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"Mark K. Bilbo" |
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10 Jan 2005 03:09:08 PM |
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Jon Stewart banned! |
Okay but by two counties in Mississippi. I'm surprised anybody noticed. <g>
http://www.cnn.com/2005/EDUCATION/01/10/banned.book.ap/index.html
Bet the "offended" folks *all have copies of Mel's snuff flick. *And let
(made?) their children watch.
Fundie: "We have to protect Johnny from that horrible librul!"
Me: "You mean the kid out in the back yard flagellating himself so he can
be like Jesus?"
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Mark K. Bilbo - a.a. #1423
EAC Department of Linguistic Subversion
Alt-atheism website at: http://www.alt-atheism.org
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"Religion is regarded by the common people as true,
by the wise as false, and by the rulers as useful."
-- Seneca the Younger
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| User: "Witziges Rätsel" |
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| Title: Re: Jon Stewart banned! |
11 Jan 2005 12:56:27 AM |
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Okay but by two counties in Mississippi. I'm surprised anybody
noticed. <g>
Bet the "offended" folks *all have copies of Mel's snuff flick. *And let
(made?) their children watch.
Fundie: "We have to protect Johnny from that horrible librul!"
Me: "You mean the kid out in the back yard flagellating himself so he can
be like Jesus?"
It's yet another example of "Conservative Correctness".
Now shouldn't the Dimwit-in-Chief attack Mississippi
because "They hate our freedom"?
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| User: "johac" |
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| Title: Re: Jon Stewart banned! |
11 Jan 2005 07:27:46 AM |
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In article <pKWdnRYBKcLhBH_cRVn-pA@megapath.net>,
"Mark K. Bilbo" <alt-atheism@org.webmaster> wrote:
Okay but by two counties in Mississippi. I'm surprised anybody noticed. <g>
http://www.cnn.com/2005/EDUCATION/01/10/banned.book.ap/index.html
Bet the "offended" folks *all have copies of Mel's snuff flick. *And let
(made?) their children watch.
Fundie: "We have to protect Johnny from that horrible librul!"
Me: "You mean the kid out in the back yard flagellating himself so he can
be like Jesus?"
Mizsippi? Not surprised. If some of them had their way, they would ban
everything but the wholly babble.
--
John Hachmann aa #1782
Intelligent Design has as much to do with science as reality
television has to do with reality. - Barry Lynn on CNN 12/25/04
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| User: "Marvin" |
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| Title: Re: Jon Stewart banned! |
12 Jan 2005 03:21:30 PM |
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"johac" <jhachm@ixpres.com> wrote in message
news:jhachm-6B1078.23274610012005@news.giganews.com...
In article <pKWdnRYBKcLhBH_cRVn-pA@megapath.net>,
"Mark K. Bilbo" <alt-atheism@org.webmaster> wrote:
Okay but by two counties in Mississippi. I'm surprised
anybody noticed. <g>
http://www.cnn.com/2005/EDUCATION/01/10/banned.book.ap/index.html
Bet the "offended" folks *all have copies of Mel's snuff
flick. *And let
(made?) their children watch.
Fundie: "We have to protect Johnny from that horrible
librul!"
Me: "You mean the kid out in the back yard flagellating
himself so he can
be like Jesus?"
Mizsippi? Not surprised. If some of them had their way, they
would ban
everything but the wholly babble.
--
John Hachmann aa #1782
If you meant that as hyperbole, I remember at least one
evangelist who urged exactly that, but nearly forty years ago.
Real Christians shouldn't be reading anything but the Bible,
not even writings about it. TV and radio were strictly off
limits, and even most "sacred" music wasn't "scriptural"
enough. I don't remember where he was from, but he spent a
week or so at an Assembly of God in central IL, where I heard
him. To the credit of the pastor of the church, he generally
sat behind the evangelist where everyone could see, and when
the evangelist got really extreme, the pastor would grin, roll
his eyes, or shake his head, and the guy's effect on the
"faithful" was reduced at least a bit. Within the AofG at the
time, this guy was holding to positions that were at least a
decade out of date.
