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"Sound of Trumpet" |
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02 Nov 2007 08:05:47 AM |
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Obscene Anti-Catholic Halloween Costumes Infuriate Mom |
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/1918396/posts
Sex-related costumes infuriate mom [dress as a pregnant nun, or an
excited priest this Halloween]
Times Herald-Record ^ | October 30, 2007 | Jeremiah Horrigan
Posted on 10/30/2007 8:18:12 AM PDT by Alex Murphy
Vails Gate - Halloween is full of shocks. But the shocks Christine
O'Connor experienced at a local party and costume shop were not of the
traditional variety.
Far from it.
O'Connor and her 12-year-old son and 13-year-old stepson were
strolling the aisles in the Party Stop in Vails Gate about two weeks
ago.
It was there she found a rack of costumes she could hardly believe. A
pregnant nun. A costume depicting a Catholic priest with an erection.
"It made me sick," O'Connor said.
The sexual nature of the costumes was bad enough. The fact that they
were visually available to anyone, including children, was worse. She
got her kids out of the store, after complaining to a shop employee
who, she said, just shrugged off her complaint.
But there was another aspect of the incident that upset her.
"It seems it's open season on Catholics. What if it had been a rabbi
or a Ku Klux Klan costume?" she asked.
That concern was echoed by the pastor of her family's church, the Rev.
Robert Hilkiker of St. Joseph's Roman Catholic Church in New Windsor.
"Being anti-Catholic is the last acceptable prejudice," he said.
"Imagine the outcry if this had been Muslims or blacks or Asians -
there'd have been a storm of protest."
Costumes like those O'Connor described seemed no less incendiary to
him than symbolic nooses that have been used in the South and New York
City to inflame racial tensions.
Hilkiker said he understands the supposed humor is the result of some
"very bad press" about factual circumstances involving sexually
predatory priests.
"But perhaps we didn't fight back as much as we should have as a group
- I think it's foolish not using our clout, since we're a sizable part
of the population," Hilkiker said.
Alan Ortner, district manager of the three Party Stop shops in the
region, said he had received no complaints at any of them.
"Obviously, I didn't create these costumes. If I'd gotten a complaint,
I would have thought it over," he said.
Jennifer Holladay, a spokeswoman for Teaching Tolerance, a program of
the Southern Poverty Law Center, encouraged people to ask "What makes
this funny?" She said that when choosing a Halloween costume, for kids
or adults, it's all about stereotypes.
"If it's history, does it deal in caricatures?" she asked. "We have to
guard against stereotypes in the name of humor. It's really that
simple."
Funny or obscene? New Paltz - You can't quite say that writer Mark
Sherman makes his living as a humorist. But the retired SUNY New Paltz
psychology professor, who writes a humor column for the local weekly
here and performs comic songs, has been at it for a long time, and he
knows obscene from funny.
His brand of funny is informed by his understanding of people and
psychology. But when it comes to the border where "funny" Halloween
costumes flirt with disrespect or obscenity, he's not laughing.
It's not funny, he said, if you're not asking to be confronted.
"It's one thing if someone goes looking for something like that on the
Web, but when it's right in your face, I've got a problem, especially
where children are involved," he said.
Sherman said he's sensitive to freedom of speech issues, but feels
that, for example, if a controversial museum exhibit is being offered,
people have a choice to see it or not.
"But Halloween is supposed to be dedicated to kids, isn't it? Why do
they have to be offensive? There's enough unhappiness out there."
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| Title: Re: Obscene Anti-Catholic Halloween Costumes Infuriate Mom |
05 Nov 2007 10:01:29 PM |
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"Sound of Trumpet" <sound_of_trumpet@HotPOP.com> wrote in message
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It was there she found a rack of costumes she could hardly believe. A
pregnant nun. A costume depicting a Catholic priest with an erection.
"It made me sick," O'Connor said.
Cry me a river.
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| User: "les_on_usenet" |
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02 Nov 2007 09:08:48 AM |
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Crossposting removed
On Fri, 02 Nov 2007 06:05:47 -0700, Sound of Trumpet
<sound_of_trumpet@HotPOP.com> wrote:
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/1918396/posts
Sex-related costumes infuriate mom [dress as a pregnant nun, or an
excited priest this Halloween]
Times Herald-Record ^ | October 30, 2007 | Jeremiah Horrigan
Posted on 10/30/2007 8:18:12 AM PDT by Alex Murphy
Vails Gate - Halloween is full of shocks. But the shocks Christine
O'Connor experienced at a local party and costume shop were not of the
traditional variety.
Far from it.
O'Connor and her 12-year-old son and 13-year-old stepson were
strolling the aisles in the Party Stop in Vails Gate about two weeks
ago.
It was there she found a rack of costumes she could hardly believe. A
pregnant nun. A costume depicting a Catholic priest with an erection.
"It made me sick," O'Connor said.
Stupid woman.
The sexual nature of the costumes was bad enough. The fact that they
were visually available to anyone, including children, was worse. She
got her kids out of the store, after complaining to a shop employee
who, she said, just shrugged off her complaint.
But there was another aspect of the incident that upset her.
"It seems it's open season on Catholics.
