, the Cthulhu Tract is still out there, but you have to dig for
it.
http://www.ibiblio.org/esrblog/index.php?m=200312#135
Might have to scroll down.
That's pretty funny.
I checked out the original guy's site and his explanation as to why he
took it down and it's too bad because the Chick people had no legal
basis to demand it.
The cartoon is obviously a parody of the Chick cartoons and as such it's
deemed to not be subject to the copyright restrictions. Just like
Saturday Night Live and Mad TV can parody movies and TV shows without
any copyright problems. He should have just written the Chick lawyer
back and quoted the section of the Copyright Law dealing with parody,
then told him to stick it up his *****.
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| User: "Douglas Berry" |
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07 Jun 2004 05:26:28 PM |
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Great Lord MarkA <manthony@stopspam.net>, braving the raging storm,
scaled the mighty crag called alt.atheism on Mon, 07 Jun 2004 21:40:51
GMT and screamed this to the uncaring Gods.
It appears to be a new one, called "Unloved." It is on his web site,
along with another gem called, "Birds and the Bees," illustrating the
horrors of being tolerant of another person's non-Xtian lifestyle. I have
to admit, if I got shafted as much as the principle in "Unloved," and
especially if I had a father that wore the same clothes for 30 years, I
might be tempted to believe in God, too.
I love it. Sis wins *one* case and she's making partner? Then
marries a Senator easily older than dad?
Heh. I know how she's climbing the career ladder!
--
Douglas E. Berry Do the OBVIOUS thing to send e-mail
"Men never do evil so completely and cheerfully as
when they do it from religious conviction."
Blaise Pascal (1623-1662), Pense'es, #894.
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| User: "Gregory Gadow" |
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08 Jun 2004 08:04:25 AM |
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Douglas Berry wrote:
Great Lord MarkA <manthony@stopspam.net>, braving the raging storm,
scaled the mighty crag called alt.atheism on Mon, 07 Jun 2004 21:40:51
GMT and screamed this to the uncaring Gods.
It appears to be a new one, called "Unloved." It is on his web site,
along with another gem called, "Birds and the Bees," illustrating the
horrors of being tolerant of another person's non-Xtian lifestyle. I have
to admit, if I got shafted as much as the principle in "Unloved," and
especially if I had a father that wore the same clothes for 30 years, I
might be tempted to believe in God, too.
I love it. Sis wins *one* case and she's making partner? Then
marries a Senator easily older than dad?
Heh. I know how she's climbing the career ladder!
And mind you, she is held up as a "good daughter."
--
Gregory Gadow for Washington State House
Independent, District 43
http://www.gregory-gadow.info
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| User: "Andrew Lias" |
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09 Jun 2004 08:56:35 AM |
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On Tue, 08 Jun 2004 06:04:25 -0700, Gregory Gadow <techbear@serv.net>
wrote:
Douglas Berry wrote:
Great Lord MarkA <manthony@stopspam.net>, braving the raging storm,
scaled the mighty crag called alt.atheism on Mon, 07 Jun 2004 21:40:51
GMT and screamed this to the uncaring Gods.
It appears to be a new one, called "Unloved." It is on his web site,
along with another gem called, "Birds and the Bees," illustrating the
horrors of being tolerant of another person's non-Xtian lifestyle. I have
to admit, if I got shafted as much as the principle in "Unloved," and
especially if I had a father that wore the same clothes for 30 years, I
might be tempted to believe in God, too.
I love it. Sis wins *one* case and she's making partner? Then
marries a Senator easily older than dad?
Heh. I know how she's climbing the career ladder!
And mind you, she is held up as a "good daughter."
Actually, I'm utterly surprised that the tract didn't include a lurid
panel of her and daddy being sent to Hell. Chick must have been
taking his Xanax that day.
--
Andrew Lias
http://andrewlias.blogspot.com
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| User: "Graham Kennedy" |
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08 Jun 2004 01:00:22 PM |
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MarkA wrote:
On Mon, 07 Jun 2004 21:01:26 +0100, Graham Kennedy wrote:
MarkA wrote:
It has actually happened to me. A friend gave me a Chick Tract! At
first, I wasn't sure if he was being serious or not, so I just thanked
him and put it in my pocket.