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Marvin
To reply, burn off fog.
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| User: "Andrew Lias" |
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| Title: Re: Jon Stewart banned! |
10 Jan 2005 03:33:38 PM |
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Mark K. Bilbo wrote:
Okay but by two counties in Mississippi. I'm surprised anybody
noticed. <g>
http://www.cnn.com/2005/EDUCATION/01/10/banned.book.ap/index.html
Oh geez, they're using the nude pictures of the SCOTUS justices as
their pretext? As though there is anything remotely prurient about
mocked up pics of out-of-shape geriatrics?
I really doubt that many thirteen year olds are going to be bringing
home copies of _America: The Book_ in order to use them as masturbation
fodder.
--
Andrew Lias
http://andrewlias.blogspot.com
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| User: "Marvin" |
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| Title: Re: Jon Stewart banned! |
10 Jan 2005 04:32:06 PM |
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"Andrew Lias" <anrwlias@gmail.com> wrote in message
news:1105371218.394157.202210@c13g2000cwb.googlegroups.com...
Mark K. Bilbo wrote:
Okay but by two counties in Mississippi. I'm surprised
anybody
noticed. <g>
http://www.cnn.com/2005/EDUCATION/01/10/banned.book.ap/index.html
Oh geez, they're using the nude pictures of the SCOTUS
justices as
their pretext? As though there is anything remotely
prurient about
mocked up pics of out-of-shape geriatrics?
I really doubt that many thirteen year olds are going to be
bringing
home copies of _America: The Book_ in order to use them as
masturbation
fodder.
--
Andrew Lias
http://andrewlias.blogspot.com
Stewart should send them all thank you notes. Sales in those
areas will surely go up.
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Marvin
To reply, burn off fog.
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| User: "Tink" |
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| Title: Re: Jon Stewart banned! |
10 Jan 2005 07:56:01 PM |
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Andrew Lias wrote:
Mark K. Bilbo wrote:
Okay but by two counties in Mississippi. I'm surprised anybody
noticed. <g>
http://www.cnn.com/2005/EDUCATION/01/10/banned.book.ap/index.html
Oh geez, they're using the nude pictures of the SCOTUS justices as
their pretext? As though there is anything remotely prurient about
mocked up pics of out-of-shape geriatrics?
I really doubt that many thirteen year olds are going to be bringing
home copies of _America: The Book_ in order to use them as masturbation
fodder.
--
Andrew Lias
http://andrewlias.blogspot.com
They're in Mississippi, you never know what they're gonna whack off to.
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Skydivers don't knock on death's door; they ring the bell and run
away... It really pisses him off.
The World Famous Tink. (I never heard of you either!!)
AA #2069 ASA#33 POPS# 8808
EAC Chairman, Division of Skydiving and Sushi consumption.
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| User: "Mark K. Bilbo" |
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| Title: Re: Jon Stewart banned! |
10 Jan 2005 10:07:28 PM |
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In our last episode <PdqdnVxkFIdOQH_cRVn-ug@comcast.com>, Tink lept out of
the bushes shouting:
Andrew Lias wrote:
Mark K. Bilbo wrote:
Okay but by two counties in Mississippi. I'm surprised anybody
noticed. <g>
http://www.cnn.com/2005/EDUCATION/01/10/banned.book.ap/index.html
Oh geez, they're using the nude pictures of the SCOTUS justices as their
pretext? As though there is anything remotely prurient about mocked up
pics of out-of-shape geriatrics?
I really doubt that many thirteen year olds are going to be bringing
home copies of _America: The Book_ in order to use them as masturbation
fodder.
--
Andrew Lias
http://andrewlias.blogspot.com
They're in Mississippi, you never know what they're gonna whack off to.
And *that was an even worse thought...
(I'm beginning to regret starting this thread)
--
Mark K. Bilbo - a.a. #1423
EAC Department of Linguistic Subversion
Alt-atheism website at: http://www.alt-atheism.org
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"Religion is regarded by the common people as true,
by the wise as false, and by the rulers as useful."