If you want open season on Catholics come to England on the
5th November:
http://www.daeschner.com/pope_burning.html
We all have our fireworks ready :)
<big snip of blather fulminating and hot air about a few amusing
costumes>
They do go on don't they?
Les Hellawell
Greetings from
YORKSHIRE - The White Rose County
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02 Nov 2007 08:06:07 PM |
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On Nov 2, 10:08 am, les_on_usenet <delete-unr...@leswell.freeuk.com>
wrote:
Crossposting removed
On Fri, 02 Nov 2007 06:05:47 -0700, Sound of Trumpet
<sound_of_trum...@HotPOP.com> wrote:
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/1918396/posts
Sex-related costumes infuriate mom [dress as a pregnant nun, or an
excited priest this Halloween]
Times Herald-Record ^ | October 30, 2007 | Jeremiah Horrigan
Posted on 10/30/2007 8:18:12 AM PDT by Alex Murphy
Vails Gate - Halloween is full of shocks. But the shocks Christine
O'Connor experienced at a local party and costume shop were not of the
traditional variety.
Far from it.
O'Connor and her 12-year-old son and 13-year-old stepson were
strolling the aisles in the Party Stop in Vails Gate about two weeks
ago.
It was there she found a rack of costumes she could hardly believe. A
pregnant nun. A costume depicting a Catholic priest with an erection.
"It made me sick," O'Connor said.
Stupid woman.
The sexual nature of the costumes was bad enough. The fact that they
were visually available to anyone, including children, was worse. She
got her kids out of the store, after complaining to a shop employee
who, she said, just shrugged off her complaint.
But there was another aspect of the incident that upset her.
"It seems it's open season on Catholics.
If you want open season on Catholics come to England on the
5th November:http://www.daeschner.com/pope_burning.html
We all have our fireworks ready :)
Now *that* looks like my kind of fun! <g>
-Panama Floyd, Atlanta.
aa#2015/KoBAAWA!
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| User: "Douglas Berry" |
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02 Nov 2007 11:56:57 PM |
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On Fri, 02 Nov 2007 06:05:47 -0700 Sound of Trumpet
<sound_of_trumpet@HotPOP.com> carved the following into the hard stone
of alt.atheism
Sex-related costumes infuriate mom [dress as a pregnant nun, or an
excited priest this Halloween]
I had two costumes this year.
For one party, I went as "Giants Fan From an Alternate Universe,
October 27, 2002." A friend worked for the company that made t-shirts
and caps for the World Series that year, and managed to snag a few
"World Champion Giants" sets before they were destroyed. I wore those,
along with a faked-up SF Chronicle front page declaring "GIANT
VICTORY!" and carried an empty champagne bottle.
For the other party, I went as a San Francisco Dodger. When the Giants
and Dodgers came west in 1957, Giants owner Horace Stoneham was given
first choice in cities. Never having been to either, he chose San
Francisco because it "sounded better." But what if he had chosen
differently. I took a basic Dodger's road uni, had a Dodger-blue "San
Francisco" put on the chest, and had a friend embroider a white "SF"
on a blue ball cap in the same style as the LA on a real Dodger's
uniform
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LA_Dodgers
For a feel for what I did.
Needless to say, both costumes were, well, big hits.
--
Douglas Berry Do the OBVIOUS thing to send e-mail
Atheist #2147, Atheist Vet #5
Jason Gastrich is praying for me on 8 January 2011
"The most beautiful thing we can experience is the mysterious. It is the
source of all true art and all science. He to whom this emotion is a
stranger, who can no longer pause to wonder and stand rapt in awe, is as
good as dead: his eyes are closed." - Albert Einstein
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| User: "" |
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02 Nov 2007 08:11:00 AM |
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On 2 nov, 14:05, Sound of Trumpet <sound_of_trum...@HotPOP.com> wrote:
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/1918396/posts
Sex-related costumes infuriate mom [dress as a pregnant nun, or an
excited priest this Halloween]
Fellow "christian", J Young, would say that this is only humor.
Get a grip, repressed moron.
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| User: "Wordsmith" |
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02 Nov 2007 03:40:10 PM |
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On Nov 2, 7:11 am, wrote:
On 2 nov, 14:05, Sound of Trumpet <sound_of_trum...@HotPOP.com> wrote:
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/1918396/posts
Sex-related costumes infuriate mom [dress as a pregnant nun, or an
excited priest this Halloween]
Fellow "christian", J Young, would say that this is only humor.
Get a grip, repressed moron.
Would you accept, as "humor," a depiction of Mohammed submerged
in a glass of urine? If it's OK to do that to things sacred to
Christians, then
you must allow other religions to be mocked too. Gotta keep the
playing
field level, dont'cha know!
W : (
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| User: "Smiler" |
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02 Nov 2007 09:43:56 PM |
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"Wordsmith" <wordsmith@rocketmail.com> wrote in message
news:1194036010.539080.149430@v3g2000hsg.googlegroups.com...
On Nov 2, 7:11 am, wrote:
On 2 nov, 14:05, Sound of Trumpet <sound_of_trum...@HotPOP.com> wrote:
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/1918396/posts
Sex-related costumes infuriate mom [dress as a pregnant nun, or an
excited priest this Halloween]
Fellow "christian", J Young, would say that this is only humor.