<snip>
I love those things. Chick is a comic genius, all the more so because he's
actually being completely serious.
Which one was it?
It appears to be a new one, called "Unloved." It is on his web site,
along with another gem called, "Birds and the Bees," illustrating the
horrors of being tolerant of another person's non-Xtian lifestyle. I have
to admit, if I got shafted as much as the principle in "Unloved," and
especially if I had a father that wore the same clothes for 30 years, I
might be tempted to believe in God, too.
Ah, that's not one of my big favourites. It's just not
hate-filled enough for Chick's usual standard, he skipped
out on showing the parents and sister burning in hell.
Though I do like the "I'm UNWANTED, UNLOVED, DISOWNED...
and the doctor says I'm dying of CANCER!" - cancer, right
out of the blue like that.
Birds and Bees, that's a classic. Mrs Henn is my hero!
And that Suzy... "We can't HAVE a bible - or even talk about
Jesus in school!"
I love how the gay guys have little demons clinging to
their heads. And the story of Sodom; he tells how the
crowd came for the angels, but for some strange reason
neglects to mention how Lot protected them.
But the best line of all has to be Suzy's "If anyone tries
to make YOU gay, stay away form them!" The Chick world-view
is perfectly summed up by that one line.
This is my all-time favourite. It has the best WTF? ending
I've ever seen.
http://www.chick.com/reading/tracts/0003/0003_01.asp
--
Graham Kennedy
Creator and Author,
Daystrom Institute Technical Library
http://www.ditl.org
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| User: "Douglas Berry" |
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08 Jun 2004 01:43:09 PM |
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Great Lord Graham Kennedy <graham@ditl.org>, braving the raging storm,
scaled the mighty crag called alt.atheism on Tue, 08 Jun 2004 19:00:22
+0100 and screamed this to the uncaring Gods.
Birds and Bees, that's a classic. Mrs Henn is my hero!
And that Suzy... "We can't HAVE a bible - or even talk about
Jesus in school!"
Suzy's face at the end was classic. Methinks she's going to be
bombing gay bars when she's 14.
I love how the gay guys have little demons clinging to
their heads. And the story of Sodom; he tells how the
crowd came for the angels, but for some strange reason
neglects to mention how Lot protected them.
I may have a costume for Pride. A demon clinging to my head, heavy
eye makeup...
But the best line of all has to be Suzy's "If anyone tries
to make YOU gay, stay away form them!" The Chick world-view
is perfectly summed up by that one line.
Yup, Complete Xenophobia. Gotta love it.
This is my all-time favourite. It has the best WTF? ending
I've ever seen.
http://www.chick.com/reading/tracts/0003/0003_01.asp
Oy.
--
Douglas E. Berry Do the OBVIOUS thing to send e-mail
"Men never do evil so completely and cheerfully as
when they do it from religious conviction."
Blaise Pascal (1623-1662), Pense'es, #894.
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| User: "Robibnikoff" |
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08 Jun 2004 01:59:53 PM |
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In article <1086717385.98606.0@iris.uk.clara.net>, Graham Kennedy says...
MarkA wrote:
On Mon, 07 Jun 2004 21:01:26 +0100, Graham Kennedy wrote:
MarkA wrote:
It has actually happened to me. A friend gave me a Chick Tract! At
first, I wasn't sure if he was being serious or not, so I just thanked
him and put it in my pocket.
<snip>
I love those things. Chick is a comic genius, all the more so because he's
actually being completely serious.
Which one was it?
It appears to be a new one, called "Unloved." It is on his web site,
along with another gem called, "Birds and the Bees," illustrating the
horrors of being tolerant of another person's non-Xtian lifestyle. I have
to admit, if I got shafted as much as the principle in "Unloved," and
especially if I had a father that wore the same clothes for 30 years, I
might be tempted to believe in God, too.
Ah, that's not one of my big favourites. It's just not
hate-filled enough for Chick's usual standard, he skipped
out on showing the parents and sister burning in hell.
Though I do like the "I'm UNWANTED, UNLOVED, DISOWNED...
and the doctor says I'm dying of CANCER!" - cancer, right
out of the blue like that.
