tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5216647.post1624282522790941604..comments2023-10-30T11:47:53.134-04:00Comments on why.i.hate.dc: Like Any Of This MattersDave Strouphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12284013068083846700noreply@blogger.comBlogger20125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5216647.post-37845933565572213872008-12-22T02:31:00.000-05:002008-12-22T02:31:00.000-05:00I'll kneel in front of HRH as long as I get to sta...I'll kneel in front of HRH as long as I get to start the ass fucking of M@. You two fight it out.The Badger Kinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08044189827488564725noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5216647.post-37368610356685000852008-12-21T19:32:00.000-05:002008-12-21T19:32:00.000-05:00Seperation of church and state? I thought Metro w...Seperation of church and state? I thought Metro was privately owned?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5216647.post-23731780958171339542008-12-19T16:28:00.000-05:002008-12-19T16:28:00.000-05:00M@, surprisingly (given, I guess, precedent) I am ...M@, surprisingly (given, I guess, precedent) I am agreed on all counts. A month ago I was forced to sit through M. Night Shyamalan's "The Happening" and besides it being an awful movie, I was mostly upset that a science teacher would be so into the "unknowable" and the idea that plants can "communicate".<BR/><BR/>Normally I am a big fan of King Friday, but this just seems silly. The whole thing seems silly. You are hardly going to convert anyone either way through bus ads, and it is ridiculous and frankly abhorrent the way atheism is unacceptable in this country.Lauhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09704216470496921567noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5216647.post-10918631136245215582008-12-19T01:41:00.000-05:002008-12-19T01:41:00.000-05:00Hey as long as the religious groups are spending m...Hey as long as the religious groups are spending money on bus ads, they can not spend it on other things. <BR/><BR/>Like just for example, lobbying for things. Or campaigning against things. <BR/><BR/>And think about this one. What if a Jesus bus totals a car with a Darwin fish on it??? What about that message???The Lazy Iguanahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12826083852416577162noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5216647.post-64475428470099283092008-12-18T21:35:00.000-05:002008-12-18T21:35:00.000-05:00"Doctors and other health care providers should no..."Doctors and other health care providers should not be forced to choose between good professional standing and violating their conscience,"<BR/><BR/>I guess this means that health care providers don't have to treat homosexuals if they think homosexuality is a sin. Sounds dangerous to me.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5216647.post-20471273685665992892008-12-18T16:03:00.000-05:002008-12-18T16:03:00.000-05:00"The more I study religions the more I am convince..."The more I study religions the more I am convinced that man never worshipped anything but himself."<BR/>-Sir Richard Francis BurtonJTWhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13129191500483285673noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5216647.post-78905565972002027072008-12-18T15:50:00.000-05:002008-12-18T15:50:00.000-05:00"What does that mean for the victim?"Just like eve..."What does that mean for the victim?"<BR/><BR/>Just like every victim of anything bad that ever happens to anybody, it means that God doesn't love you. I, too, am an unrepentant ex-Catholic.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5216647.post-8196099878959199812008-12-18T13:55:00.000-05:002008-12-18T13:55:00.000-05:00King,That's a smartass comment you make BUT... I s...King,<BR/><BR/>That's a smartass comment you make BUT... I seem to remember some press a while ago concerning military physicians and their advisory role in interrogation, which would certainly violate their Hippocratic Oaths.<BR/><BR/>I hope this is something that's only on the books for the 30 days it'll take Obama to reverse it.M@https://www.blogger.com/profile/11907796642043083093noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5216647.post-33104660132472519912008-12-18T12:51:00.000-05:002008-12-18T12:51:00.000-05:00M@, does that pertain to torture?M@, does that pertain to torture?HRH King Friday XIII, Ret.https://www.blogger.com/profile/10906200050785557272noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5216647.post-88073178014890593552008-12-18T11:50:00.000-05:002008-12-18T11:50:00.000-05:00Interestingly, the Wash. Post reports today that t...Interestingly, the Wash. Post reports today that the Bush administration just issued a decree allowing any federal worker to refuse to perform services that violate his or her conscience.<BR/><BR/>Quote:<BR/><BR/>Doctors and other health care providers should not be forced to choose between good professional standing and violating their conscience," Health and Human Services Secretary Mike Leavitt said in a statement.<BR/><BR/>The regulation, which was issued just in time to take effect in the 30 days before the change of administrations, was sought by conservative groups, abortion opponents and others as necessary to safeguard workers from being fired, disciplined or penalized in other ways.M@https://www.blogger.com/profile/11907796642043083093noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5216647.post-67641554245385921052008-12-18T11:45:00.000-05:002008-12-18T11:45:00.000-05:00Speaking of typos, Nick, you misspelled proselytiz...Speaking of typos, Nick, you misspelled proselytizing--but you got "asshole" right, so good job.