Get a grip, repressed moron.
Would you accept, as "humor," a depiction of Mohammed submerged
in a glass of urine? If it's OK to do that to things sacred to
Christians, then
you must allow other religions to be mocked too. Gotta keep the
playing
field level, dont'cha know!
A depiction of Mohammed in urine could be classed as humour, but not, in my
opinion, half as funny as a depiction of Mohammed fucking a pig.
The playing field level enough for you now, christer?
Smiler,
The godless one
a.a.# 2279
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| User: "Ferd Farkel" |
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| Title: Re: Obscene Anti-Catholic Halloween Costumes Infuriate Mom |
04 Nov 2007 12:04:33 AM |
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On Nov 2, 10:43 pm, "Smiler" <Smi...@Joe.King.com> wrote:
A depiction of Mohammed in urine could be classed as humour, but not, in my
opinion, half as funny as a depiction of Mohammed fucking a pig.
The playing field level enough for you now, christer?
It's only level if the cartoon includes two rabbis eating bacon
uttering the punchline.
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| User: "brique" |
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04 Nov 2007 02:40:19 AM |
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Ferd Farkel <frdfrkl@yahoo.com> wrote in message
news:1194152673.544997.160440@o3g2000hsb.googlegroups.com...
On Nov 2, 10:43 pm, "Smiler" <Smi...@Joe.King.com> wrote:
A depiction of Mohammed in urine could be classed as humour, but not, in
my
opinion, half as funny as a depiction of Mohammed fucking a pig.
The playing field level enough for you now, christer?
It's only level if the cartoon includes two rabbis eating bacon
uttering the punchline.
I doubt there is much any of us could eat that would not offend some
religion or another, most of our clothing, particularily if female, will
certianly be offensive to one religion or another, most of our daily
language would offend, certain common hand gestures would offend, those with
beards might offend, those without might offend, bare heads might offend,
covered heads might offend.... fact is to some degree or another
_everything_ is offensive, it just depends where you do it and which
god-botherer gets bothered by it.
For some strange reason, the god-botherers seem most bothered by those who
feel no need to bother any god at all, rarely do they dispute bothersome
matters such as this with other sects of god-botherers, I mean, when was the
last time you saw a bunch of Jews picketing a hot-dog stall? Or Christians
picketing MacDonalds on a Friday? No, we don't, for they seem to have a
mutual not-bother -other god-botherers on these bothersome matters but
rather let's go moan at the atheists for not be as bothered as they are,
when, frankly, we don't give a rats arse for any of it.....
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| User: "Ferd Farkel" |
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04 Nov 2007 01:59:09 PM |
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On Nov 4, 3:40 am, "brique" <briquen...@freeuk.c0m> wrote:
Ferd Farkel <frdf...@yahoo.com> wrote in message
news:1194152673.544997.160440@o3g2000hsb.googlegroups.com...
On Nov 2, 10:43 pm, "Smiler" <Smi...@Joe.King.com> wrote:
A depiction of Mohammed in urine could be classed as humour, but not, in
my
opinion, half as funny as a depiction of Mohammed fucking a pig.
The playing field level enough for you now, christer?
It's only level if the cartoon includes two rabbis eating bacon
uttering the punchline.
I doubt there is much any of us could eat that would not offend some
religion or another, most of our clothing, particularily if female, will
certianly be offensive to one religion or another, most of our daily
language would offend, certain common hand gestures would offend, those with
beards might offend, those without might offend, bare heads might offend,
covered heads might offend.... fact is to some degree or another
_everything_ is offensive, it just depends where you do it and which
god-botherer gets bothered by it.
For some strange reason, the god-botherers seem most bothered by those who
feel no need to bother any god at all, rarely do they dispute bothersome
matters such as this with other sects of god-botherers, I mean, when was the
last time you saw a bunch of Jews picketing a hot-dog stall? Or Christians
picketing MacDonalds on a Friday? No, we don't, for they seem to have a
mutual not-bother -other god-botherers on these bothersome matters but
rather let's go moan at the atheists for not be as bothered as they are,
when, frankly, we don't give a rats arse for any of it.....
They are most frightened of the non-god botherers because there's a
possibility that the non-god botherers just might be right.
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| User: "Christopher A.Lee" |
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04 Nov 2007 02:01:52 PM |
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On Sun, 04 Nov 2007 11:59:09 -0800, Ferd Farkel <frdfrkl@yahoo.com>
wrote:
On Nov 4, 3:40 am, "brique" <briquen...@freeuk.c0m> wrote:
Ferd Farkel <frdf...@yahoo.com> wrote in message
news:1194152673.544997.160440@o3g2000hsb.googlegroups.com...
On Nov 2, 10:43 pm, "Smiler" <Smi...@Joe.King.com> wrote:
A depiction of Mohammed in urine could be classed as humour, but not, in
my
opinion, half as funny as a depiction of Mohammed fucking a pig.
The playing field level enough for you now, christer?
It's only level if the cartoon includes two rabbis eating bacon
uttering the punchline.