Birds and Bees, that's a classic. Mrs Henn is my hero!
And that Suzy... "We can't HAVE a bible - or even talk about
Jesus in school!"
I love how the gay guys have little demons clinging to
their heads. And the story of Sodom; he tells how the
crowd came for the angels, but for some strange reason
neglects to mention how Lot protected them.
But the best line of all has to be Suzy's "If anyone tries
to make YOU gay, stay away form them!" The Chick world-view
is perfectly summed up by that one line.
This is my all-time favourite. It has the best WTF? ending
I've ever seen.
http://www.chick.com/reading/tracts/0003/0003_01.asp
Damn! That is some sick *****! ;p
Robyn
Resident Witchypoo & EAC Spellcaster
#1557
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| User: "Eris" |
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08 Jun 2004 04:28:24 PM |
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On Tue, 08 Jun 2004 19:00:22 +0100, Graham Kennedy <graham@ditl.org>
wrote:
MarkA wrote:
On Mon, 07 Jun 2004 21:01:26 +0100, Graham Kennedy wrote:
MarkA wrote:
It has actually happened to me. A friend gave me a Chick Tract! At
first, I wasn't sure if he was being serious or not, so I just thanked
him and put it in my pocket.
<snip>
I love those things. Chick is a comic genius, all the more so because he's
actually being completely serious.
Which one was it?
It appears to be a new one, called "Unloved." It is on his web site,
along with another gem called, "Birds and the Bees," illustrating the
horrors of being tolerant of another person's non-Xtian lifestyle. I have
to admit, if I got shafted as much as the principle in "Unloved," and
especially if I had a father that wore the same clothes for 30 years, I
might be tempted to believe in God, too.
Ah, that's not one of my big favourites. It's just not
hate-filled enough for Chick's usual standard, he skipped
out on showing the parents and sister burning in hell.
Though I do like the "I'm UNWANTED, UNLOVED, DISOWNED...
and the doctor says I'm dying of CANCER!" - cancer, right
out of the blue like that.
Birds and Bees, that's a classic. Mrs Henn is my hero!
And that Suzy... "We can't HAVE a bible - or even talk about
Jesus in school!"
I love how the gay guys have little demons clinging to
their heads. And the story of Sodom; he tells how the
crowd came for the angels, but for some strange reason
neglects to mention how Lot protected them.
But the best line of all has to be Suzy's "If anyone tries
to make YOU gay, stay away form them!" The Chick world-view
is perfectly summed up by that one line.
This is my all-time favourite. It has the best WTF? ending
I've ever seen.
http://www.chick.com/reading/tracts/0003/0003_01.asp
I like the one where the girl is sedduced into joining a witches coven
and is taught how to do real magic spells and to actually leviatate. I
forget what horrible thing happens to her in the end.
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| User: "Eris" |
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08 Jun 2004 01:05:17 PM |
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On Tue, 08 Jun 2004 19:00:22 +0100, Graham Kennedy <graham@ditl.org>
wrote:
MarkA wrote:
On Mon, 07 Jun 2004 21:01:26 +0100, Graham Kennedy wrote:
MarkA wrote:
It has actually happened to me. A friend gave me a Chick Tract! At
first, I wasn't sure if he was being serious or not, so I just thanked
him and put it in my pocket.
<snip>
I love those things. Chick is a comic genius, all the more so because he's
actually being completely serious.
Which one was it?
It appears to be a new one, called "Unloved." It is on his web site,
along with another gem called, "Birds and the Bees," illustrating the
horrors of being tolerant of another person's non-Xtian lifestyle. I have
to admit, if I got shafted as much as the principle in "Unloved," and
especially if I had a father that wore the same clothes for 30 years, I
might be tempted to believe in God, too.
Ah, that's not one of my big favourites. It's just not
hate-filled enough for Chick's usual standard, he skipped
out on showing the parents and sister burning in hell.
Though I do like the "I'm UNWANTED, UNLOVED, DISOWNED...
and the doctor says I'm dying of CANCER!" - cancer, right
out of the blue like that.
Birds and Bees, that's a classic. Mrs Henn is my hero!
And that Suzy... "We can't HAVE a bible - or even talk about
Jesus in school!"