<BR/><BR/>I do think there's a reason to proselytize about atheism given a couple of good reasons. LOOK. If I were to run for public office, I would have to LIE and say that I believed in Jesus. I would have to say that.M@https://www.blogger.com/profile/11907796642043083093noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5216647.post-73137073007799858562008-12-18T11:31:00.000-05:002008-12-18T11:31:00.000-05:00Nick- HA! I'm putting that last line of yours on ...Nick- HA! I'm putting that last line of yours on my xmas cards!!HRH King Friday XIII, Ret.https://www.blogger.com/profile/10906200050785557272noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5216647.post-74008122097804548732008-12-18T11:18:00.000-05:002008-12-18T11:18:00.000-05:00Atheists are people who think the whole debate is ...<EM><B>Atheists</B> are people who think the whole debate is stupid and want to stay out of it altogether.</EM><BR/><BR/>I fixed your typo.<BR/><BR/>I think you're confusing us (meaning, you and I) with prosletyzing assholes who are also atheists. Seeking to distance yourself from them, you try to find a different word for self-identification. I can understand your sentiment! Though I believe that atheists are discriminated against in many aspects of public and private life, some of the efforts of people to change this perception for the better instead have seemed combative enough to have the opposite effect, raising hackles even in potentially sympathetic folks like yourself. I suppose this kind of backlash has been seen to other kinds of social movements, but I still find it a shame.<BR/><BR/>Unfortunately, if you think magic men in the sky are an unlikely explanation for the composition of the universe (and odds are good that if String Theory seems promising to you, Magic Man Theory will be unsatisfying) then you do not qualify as an Agnostic/Zetetic, since they're folks who believe it's important to know <EM>which</EM> magic men in the sky are real and which are not. <BR/><BR/>I believe the position you express is instead "Apathetic," which is close! They sound a little alike! Also, as a fellow-atheist, I heartily approve of your dismissing religious debate as unimportant and focusing on testable explanations for things.<BR/><BR/>Welcome to the fold, and have a merry civic holiday worshiping our god of shopping and generosity!Nick Novitskihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08863651199447917923noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5216647.post-25962536527145575652008-12-18T11:16:00.000-05:002008-12-18T11:16:00.000-05:00Y'all are way too uptight around here. THAT is why...Y'all are way too uptight around here. THAT is why I hate D.C.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5216647.post-18881673040036216022008-12-18T11:03:00.000-05:002008-12-18T11:03:00.000-05:00Anon #2, Anon #2, i was speaking simplistically an...Anon #2, Anon #2, i was speaking simplistically and facetiously-- something I do here A LOT. Otherwise I would go on and on. If you're interested, wikipedia has a good definition of agnosticism. I think my definition fits within theirs when they describe it as the middle ground between theism and atheism.<BR/><BR/>Anon #3... omg that's genius. I'm sold.HRH King Friday XIII, Ret.https://www.blogger.com/profile/10906200050785557272noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5216647.post-8588093845132442962008-12-18T10:43:00.000-05:002008-12-18T10:43:00.000-05:00I too am an atheist, but I don't assume Metro supp...I too am an atheist, but I don't assume Metro supports the message on its buses. Its a moving billboard. The only faith that matters is faith that the check will clear. <BR/><BR/>I think we should goad the Catholics into having their own billboards. We'll all buy a billboard that says "Catholics believe in molesting little boys". They'll retaliate with "WhyIHateDC is going to Hell along with the Mormons", and then the Mormons will get involved and the next thing you know, we've gotten rid of the Metro budget problems.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5216647.post-39921636741276017002008-12-18T10:35:00.000-05:002008-12-18T10:35:00.000-05:00Not entirely sure you grasp what being agnostic me...Not entirely sure you grasp what being agnostic means...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5216647.post-64379233316522044702008-12-18T10:29:00.000-05:002008-12-18T10:29:00.000-05:00True. I mean, since this isn't funded using taxpa...True. I mean, since this isn't funded using taxpayer dollars, it's not really as horrible as say teaching religioin in schools. But still, what if this debate we're to really heat up and millions of dollars are spent plastering religious beliefs on busses... my paranoia stems from the fear that conceivebly (granted unlikely) Metro could become dependent on a religious/secular group. Put a bumper sticker on your car... its cheaper.HRH King Friday XIII, Ret.https://www.blogger.com/profile/10906200050785557272noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5216647.post-62566399886876614872008-12-18T10:25:00.000-05:002008-12-18T10:25:00.000-05:00I've got some literature that may change your life...I've got some literature that may change your life: http://www.the-brights.net/M@https://www.blogger.com/profile/11907796642043083093noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5216647.post-27768076177792297852008-12-18T10:23:00.000-05:002008-12-18T10:23:00.000-05:00As a former Catholic alter boy and practicing athe...As a former Catholic alter boy and practicing atheist, I'm an ardent defender of the separation of church and state.<BR/><BR/>I celebrate Christmas (rather than the "holidays") as a secular Western tradition recognized by 94% of Americans. But there is no issue here. Any group has the right to buy advertising. I'm fine with it.<BR/><BR/>Just keep that shite out of the public schools! It's not about academic freedom. It is about SCIENCE!<BR/><BR/>That said, Merry Christmas!M@https://www.blogger.com/profile/11907796642043083093noreply@blogger.com