I doubt there is much any of us could eat that would not offend some
religion or another, most of our clothing, particularily if female, will
certianly be offensive to one religion or another, most of our daily
language would offend, certain common hand gestures would offend, those with
beards might offend, those without might offend, bare heads might offend,
covered heads might offend.... fact is to some degree or another
_everything_ is offensive, it just depends where you do it and which
god-botherer gets bothered by it.
For some strange reason, the god-botherers seem most bothered by those who
feel no need to bother any god at all, rarely do they dispute bothersome
matters such as this with other sects of god-botherers, I mean, when was the
last time you saw a bunch of Jews picketing a hot-dog stall? Or Christians
picketing MacDonalds on a Friday? No, we don't, for they seem to have a
mutual not-bother -other god-botherers on these bothersome matters but
rather let's go moan at the atheists for not be as bothered as they are,
when, frankly, we don't give a rats arse for any of it.....
They are most frightened of the non-god botherers because there's a
possibility that the non-god botherers just might be right.
They see people getting on with their own business as actively dissing
the most important thing there is. Our very existence as people
offends them.
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| User: "Ferd Farkel" |
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04 Nov 2007 03:34:31 PM |
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On Nov 4, 3:01 pm, Christopher A.Lee <ca...@optonline.net> wrote:
On Sun, 04 Nov 2007 11:59:09 -0800, Ferd Farkel <frdf...@yahoo.com>
wrote:
On Nov 4, 3:40 am, "brique" <briquen...@freeuk.c0m> wrote:
Ferd Farkel <frdf...@yahoo.com> wrote in message
news:1194152673.544997.160440@o3g2000hsb.googlegroups.com...
On Nov 2, 10:43 pm, "Smiler" <Smi...@Joe.King.com> wrote:
A depiction of Mohammed in urine could be classed as humour, but not, in
my
opinion, half as funny as a depiction of Mohammed fucking a pig.
The playing field level enough for you now, christer?
It's only level if the cartoon includes two rabbis eating bacon
uttering the punchline.
I doubt there is much any of us could eat that would not offend some
religion or another, most of our clothing, particularily if female, will
certianly be offensive to one religion or another, most of our daily
language would offend, certain common hand gestures would offend, those with
beards might offend, those without might offend, bare heads might offend,
covered heads might offend.... fact is to some degree or another
_everything_ is offensive, it just depends where you do it and which
god-botherer gets bothered by it.
For some strange reason, the god-botherers seem most bothered by those who
feel no need to bother any god at all, rarely do they dispute bothersome
matters such as this with other sects of god-botherers, I mean, when was the
last time you saw a bunch of Jews picketing a hot-dog stall? Or Christians
picketing MacDonalds on a Friday? No, we don't, for they seem to have a
mutual not-bother -other god-botherers on these bothersome matters but
rather let's go moan at the atheists for not be as bothered as they are,
when, frankly, we don't give a rats arse for any of it.....
They are most frightened of the non-god botherers because there's a
possibility that the non-god botherers just might be right.
They see people getting on with their own business as actively dissing
the most important thing there is. Our very existence as people
offends them.
Atheists don't believe in any sort an existence after death,
including Hell. Hell being *the* thing that keeps their
religion afloat, take it away, and down it goes like
the Titanic.
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| User: "brique" |
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04 Nov 2007 10:50:27 PM |
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Ferd Farkel <frdfrkl@yahoo.com> wrote in message
news:1194212071.881291.188520@v3g2000hsg.googlegroups.com...
On Nov 4, 3:01 pm, Christopher A.Lee <ca...@optonline.net> wrote:
On Sun, 04 Nov 2007 11:59:09 -0800, Ferd Farkel <frdf...@yahoo.com>
wrote:
On Nov 4, 3:40 am, "brique" <briquen...@freeuk.c0m> wrote:
Ferd Farkel <frdf...@yahoo.com> wrote in message
news:1194152673.544997.160440@o3g2000hsb.googlegroups.com...
On Nov 2, 10:43 pm, "Smiler" <Smi...@Joe.King.com> wrote:
A depiction of Mohammed in urine could be classed as humour, but
not, in
my
opinion, half as funny as a depiction of Mohammed fucking a pig.
The playing field level enough for you now, christer?
It's only level if the cartoon includes two rabbis eating bacon
uttering the punchline.
I doubt there is much any of us could eat that would not offend some
religion or another, most of our clothing, particularily if female,
will
certianly be offensive to one religion or another, most of our daily
language would offend, certain common hand gestures would offend,
those with
beards might offend, those without might offend, bare heads might
offend,
covered heads might offend.... fact is to some degree or another
_everything_ is offensive, it just depends where you do it and which
god-botherer gets bothered by it.
For some strange reason, the god-botherers seem most bothered by
those who
feel no need to bother any god at all, rarely do they dispute
bothersome
matters such as this with other sects of god-botherers, I mean, when
was the
last time you saw a bunch of Jews picketing a hot-dog stall? Or
Christians
picketing MacDonalds on a Friday? No, we don't, for they seem to have
a
mutual not-bother -other god-botherers on these bothersome matters
but
rather let's go moan at the atheists for not be as bothered as they
are,
when, frankly, we don't give a rats arse for any of it.....
They are most frightened of the non-god botherers because there's a
possibility that the non-god botherers just might be right.
They see people getting on with their own business as actively dissing
the most important thing there is. Our very existence as people
offends them.