I love how the gay guys have little demons clinging to
their heads. And the story of Sodom; he tells how the
crowd came for the angels, but for some strange reason
neglects to mention how Lot protected them.
But the best line of all has to be Suzy's "If anyone tries
to make YOU gay, stay away form them!" The Chick world-view
is perfectly summed up by that one line.
This is my all-time favourite. It has the best WTF? ending
I've ever seen.
http://www.chick.com/reading/tracts/0003/0003_01.asp
Oh please, the one where the girl was seduced into witchcraft and was
taught how to cast real spells and to really levitate was the best. I
forget what horrible thing happened to her.
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| User: "Kronk" |
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08 Jun 2004 04:45:35 PM |
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On Tue, 08 Jun 2004 19:00:22 +0100, Graham Kennedy <graham@ditl.org>
wrote:
This is my all-time favourite. It has the best WTF? ending
I've ever seen.
http://www.chick.com/reading/tracts/0003/0003_01.asp
Christ "invaded our planet"?
Interesting way to describe it.
K.
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| User: "MarkA" |
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08 Jun 2004 04:49:45 PM |
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On Tue, 08 Jun 2004 19:00:22 +0100, Graham Kennedy wrote:
MarkA wrote:
On Mon, 07 Jun 2004 21:01:26 +0100, Graham Kennedy wrote:
MarkA wrote:
It has actually happened to me. A friend gave me a Chick Tract! At
first, I wasn't sure if he was being serious or not, so I just thanked
him and put it in my pocket.
<snip>
I love those things. Chick is a comic genius, all the more so because
he's actually being completely serious.
Which one was it?
It appears to be a new one, called "Unloved." It is on his web site,
along with another gem called, "Birds and the Bees," illustrating the
horrors of being tolerant of another person's non-Xtian lifestyle. I
have to admit, if I got shafted as much as the principle in "Unloved,"
and especially if I had a father that wore the same clothes for 30
years, I might be tempted to believe in God, too.
Ah, that's not one of my big favourites. It's just not hate-filled enough
for Chick's usual standard, he skipped out on showing the parents and
sister burning in hell. Though I do like the "I'm UNWANTED, UNLOVED,
DISOWNED... and the doctor says I'm dying of CANCER!" - cancer, right out
of the blue like that.
Birds and Bees, that's a classic. Mrs Henn is my hero! And that Suzy...
"We can't HAVE a bible - or even talk about Jesus in school!"
I love how the gay guys have little demons clinging to their heads. And
the story of Sodom; he tells how the crowd came for the angels, but for
some strange reason neglects to mention how Lot protected them.
But the best line of all has to be Suzy's "If anyone tries to make YOU
gay, stay away form them!" The Chick world-view is perfectly summed up by
that one line.
Don't forget the panel where Suzy says, "But now we can't have a Bible -
or even talk about Jesus in school. So kids grow up not knowing what God
says about the devil or what sin is.!" IOW, if parents don't teach their
kids Christianity, it is the public school's obligation to do so.
This is my all-time favourite. It has the best WTF? ending I've ever
seen.
http://www.chick.com/reading/tracts/0003/0003_01.asp
--
MarkA
(still caught in the maze of twisty little passages, all different)
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| User: "MarkA" |
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08 Jun 2004 04:10:51 PM |
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On Tue, 08 Jun 2004 19:00:22 +0100, Graham Kennedy wrote:
MarkA wrote:
On Mon, 07 Jun 2004 21:01:26 +0100, Graham Kennedy wrote:
MarkA wrote:
It has actually happened to me. A friend gave me a Chick Tract! At
first, I wasn't sure if he was being serious or not, so I just thanked
him and put it in my pocket.
<snip>
I love those things. Chick is a comic genius, all the more so because
he's actually being completely serious.
Which one was it?
It appears to be a new one, called "Unloved." It is on his web site,
along with another gem called, "Birds and the Bees," illustrating the
horrors of being tolerant of another person's non-Xtian lifestyle. I
have to admit, if I got shafted as much as the principle in "Unloved,"
and especially if I had a father that wore the same clothes for 30
years, I might be tempted to believe in God, too.
