Religions > Atheism > In the News: Driver's licence photo challenged on religious grounds
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"Jason Spaceman" |
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22 Oct 2004 09:05:15 PM |
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In the News: Driver's licence photo challenged on religious grounds |
From the article:
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TORONTO - An Ontario farmer who claims digital photograph databases
are the work of the devil was in court Thursday, challenging a law
that requires him to submit a photo to get a driver's licence.
George Bothwell – a devout fundamentalist Christian – wants the
province to exempt him from the photo requirement on the grounds it's
against his religion. But the Ontario Transportation Ministry in 2002
denied his application under a little-used exemption clause.
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Read it at
http://www.cbc.ca/story/canada/national/2004/10/21/bothwell041021.html
J. Spaceman
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| User: "quibbler" |
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| Title: Re: In the News: Driver's licence photo challenged on religious grounds |
23 Oct 2004 04:13:51 PM |
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In article <uvejn0palk8o9idfb829gkm22hdbt33r67@4ax.com>,
notreally@jspaceman.homelinux.org says...
From the article:
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TORONTO - An Ontario farmer who claims digital photograph databases
are the work of the devil was in court Thursday, challenging a law
that requires him to submit a photo to get a driver's licence.
In the US, as well as other places like the UK, there are cameras above
many traffic signals and in other public places. If Canada is at all
similar then this guy has probably already been photographed multiple
times whether he knows it or not.
George Bothwell ? a devout fundamentalist Christian ? wants the
province to exempt him from the photo requirement on the grounds it's
against his religion.
He will probably next claim that stopping at stop lights and using his
turn signals are "against his religion". It sounds like this guy could
be a real menace to society, due to his kooky beliefs, and should not be
allowed on the roads.
--
Quibbler (quibbler247atyahoo.com)
"It is fashionable to wax apocalyptic about the
threat to humanity posed by the AIDS virus, 'mad cow'
disease, and many others, but I think a case can be
made that faith is one of the world's great evils,
comparable to the smallpox virus but harder to
eradicate." -- Richard Dawkins
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| User: "Rev. Karl E. Taylor" |
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| Title: Re: In the News: Driver's licence photo challenged on religiousgrounds |
22 Oct 2004 09:50:22 PM |
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Jason Spaceman wrote:
From the article:
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TORONTO - An Ontario farmer who claims digital photograph databases
are the work of the devil was in court Thursday, challenging a law
that requires him to submit a photo to get a driver's licence.
George Bothwell – a devout fundamentalist Christian – wants the
province to exempt him from the photo requirement on the grounds it's
against his religion. But the Ontario Transportation Ministry in 2002
denied his application under a little-used exemption clause.
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Read it at
http://www.cbc.ca/story/canada/national/2004/10/21/bothwell041021.html
J. Spaceman
Good thing driving is a privilege, and not a right. Having this nut job
on the road probably endangers the privilege for others.
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There are none more ignorant and useless,
than they that seek answers on their knees,
with their eyes closed.
____________________________________________________________________
Rev. Karl E. Taylor
A.A #1143 PLONKED by Bob
Apostle of Dr. Lao EAC: Virgin Conversion Unit Director
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| User: "Uncle Dollar Bill" |
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| Title: Re: In the News: Driver's licence photo challenged on religious grounds |
23 Oct 2004 02:07:08 AM |
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On Fri, 22 Oct 2004 22:05:15 -0400 in alt.atheism, Jason Spaceman
<notreally@jspaceman.homelinux.org> defied the status quo and scrawled upon the
toilet stall:
From the article:
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TORONTO - An Ontario farmer who claims digital photograph databases
are the work of the devil was in court Thursday, challenging a law
that requires him to submit a photo to get a driver's licence.
George Bothwell – a devout fundamentalist Christian – wants the
province to exempt him from the photo requirement on the grounds it's
against his religion. But the Ontario Transportation Ministry in 2002
denied his application under a little-used exemption clause.
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That's okay. If he's _really_ that devoutly fundamentalist backward whitenecked
hick and not simply trying to be an *****, he won't want to drive cars anyway.
--
L8r,
Uncle Dollar Bill
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