Atheists don't believe in any sort an existence after death,
including Hell. Hell being *the* thing that keeps their
religion afloat, take it away, and down it goes like
the Titanic.
Indeed, the ultimate kiss-off for the fearful god-botherer would be if their
god was not really bothered about them, this life or the next.......
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| User: "Wordsmith" |
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02 Nov 2007 09:48:20 PM |
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On Nov 2, 8:43 pm, "Smiler" <Smi...@Joe.King.com> wrote:
"Wordsmith" <wordsm...@rocketmail.com> wrote in message
news:1194036010.539080.149430@v3g2000hsg.googlegroups.com...
On Nov 2, 7:11 am, wrote:
On 2 nov, 14:05, Sound of Trumpet <sound_of_trum...@HotPOP.com> wrote:
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/1918396/posts
Sex-related costumes infuriate mom [dress as a pregnant nun, or an
excited priest this Halloween]
Fellow "christian", J Young, would say that this is only humor.
Get a grip, repressed moron.
Would you accept, as "humor," a depiction of Mohammed submerged
in a glass of urine? If it's OK to do that to things sacred to
Christians, then
you must allow other religions to be mocked too. Gotta keep the
playing
field level, dont'cha know!
A depiction of Mohammed in urine could be classed as humour, but not, in my
opinion, half as funny as a depiction of Mohammed fucking a pig.
The playing field level enough for you now, christer?
Smiler,
The godless one
a.a.# 2279
You assume much.
W : )
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| User: "Al Klein" |
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02 Nov 2007 09:47:52 PM |
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On Fri, 02 Nov 2007 13:40:10 -0700, Wordsmith
<wordsmith@rocketmail.com> wrote:
On Nov 2, 7:11 am, wrote:
On 2 nov, 14:05, Sound of Trumpet <sound_of_trum...@HotPOP.com> wrote:
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/1918396/posts
Sex-related costumes infuriate mom [dress as a pregnant nun, or an
excited priest this Halloween]
Fellow "christian", J Young, would say that this is only humor.
Get a grip, repressed moron.
Would you accept, as "humor," a depiction of Mohammed submerged
in a glass of urine?
Stupid, yes. But humorous?
If it's OK to do that to things sacred to Christians, then
you must allow other religions to be mocked too.
It's okay by me. As long as you don't mock any atheist beliefs.
--
Al at Webdingers dot com
If you are open to the point of gullibility and have not an
ounce of skeptical sense in you, then you cannot distinguish
the useful ideas from the worthless ones
- Carl Sagan, 1987.
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| User: "Wordsmith" |
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03 Nov 2007 03:26:30 PM |
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On Nov 2, 8:47 pm, Al Klein <ruk...@pern.invalid> wrote:
On Fri, 02 Nov 2007 13:40:10 -0700, Wordsmith
<wordsm...@rocketmail.com> wrote:
On Nov 2, 7:11 am, wrote:
On 2 nov, 14:05, Sound of Trumpet <sound_of_trum...@HotPOP.com> wrote:
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/1918396/posts
Sex-related costumes infuriate mom [dress as a pregnant nun, or an
excited priest this Halloween]
Fellow "christian", J Young, would say that this is only humor.
Get a grip, repressed moron.
Would you accept, as "humor," a depiction of Mohammed submerged
in a glass of urine?
Stupid, yes. But humorous?
To some, yes.
If it's OK to do that to things sacred to Christians, then
you must allow other religions to be mocked too.
It's okay by me. As long as you don't mock any atheist beliefs.
Most self-respecitng atheists, I'm guessing, would object to the
term "atheist beliefs," but even they are open to ridicule as well.
W : )
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| User: "Al Klein" |
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| Title: Re: Obscene Anti-Catholic Halloween Costumes Infuriate Mom |
03 Nov 2007 05:48:18 PM |
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On Sat, 03 Nov 2007 13:26:30 -0700, Wordsmith
<wordsmith@rocketmail.com> wrote:
On Nov 2, 8:47 pm, Al Klein <ruk...@pern.invalid> wrote:
On Fri, 02 Nov 2007 13:40:10 -0700, Wordsmith
<wordsm...@rocketmail.com> wrote:
On Nov 2, 7:11 am, wrote:
On 2 nov, 14:05, Sound of Trumpet <sound_of_trum...@HotPOP.com> wrote:
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/1918396/posts
Sex-related costumes infuriate mom [dress as a pregnant nun, or an
excited priest this Halloween]
Fellow "christian", J Young, would say that this is only humor.
Get a grip, repressed moron.
Would you accept, as "humor," a depiction of Mohammed submerged
in a glass of urine?
Stupid, yes. But humorous?
To some, yes.
If it's OK to do that to things sacred to Christians, then
you must allow other religions to be mocked too.
It's okay by me. As long as you don't mock any atheist beliefs.
Most self-respecitng atheists, I'm guessing, would object to the
term "atheist beliefs,"
Most atheists, especially those who have been reading my posts for
over a decade, would understand exactly what I said.
--
Al at Webdingers dot com
"Creationists are the best evidence we have that there is no intelligent design."