Ah, that's not one of my big favourites. It's just not hate-filled enough
for Chick's usual standard, he skipped out on showing the parents and
sister burning in hell. Though I do like the "I'm UNWANTED, UNLOVED,
DISOWNED... and the doctor says I'm dying of CANCER!" - cancer, right out
of the blue like that.
Birds and Bees, that's a classic. Mrs Henn is my hero! And that Suzy...
"We can't HAVE a bible - or even talk about Jesus in school!"
I love how the gay guys have little demons clinging to their heads. And
the story of Sodom; he tells how the crowd came for the angels, but for
some strange reason neglects to mention how Lot protected them.
But the best line of all has to be Suzy's "If anyone tries to make YOU
gay, stay away form them!" The Chick world-view is perfectly summed up by
that one line.
I'm considering drawing my own comic, with characters that are similar to,
but legally distinct from, the characters in the Chick tract. Suzy is my
#1 target. I want to show her about 10 years later, married to a
fundamentalist husband who beats her, is missing a few teeth, has about 5
or 6 kids of her own with more on the way, etc...
Suggestions are welcome.
This is my all-time favourite. It has the best WTF? ending I've ever
seen.
http://www.chick.com/reading/tracts/0003/0003_01.asp
It kinda makes you wonder how Chick's brainstem can work when the
neocortex is so defective.
--
MarkA
(still caught in the maze of twisty little passages, all different)
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| User: "Brian Westley" |
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08 Jun 2004 05:52:37 PM |
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MarkA <manthony@stopspam.net> writes:
On Tue, 08 Jun 2004 19:00:22 +0100, Graham Kennedy wrote:
MarkA wrote:
On Mon, 07 Jun 2004 21:01:26 +0100, Graham Kennedy wrote:
MarkA wrote:
It has actually happened to me. A friend gave me a Chick Tract! At
first, I wasn't sure if he was being serious or not, so I just thanked
him and put it in my pocket.
<snip>
I love those things. Chick is a comic genius, all the more so because
he's actually being completely serious.
Which one was it?
It appears to be a new one, called "Unloved." It is on his web site,
along with another gem called, "Birds and the Bees," illustrating the
horrors of being tolerant of another person's non-Xtian lifestyle. I
have to admit, if I got shafted as much as the principle in "Unloved,"
and especially if I had a father that wore the same clothes for 30
years, I might be tempted to believe in God, too.
Ah, that's not one of my big favourites. It's just not hate-filled enough
for Chick's usual standard, he skipped out on showing the parents and
sister burning in hell. Though I do like the "I'm UNWANTED, UNLOVED,
DISOWNED... and the doctor says I'm dying of CANCER!" - cancer, right out
of the blue like that.
Birds and Bees, that's a classic. Mrs Henn is my hero! And that Suzy...
"We can't HAVE a bible - or even talk about Jesus in school!"
I love how the gay guys have little demons clinging to their heads. And
the story of Sodom; he tells how the crowd came for the angels, but for
some strange reason neglects to mention how Lot protected them.
But the best line of all has to be Suzy's "If anyone tries to make YOU
gay, stay away form them!" The Chick world-view is perfectly summed up by
that one line.
I'm considering drawing my own comic, with characters that are similar to,
but legally distinct from, the characters in the Chick tract. Suzy is my
#1 target. I want to show her about 10 years later, married to a
fundamentalist husband who beats her, is missing a few teeth, has about 5
or 6 kids of her own with more on the way, etc...
Suggestions are welcome.
By all means contact the Cthulu parody guy and ask if you can use
his text and ideas to make a new "Who Will Be Eaten First" parody
that doesn't have the copyright problems that forced his original
parody to be taken down. Making a new tract just mimicking Chick's
"style" isn't something Chick can litigate against.
(http://www.howardhallis.com )
I wonder how much porn sites have offered for his domain "chick.com"...
---
Merlyn LeRoy
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| User: "alec brite" |
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| Title: Re: I got a Chick Tract! |
08 Jun 2004 11:09:55 PM |
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I found a Chick tract in the bathroom at my work. It's the "The
Beast" one with the family on the cover and "666" on their foreheads.
My favourite quote: "I have the power! Lucifer is Lord!"