-- Seneca the Younger
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| User: "Christopher A. Lee" |
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| Title: Re: Jon Stewart banned! |
10 Jan 2005 08:23:43 PM |
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On Mon, 10 Jan 2005 14:56:01 -0500, Tink <kjgrish@comcast.net> wrote:
Andrew Lias wrote:
Mark K. Bilbo wrote:
Okay but by two counties in Mississippi. I'm surprised anybody
noticed. <g>
http://www.cnn.com/2005/EDUCATION/01/10/banned.book.ap/index.html
Oh geez, they're using the nude pictures of the SCOTUS justices as
their pretext? As though there is anything remotely prurient about
mocked up pics of out-of-shape geriatrics?
I really doubt that many thirteen year olds are going to be bringing
home copies of _America: The Book_ in order to use them as masturbation
fodder.
--
Andrew Lias
http://andrewlias.blogspot.com
They're in Mississippi, you never know what they're gonna whack off to.
The Song of Solomon.
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| User: "Jim Hutton" |
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| Title: Re: Jon Stewart banned! |
11 Jan 2005 03:06:55 PM |
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Christopher A. Lee wrote:
They're in Mississippi, you never know what they're gonna whack off to.
BUT, did you notice how nervous Jon Stewart was when he realized (?)
that his guest, John Grisham was a Mississippian? His interview was a
bit stilted.
btw, I have lived in Mississippi for 20 yrs and I bought 6 copies of the
book as xmas presents for friends.
J (aa #1696)
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| User: "Mark K. Bilbo" |
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| Title: Re: Jon Stewart banned! |
10 Jan 2005 10:07:01 PM |
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In our last episode
<1105371218.394157.202210@c13g2000cwb.googlegroups.com>, Andrew Lias lept
out of the bushes shouting:
Mark K. Bilbo wrote:
Okay but by two counties in Mississippi. I'm surprised anybody
noticed. <g>
http://www.cnn.com/2005/EDUCATION/01/10/banned.book.ap/index.html
Oh geez, they're using the nude pictures of the SCOTUS justices as their
pretext? As though there is anything remotely prurient about mocked up
pics of out-of-shape geriatrics?
I really doubt that many thirteen year olds are going to be bringing home
copies of _America: The Book_ in order to use them as masturbation fodder.
Okay *that was a grotesque thought...
--
Mark K. Bilbo - a.a. #1423
EAC Department of Linguistic Subversion
Alt-atheism website at: http://www.alt-atheism.org
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"Religion is regarded by the common people as true,
by the wise as false, and by the rulers as useful."
-- Seneca the Younger
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| User: "Jez" |
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11 Jan 2005 02:22:30 PM |
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Mark K. Bilbo wrote:
Okay but by two counties in Mississippi. I'm surprised anybody noticed. <g>
http://www.cnn.com/2005/EDUCATION/01/10/banned.book.ap/index.html
Bet the "offended" folks *all have copies of Mel's snuff flick. *And let
(made?) their children watch.
Fundie: "We have to protect Johnny from that horrible librul!"
Me: "You mean the kid out in the back yard flagellating himself so he can
be like Jesus?"
Ahhh but does that mean they don't have the 'audio-book' version ?
--
Jez
'Realism is seductive because once you have accepted the reasonable
notion that you should base your actions on reality, you are too often
led to accept, without much questioning, someone else's version of what
that reality is. It is a crucial act of independent thinking to be
skeptical of someone else's description of reality.'-
Howard Zinn
NFS Underground2, Americas Army And MOH-PA
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| User: "Mark K. Bilbo" |
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11 Jan 2005 05:23:44 PM |
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In our last episode <S8WdnSVQfYC4fH7cRVnygg@pipex.net>, Jez lept out of
the bushes shouting:
Mark K. Bilbo wrote:
Okay but by two counties in Mississippi. I'm surprised anybody noticed.