-Josef Balluch
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| User: "Wordsmith" |
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| Title: Re: Obscene Anti-Catholic Halloween Costumes Infuriate Mom |
03 Nov 2007 11:49:34 PM |
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On Nov 3, 4:48 pm, Al Klein <ruk...@pern.invalid> wrote:
On Sat, 03 Nov 2007 13:26:30 -0700, Wordsmith
<wordsm...@rocketmail.com> wrote:
On Nov 2, 8:47 pm, Al Klein <ruk...@pern.invalid> wrote:
On Fri, 02 Nov 2007 13:40:10 -0700, Wordsmith
<wordsm...@rocketmail.com> wrote:
On Nov 2, 7:11 am, wrote:
On 2 nov, 14:05, Sound of Trumpet <sound_of_trum...@HotPOP.com> wrote:
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/1918396/posts
Sex-related costumes infuriate mom [dress as a pregnant nun, or an
excited priest this Halloween]
Fellow "christian", J Young, would say that this is only humor.
Get a grip, repressed moron.
Would you accept, as "humor," a depiction of Mohammed submerged
in a glass of urine?
Stupid, yes. But humorous?
To some, yes.
If it's OK to do that to things sacred to Christians, then
you must allow other religions to be mocked too.
It's okay by me. As long as you don't mock any atheist beliefs.
Most self-respecitng atheists, I'm guessing, would object to the
term "atheist beliefs,"
Most atheists, especially those who have been reading my posts for
over a decade, would understand exactly what I said.
More power to them!
W : )
Al at Webdingers dot com
"Creationists are the best evidence we have that there is no intelligent design."
-Josef Balluch-
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| User: "" |
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| Title: Re: Obscene Anti-Catholic Halloween Costumes Infuriate Mom |
02 Nov 2007 09:19:27 AM |
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On Nov 2, 9:11 am, wrote:
On 2 nov, 14:05, Sound of Trumpet <sound_of_trum...@HotPOP.com> wrote:
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/1918396/posts
Sex-related costumes infuriate mom [dress as a pregnant nun, or an
excited priest this Halloween]
Fellow "christian", J Young, would say that this is only humor.
Get a grip, repressed moron.
I disagree. While I am not Catholic, I do think there is a double
standard. While I'm not going to call Reverend Al and ask him to form
a mob for me, I would re-think frequenting an establishment that
openly mocked my beliefs.
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| User: "Robibnikoff" |
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| Title: Re: Obscene Anti-Catholic Halloween Costumes Infuriate Mom |
02 Nov 2007 12:06:18 PM |
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<MichaelNJ@gmail.com> wrote in message
news:1194013167.450098.53340@e34g2000pro.googlegroups.com...
On Nov 2, 9:11 am, wrote:
On 2 nov, 14:05, Sound of Trumpet <sound_of_trum...@HotPOP.com> wrote:
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/1918396/posts
Sex-related costumes infuriate mom [dress as a pregnant nun, or an
excited priest this Halloween]
Fellow "christian", J Young, would say that this is only humor.
Get a grip, repressed moron.
I disagree. While I am not Catholic, I do think there is a double
standard. While I'm not going to call Reverend Al and ask him to form
a mob for me, I would re-think frequenting an establishment that
openly mocked my beliefs.
So, I guess I shouldn't have dressed as a nun with a Marilyn Manson-style
white contact lense a couple of years back?
Shoot, *****'em if they can't take a joke ;P
--
Robyn
Resident Witchypoo
BAAWA Knight!
#1557
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| User: "Jim" |
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| Title: Re: Obscene Anti-Catholic Halloween Costumes Infuriate Mom |
02 Nov 2007 02:36:37 PM |
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"Robibnikoff" <witchypoo@broomstick.com> wrote in message
news:5p13koFomds9U1@mid.individual.net...
<MichaelNJ@gmail.com> wrote in message
news:1194013167.450098.53340@e34g2000pro.googlegroups.com...
On Nov 2, 9:11 am, wrote:
On 2 nov, 14:05, Sound of Trumpet <sound_of_trum...@HotPOP.com> wrote:
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/1918396/posts
Sex-related costumes infuriate mom [dress as a pregnant nun, or an
excited priest this Halloween]
Fellow "christian", J Young, would say that this is only humor.
Get a grip, repressed moron.
I disagree. While I am not Catholic, I do think there is a double
standard. While I'm not going to call Reverend Al and ask him to form
a mob for me, I would re-think frequenting an establishment that
openly mocked my beliefs.
So, I guess I shouldn't have dressed as a nun with a Marilyn Manson-style
white contact lense a couple of years back?
Shoot, *****'em if they can't take a joke ;P
--
Robyn
Resident Witchypoo
BAAWA Knight!
#1557
Disgraceful, from a woman too. You dress up and send an image, if it's 'wide
load' stuff forget it. ***** who?
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| User: "Al Klein" |
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| Title: Re: Obscene Anti-Catholic Halloween Costumes Infuriate Mom |
02 Nov 2007 12:58:47 PM |
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On Fri, 2 Nov 2007 13:06:18 -0400, "Robibnikoff"
<witchypoo@broomstick.com> wrote:
So, I guess I shouldn't have dressed as a nun with a Marilyn Manson-style
white contact lense a couple of years back?