You forgot to say "By the power of Grayskull!"
-Alec
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| User: "BTR1701" |
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| Title: Re: I got a Chick Tract! |
08 Jun 2004 07:03:17 PM |
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In article <40c64335$0$1340$a1866201@newsreader.visi.com>, Brian
Westley <westley@visi.com> wrote:
By all means contact the Cthulu parody guy and ask if you can use
his text and ideas to make a new "Who Will Be Eaten First" parody
that doesn't have the copyright problems that forced his original
parody to be taken down.
That's the thing. It didn't have any copyright problems. The Chick
lawyer was just bluffing. He didn't have a legal leg to stand on. As a
parody, that cartoon is completely legal and there's not a damn thing
those Chick people can do about it.
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| User: "Therion Ware" |
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| Title: Re: I got a Chick Tract! |
08 Jun 2004 11:41:40 PM |
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On Wed, 09 Jun 2004 00:03:17 GMT in alt.atheism, BTR1701 (BTR1701
<BTR1702@ix.netcom.com>) said, directing the reply to alt.atheism
In article <40c64335$0$1340$a1866201@newsreader.visi.com>, Brian
Westley <westley@visi.com> wrote:
By all means contact the Cthulu parody guy and ask if you can use
his text and ideas to make a new "Who Will Be Eaten First" parody
that doesn't have the copyright problems that forced his original
parody to be taken down.
That's the thing. It didn't have any copyright problems. The Chick
lawyer was just bluffing. He didn't have a legal leg to stand on. As a
parody, that cartoon is completely legal and there's not a damn thing
those Chick people can do about it.
Apart from making life expensive and difficult for him. Unfortunately
in many kinds of legal cases, he with the deepest pockets wins. He'd
probably win in the end, IMO, but how much would it cost in every
sense of the word to do so?
It's a pity though. The cartoon was a real classic.
--
"Do Unto Others As You Would Have Them Do Unto You."
- Attrib: Pauline Reage.
Inexpensive VHS & other video to CD/DVD conversion?
See: <http://www.Video2CD.com>. 35.00 gets your video on DVD.
all posts to this email address are automatically deleted without being read.
** atheist poster child #1 ** #442.
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| User: "BTR1701" |
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| Title: Re: I got a Chick Tract! |
09 Jun 2004 11:40:47 AM |
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In article <ng4dc0h19nfsgf833kb3ljbe7tdr29111v@4ax.com>, Therion Ware
<autodelete@city-of-dis.com> wrote:
On Wed, 09 Jun 2004 00:03:17 GMT in alt.atheism, BTR1701 (BTR1701
<BTR1702@ix.netcom.com>) said, directing the reply to alt.atheism
In article <40c64335$0$1340$a1866201@newsreader.visi.com>, Brian
Westley <westley@visi.com> wrote:
By all means contact the Cthulu parody guy and ask if you can use
his text and ideas to make a new "Who Will Be Eaten First" parody
that doesn't have the copyright problems that forced his original
parody to be taken down.
That's the thing. It didn't have any copyright problems. The Chick
lawyer was just bluffing. He didn't have a legal leg to stand on. As a
parody, that cartoon is completely legal and there's not a damn thing
those Chick people can do about it.
Apart from making life expensive and difficult for him. Unfortunately
in many kinds of legal cases, he with the deepest pockets wins. He'd
probably win in the end, IMO, but how much would it cost in every
sense of the word to do so?
Not much. It's such a clear-cut issue that if it ever got anywhere near
a court, it would instantly be dismissed at the summary judgement stage.
Not to mention, the guy would have a great case for sanctions against
the Chick lawyer for bringing a lawsuit that was meritless on its face
and intended for no other reason than to harass.
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| User: "Desdinova" |
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| Title: Re: I got a Chick Tract! |
08 Jun 2004 06:58:15 PM |
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"BTR1701" <BTR1702@ix.netcom.com> wrote in message
news:BTR1702-D7FA21.20033908062004@news.west.earthlink.net...
In article <40c64335$0$1340$a1866201@newsreader.visi.com>, Brian
Westley <westley@visi.com> wrote:
By all means contact the Cthulu parody guy and ask if you can use
his text and ideas to make a new "Who Will Be Eaten First" parody
that doesn't have the copyright problems that forced his original
parody to be taken down.