<g>
http://www.cnn.com/2005/EDUCATION/01/10/banned.book.ap/index.html
Bet the "offended" folks *all have copies of Mel's snuff flick. *And let
(made?) their children watch.
Fundie: "We have to protect Johnny from that horrible librul!"
Me: "You mean the kid out in the back yard flagellating himself so he
can be like Jesus?"
Ahhh but does that mean they don't have the 'audio-book' version ?
They'd burn some books if anybody knew what they looked like...
--
Mark K. Bilbo - a.a. #1423
EAC Department of Linguistic Subversion
Alt-atheism website at: http://www.alt-atheism.org
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"Religion is regarded by the common people as true,
by the wise as false, and by the rulers as useful."
-- Seneca the Younger
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| User: "Jez" |
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11 Jan 2005 11:41:34 PM |
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Mark K. Bilbo wrote:
Okay but by two counties in Mississippi. I'm surprised anybody noticed. <g>
http://www.cnn.com/2005/EDUCATION/01/10/banned.book.ap/index.html
Bet the "offended" folks *all have copies of Mel's snuff flick. *And let
(made?) their children watch.
Fundie: "We have to protect Johnny from that horrible librul!"
Me: "You mean the kid out in the back yard flagellating himself so he can
be like Jesus?"
Looks like they've changed their mind.......
http://www.cnn.com/2005/EDUCATION/01/11/banned.book.ap/index.html
Library board puts Jon Stewart's book back on shelves
GULFPORT, Miss. (AP) -- A library board reversed a ban on comedian Jon
Stewart's best-selling satirical book, which it had passed because of
its image of Supreme Court justices' faces superimposed on naked bodies.
The Jackson-George Regional Library System board of trustees was
criticized by local residents and in e-mails from out of state after it
banned "America (The Book): A Citizen's Guide to Democracy Inaction"
last month. The trustees had said they objected to the image.
But the board voted 5-2 Monday to lift the ban, and the book was
returned to circulation in the system's eight libraries Tuesday.
"We have come under intense scrutiny by the outside community," said
David Ables, board chairman. "We don't decide for the community whether
to read this book or not, but whether to make it available."
The book was written by Stewart and the writers of "The Daily Show," the
Comedy Central fake-news program Stewart hosts. Released in September,
it has spent 15 weeks on The New York Times best-seller list and was
named Book of the Year by Publishers Weekly, the industry trade magazine.
Wal-Mart declined to stock the book because of the image, which includes
full frontal nudity. The facing page has cutouts of the nine justices'
robes, with a caption asking readers to "restore their dignity by
matching each justice with his or her respective robe."
Board member David Ogborn opposed lifting the ban. "Our libraries are
not a trash bin for pornographic materials," he said.
Robert Willits, the library system director, said Tuesday that the board
members acted promptly and fittingly.
"There were 12 to 15 people in the audience and most spoke up in defense
of the book," he said. "The board responds to community input and they
made that decision."
He said majority of the messages criticizing the move came from out of
state.
"We got some absolutely nasty e-mails and telephone calls that you would
not believe," Willits said.
"We were communists and fascists at the same time."
--
Jez
'Realism is seductive because once you have accepted the reasonable
notion that you should base your actions on reality, you are too often
led to accept, without much questioning, someone else's version of what
that reality is. It is a crucial act of independent thinking to be
skeptical of someone else's description of reality.'-
Howard Zinn
NFS Underground2, Americas Army And MOH-PA
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| User: "Mark K. Bilbo" |
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| Title: Re: Jon Stewart banned! |
12 Jan 2005 01:14:36 AM |
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In our last episode <RpKdnWQBLrGx-XncRVnyiA@pipex.net>, Jez lept out of
the bushes shouting:
"We were communists and fascists at the same time."
I hope they warmed up first. You can really pull something doing that...
--
Mark K. Bilbo - a.a. #1423
EAC Department of Linguistic Subversion
Alt-atheism website at: http://www.alt-atheism.org
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"Religion is regarded by the common people as true,
by the wise as false, and by the rulers as useful."
-- Seneca the Younger
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