Shoot, *****'em if they can't take a joke ;P
Didn't you mean, "*****, shoot'em if they can't take a joke ;P"?
--
Al at Webdingers dot com
"My earlier views of the unsoundness of the Christian scheme of salvation
and the human origin of the scriptures, have become clearer and stronger
with advancing years and I see no reason for thinking I shall ever change
them."
- Abraham Lincoln
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| User: "The Chief Instigator" |
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| Title: Re: Obscene Anti-Catholic Halloween Costumes Infuriate Mom |
02 Nov 2007 02:58:05 PM |
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Al Klein <rukbat@pern.invalid> writes:
On Fri, 2 Nov 2007 13:06:18 -0400, "Robibnikoff"
<witchypoo@broomstick.com> wrote:
So, I guess I shouldn't have dressed as a nun with a Marilyn Manson-style
white contact lense a couple of years back?
Shoot, *****'em if they can't take a joke ;P
Didn't you mean, "*****, shoot'em if they can't take a joke ;P"?
I think it works better in this newsgroup as: Shoot, joke 'em if they can't
take a *****...
--
Patrick "The Chief Instigator" Humphrey (patrick@io.com) Houston, Texas
chiefinstigator.us.tt/aeros.php (TCI's 2007-08 Houston Aeros) AA#2273
LAST GAME: Syracuse 3, Houston 2 (October 30)
NEXT GAME: Friday, November 2 vs. Lake Erie, 7:35
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| User: "Uncle Vic" |
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| Title: Re: Obscene Anti-Catholic Halloween Costumes Infuriate Mom |
02 Nov 2007 08:00:22 PM |
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One fine day in alt.atheism, The Chief Instigator <patrick@eris.io.com>
bloodied us up with this:
Al Klein <rukbat@pern.invalid> writes:
On Fri, 2 Nov 2007 13:06:18 -0400, "Robibnikoff"
<witchypoo@broomstick.com> wrote:
So, I guess I shouldn't have dressed as a nun with a Marilyn
Manson-style white contact lense a couple of years back?
Shoot, *****'em if they can't take a joke ;P
Didn't you mean, "*****, shoot'em if they can't take a joke ;P"?
I think it works better in this newsgroup as: Shoot, joke 'em if they
can't take a *****...
Or there's always my fave... "*****, ***** 'em if they can't ***** a *****.
--
Uncle Vic
aa Atheist #2011
Supervisor, EAC Department of little adhesive-backed "L" shaped
chrome-plastic doo-dads to add feet to Jesus fish department.
Convicted by Earthquack.
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| User: "3843 Dead" |
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02 Nov 2007 09:34:24 AM |
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On Fri, 02 Nov 2007 06:05:47 -0700, Sound of Trumpet
<sound_of_trumpet@HotPOP.com> wrote:
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/1918396/posts
Sex-related costumes infuriate mom [dress as a pregnant nun, or an
excited priest this Halloween]
Times Herald-Record ^ | October 30, 2007 | Jeremiah Horrigan
Posted on 10/30/2007 8:18:12 AM PDT by Alex Murphy
Vails Gate - Halloween is full of shocks. But the shocks Christine
O'Connor experienced at a local party and costume shop were not of the
traditional variety.
Far from it.
O'Connor and her 12-year-old son and 13-year-old stepson were
strolling the aisles in the Party Stop in Vails Gate about two weeks
ago.
It was there she found a rack of costumes she could hardly believe. A
pregnant nun. A costume depicting a Catholic priest with an erection.
"It made me sick," O'Connor said.
Wow. I guess it's a good thing she didn't see the pregnant priest
costume...
--
What do you call a Republican with a conscience?
An ex-Republican.
http://www.balloon-juice.com/?p=8827 (From Yang, AthD (h.c)
"I simply can not believe this is what the Republican party has
become. I just can’t. It just makes me sick to think all those years
of supporting this party, and this is what it has become. Even if you
don’t like the S-Chip expansion, it is hard to deny what Republicans
are- a bunch of bitter, nasty, petty, snarling, sneering, vicious
thugs, peering through people’s windows so they can make fun of their
misfortune.
I’m registering Independent tomorrow."
Putsch: leading America to asymetric warfare since 2001
Not dead, in jail, or a slave? Thank a liberal!
Pay your taxes so the rich don't have to.
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| User: "" |
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02 Nov 2007 02:31:11 PM |
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On Nov 2, 10:34 am, 3843 Dead <zepp22113...@finestplanet.com> wrote:
On Fri, 02 Nov 2007 06:05:47 -0700, Sound of Trumpet
<sound_of_trum...@HotPOP.com> wrote:
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/1918396/posts
Sex-related costumes infuriate mom [dress as a pregnant nun, or an
excited priest this Halloween]
Times Herald-Record ^ | October 30, 2007 | Jeremiah Horrigan
Posted on 10/30/2007 8:18:12 AM PDT by Alex Murphy
Vails Gate - Halloween is full of shocks. But the shocks Christine
O'Connor experienced at a local party and costume shop were not of the
traditional variety.
Far from it.
O'Connor and her 12-year-old son and 13-year-old stepson were
strolling the aisles in the Party Stop in Vails Gate about two weeks
ago.