That's the thing. It didn't have any copyright problems. The Chick
lawyer was just bluffing. He didn't have a legal leg to stand on. As a
parody, that cartoon is completely legal and there's not a damn thing
those Chick people can do about it.
He should have told Chick's lawyer to cluck off.
--
Desdinova
Remove nospam to e-mail
AA #2182 EAC Director of If I Told You I'd Have To Kill You
Theology is never any help;
it is searching in a dark cellar at midnight
for a black cat that isn't there.
-- Robert A. Heinlein
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| User: "BTR1701" |
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| Title: Re: I got a Chick Tract! |
08 Jun 2004 07:31:09 PM |
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In article <rosxc.20146$Oa7.16775@fe1.columbus.rr.com>, "Desdinova"
<desdinova@nospamindy.rr.com> wrote:
"BTR1701" <BTR1702@ix.netcom.com> wrote in message
news:BTR1702-D7FA21.20033908062004@news.west.earthlink.net...
In article <40c64335$0$1340$a1866201@newsreader.visi.com>, Brian
Westley <westley@visi.com> wrote:
By all means contact the Cthulu parody guy and ask if you can use
his text and ideas to make a new "Who Will Be Eaten First" parody
that doesn't have the copyright problems that forced his original
parody to be taken down.
That's the thing. It didn't have any copyright problems. The Chick
lawyer was just bluffing. He didn't have a legal leg to stand on. As a
parody, that cartoon is completely legal and there's not a damn thing
those Chick people can do about it.
He should have told Chick's lawyer to cluck off.
If I recall, the guy wasn't even a lawyer. The cease-and-desist letter
that the guy posted on his site was signed by the "treasurer" of the
Chick Corporation.
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| User: "Eris" |
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| Title: Re: I got a Chick Tract! |
08 Jun 2004 08:22:05 PM |
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On Wed, 09 Jun 2004 00:31:09 GMT, BTR1701 <BTR1702@ix.netcom.com>
wrote:
In article <rosxc.20146$Oa7.16775@fe1.columbus.rr.com>, "Desdinova"
<desdinova@nospamindy.rr.com> wrote:
"BTR1701" <BTR1702@ix.netcom.com> wrote in message
news:BTR1702-D7FA21.20033908062004@news.west.earthlink.net...
In article <40c64335$0$1340$a1866201@newsreader.visi.com>, Brian
Westley <westley@visi.com> wrote:
By all means contact the Cthulu parody guy and ask if you can use
his text and ideas to make a new "Who Will Be Eaten First" parody
that doesn't have the copyright problems that forced his original
parody to be taken down.
That's the thing. It didn't have any copyright problems. The Chick
lawyer was just bluffing. He didn't have a legal leg to stand on. As a
parody, that cartoon is completely legal and there's not a damn thing
those Chick people can do about it.
He should have told Chick's lawyer to cluck off.
If I recall, the guy wasn't even a lawyer. The cease-and-desist letter
that the guy posted on his site was signed by the "treasurer" of the
Chick Corporation.
No but the man from Chick's was willing to bring down fire and
brimstone, a plague on the satirist house, frogs, the first born of
the satirist would die, and bears would eat the satirist and his
remaining family.
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| User: "Fred Stone" |
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08 Jun 2004 07:08:35 PM |
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BTR1701 <BTR1702@ix.netcom.com> wrote in news:BTR1702-
D7FA21.20033908062004@news.west.earthlink.net:
In article <40c64335$0$1340$a1866201@newsreader.visi.com>, Brian
Westley <westley@visi.com> wrote:
By all means contact the Cthulu parody guy and ask if you can use
his text and ideas to make a new "Who Will Be Eaten First" parody
that doesn't have the copyright problems that forced his original
parody to be taken down.
That's the thing. It didn't have any copyright problems. The Chick
lawyer was just bluffing. He didn't have a legal leg to stand on. As a
parody, that cartoon is completely legal and there's not a damn thing
those Chick people can do about it.