It was there she found a rack of costumes she could hardly believe. A
pregnant nun. A costume depicting a Catholic priest with an erection.
"It made me sick," O'Connor said.
Wow. I guess it's a good thing she didn't see the pregnant priest
costume...
--
What do you call a Republican with a conscience?
An ex-Republican.
http://www.balloon-juice.com/?p=8827(From Yang, AthD (h.c)
"I simply can not believe this is what the Republican party has
become. I just can't. It just makes me sick to think all those years
of supporting this party, and this is what it has become. Even if you
don't like the S-Chip expansion, it is hard to deny what Republicans
are- a bunch of bitter, nasty, petty, snarling, sneering, vicious
thugs, peering through people's windows so they can make fun of their
misfortune.
I'm registering Independent tomorrow."
Putsch: leading America to asymetric warfare since 2001
Not dead, in jail, or a slave? Thank a liberal!
Pay your taxes so the rich don't have to.
For the finest in liberal/leftist commentary,http://www.zeppscommentaries.com
For news feed (free, 10-20 articles a day)http://groups.yahoo.com/subscribe/zepps_news
For essays (donations accepted, 2 articles/week)http://groups.yahoo.com/subscribe/zepps_essays
a.a. #2211 -- Bryan Zepp Jamieson
That is odd. For someone who claims they are independent, you are
spouting the liberal-progressive party line.
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| User: "raven1" |
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| Title: Re: Obscene Anti-Catholic Halloween Costumes Infuriate Mom |
03 Nov 2007 12:31:51 AM |
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On Fri, 02 Nov 2007 06:05:47 -0700, Sound of Trumpet
<sound_of_trumpet@HotPOP.com> wrote:
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/1918396/posts
Sex-related costumes infuriate mom [dress as a pregnant nun, or an
excited priest this Halloween]
Sex is one of the most marvelous things the universe has to offer. You
might try it sometime.
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"Faith may not move mountains, but you should see what it does to skyscrapers..."
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| User: "les_on_usenet" |
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03 Nov 2007 05:38:34 AM |
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On Sat, 03 Nov 2007 01:31:51 -0400, raven1
<quoththeraven@nevermore.com> wrote:
On Fri, 02 Nov 2007 06:05:47 -0700, Sound of Trumpet
<sound_of_trumpet@HotPOP.com> wrote:
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/1918396/posts
Sex-related costumes infuriate mom [dress as a pregnant nun, or an
excited priest this Halloween]
Sex is one of the most marvelous things the universe has to offer. You
might try it sometime.
You are telling this to catholics?
Les Hellawell
Greetings from
YORKSHIRE - The White Rose County
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| User: "mizlee" |
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03 Nov 2007 09:59:21 AM |
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Awwwwwww, Catholics are offended.
Payback's a *****, ain't it?
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| User: "satyr" |
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02 Nov 2007 07:31:40 PM |
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On Fri, 02 Nov 2007 06:05:47 -0700, Sound of Trumpet
<sound_of_trumpet@HotPOP.com> wrote:
It was there she found a rack of costumes she could hardly believe. A
pregnant nun. A costume depicting a Catholic priest with an erection.
"It made me sick," O'Connor said.
Outrageous. Disgusting. This implies that a Catholic Priest would
have consensual(?) sex with an adult female.
--
satyr #1953
Chairman, EAC Church Taxation Subcommittee
Director, Gideon Bible Alternative Fuel Project
Supervisor, EAC Fossil Casting Lab
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| User: "Al Klein" |
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| Title: Re: Obscene Anti-Catholic Halloween Costumes Infuriate Mom |
02 Nov 2007 01:06:25 PM |
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On Fri, 02 Nov 2007 06:05:47 -0700, Sound of Trumpet
<sound_of_trumpet@HotPOP.com> wrote:
Vails Gate - Halloween is full of shocks. But the shocks Christine
O'Connor experienced at a local party and costume shop were not of the
traditional variety.
Far from it.
O'Connor and her 12-year-old son and 13-year-old stepson were
strolling the aisles in the Party Stop in Vails Gate about two weeks
ago.
It was there she found a rack of costumes she could hardly believe. A
pregnant nun. A costume depicting a Catholic priest with an erection.
"It made me sick," O'Connor said.
The sexual nature of the costumes was bad enough. The fact that they
were visually available to anyone, including children, was worse. She
got her kids out of the store, after complaining to a shop employee
who, she said, just shrugged off her complaint.
But there was another aspect of the incident that upset her.
"It seems it's open season on Catholics. What if it had been a rabbi
or a Ku Klux Klan costume?" she asked.
They wouldn't have bothered her, would they have?
Where were her kind when Jews were being skinned to make lampshades?
Or when Blacks were being hanged for not closing their eyes when a
white woman walked past?
It was "open season" on Jews for a few thousand years, and on Blacks
for a few hundred years and, not only did "good Christians" not raise
their voices in complaint, they were the PERPETRATORS of the "open
season" on Jews and Blacks.
--
Al at Webdingers dot com
"My earlier views of the unsoundness of the Christian scheme of salvation
and the human origin of the scriptures, have become clearer and stronger
with advancing years and I see no reason for thinking I shall ever change
them."
- Abraham Lincoln
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