Don't they have to make all *original* material? IINM, you can't just
copy the material right from a Chick tract and put in your own words,
you have to draw new ones yourself. I think the other fellow ran afoul
of that one.
--
Fred Stone
aa# 1369
Cthulhu for President! Why vote for a lesser evil?
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| User: "BTR1701" |
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| Title: Re: I got a Chick Tract! |
08 Jun 2004 07:29:58 PM |
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In article <Xns9502CCEA52762fstone69@207.69.154.205>, Fred Stone
<fstone69@earthling.com> wrote:
BTR1701 <BTR1702@ix.netcom.com> wrote in news:BTR1702-
D7FA21.20033908062004@news.west.earthlink.net:
In article <40c64335$0$1340$a1866201@newsreader.visi.com>, Brian
Westley <westley@visi.com> wrote:
By all means contact the Cthulu parody guy and ask if you can use
his text and ideas to make a new "Who Will Be Eaten First" parody
that doesn't have the copyright problems that forced his original
parody to be taken down.
That's the thing. It didn't have any copyright problems. The Chick
lawyer was just bluffing. He didn't have a legal leg to stand on. As a
parody, that cartoon is completely legal and there's not a damn thing
those Chick people can do about it.
Don't they have to make all *original* material?
No, parody falls under the fair use excpetion to the copyright law,
which means the satirist can use parts of the original in his parody
without committing a violation.
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| User: "Graham Kennedy" |
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08 Jun 2004 05:28:56 PM |
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MarkA wrote:
I'm considering drawing my own comic, with characters that are similar to,
but legally distinct from, the characters in the Chick tract. Suzy is my
#1 target. I want to show her about 10 years later, married to a
fundamentalist husband who beats her, is missing a few teeth, has about 5
or 6 kids of her own with more on the way, etc...
Suggestions are welcome.
The last bit should be her about to die, relieved that she'll
finally be going to heaven. Then a black panel with "But like
everybody else, Suzy just blinked into nothingness; for there
IS NO HEAVEN! Her life was all she had, AND SHE WASTED IT!"
--
Graham Kennedy
Creator and Author,
Daystrom Institute Technical Library
http://www.ditl.org
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| User: "Alex" |
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07 Jun 2004 04:51:22 PM |
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On Mon, 07 Jun 2004 21:40:51 GMT, MarkA <manthony@stopspam.net> wrote:
It appears to be a new one, called "Unloved."
God has turned you into a WINNER!
--
Alex
atheist #2007
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| User: "Andrew Lias" |
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| Title: Re: I got a Chick Tract! |
09 Jun 2004 08:55:00 AM |
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On Mon, 07 Jun 2004 19:12:14 GMT, MarkA <manthony@stopspam.net> wrote:
It has actually happened to me. A friend gave me a Chick Tract! At
first, I wasn't sure if he was being serious or not, so I just thanked him
and put it in my pocket.
My sleepy little town was holding its first
Gay/Lesbian/Bisexual/Trans-gender support rally. The organizer is a
friend of mine, so I planned to show up to wish him well. When I heard
that a coalition of local churches was planning a
counter-demonstration/prayer meeting across the street, I decided to
*definitely* attend. Never pass up an opportunity to annoy the religious
"I'm-right-and-you're-damned" crowd. BTW, the organizer of the GLBT
rally is also a pastor, at a church founded by a group of people who
disagreed with their mother church's support of slavery in the 1800's.
Anyway, there in the crowd was my friend, whom I know from the local Linux
user's group, and he also works in a computer store where I buy some of my
stuff. He handed me a tract, "Unloved", telling me that he was there
handing them out. Being polite and non-confrontational by nature, I just
smiled, thanked him, and put it in my pocket.
Well, there's certainly worse tracts he could have been handing out at
a GLBT rally. Unloved is merely treacley
See http://www.chick.com/reading/tracts/0084/0084_01.asp or
http://www.chick.com/reading/tracts/1052/1052_01.asp or
http://www.chick.com/reading/tracts/0273/0273_01.asp
The rally, BTW, went very well. But I still get a chuckle when I think of
my fellow CPU geek being a Chick-tract distributor. You never know, do
you?
Indeed.
--
Andrew Lias
http://andrewlias.blogspot.com
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