Politically Correct Holiday Greeting - Page 2

Originally Posted by tonton

No, we don't. Improve your comprehension skills, and you will know that BR and I claim that this is all happening because some people, including some Christians, don't want to offend non-Christians.

Originally Posted by tonton

Curious... Sego, do you personally believe in the immaculate conception?

Originally Posted by jazzguru

(Got this in an email from my dad. Not sure of the source.)

I wanted to send some sort of holiday greeting to my friends, but it is so difficult in todays world to know exactly what to say without offending someone. So I met with my attorneys, and on their advice I wish to say the following:

Please accept with no obligation, implied or implicit, my best wishes for an environmentally conscious, socially responsible, low stress, non-addictive, gender neutral celebration of the winter solstice holiday, practiced with the most enjoyable traditions of religious persuasion or secular practices of your choice with respect for the religious/secular persuasions and/or traditions of others, or their choice not to practice religious or secular traditions at all.

I also wish you a fiscally successful, personally fulfilling and medically uncomplicated recognition of the onset of the generally accepted Gregorian calendar year 2011, but not without due respect for the calendars of choice of other cultures whose contributions to society have helped make our country great and without regard to the race, creed, color, age, physical ability, religious faith or sexual preference of the wishee.

By accepting this greeting, you are accepting these terms: This greeting is subject to clarification or withdrawal. It is freely transferable with no alteration to the original greeting. It implies no promise by the wisher to actually implement any of the wishes for herself/himself or others and is void where prohibited by law, and is revocable at the sole discretion of the wisher. This wish is warranted to perform as expected within the usual application of good tidings for a period of one year or until the issuance of a subsequent holiday greeting, whichever comes first, and warranty is limited to replacement of this wish or issuance of a new wish at the sole discretion of the wisher.

No trees or animals were harmed in the sending of this message.

Originally Posted by Frank777

Now atheists are upset they weren't invited to a prayer service. We have moved from the realm of irony to pure comedy.

Originally Posted by Frank777

Now atheists are upset they weren't invited to a prayer service. We have moved from the realm of irony to pure comedy.

Originally Posted by marcUK

(personally, I think they're idiots too.....but as its you)


why should they be excluded from that ancient pagan ritual of putting your hands together to simulate the life giving powers of the vulva?


Athiests like vulvas too, except those freaks making out on dmz's lawn.

Originally Posted by NoahJ

Great, another poster in the realm of Wormhole caliber it seems. All snark and bluster. \

Originally Posted by segovius

Makes you wonder doesn't it?

Originally Posted by NoahJ

Just tells me that some things never change. He was banned before for a reason and perhaps that reason still exists. If he is Wormhole it should be simple for those moderating to find out. I don't believe this is the case though.

Originally Posted by NoahJ

Great, another poster in the realm of Wormhole caliber it seems. All snark and bluster. \

Originally Posted by marcUK

yes, yes, I know....when you dont like/cant refute the message/cant bear the truth.... resort to intimidation and censorship.

Im quite happy to be banned, I recall I've been banned thus far for vigorously standing up for freedom of speech, and telling some of the far-right members to go fuck themselves

It's always worth it.

Originally Posted by trumptman

Apparently censorship now equals the ability to abuse other people. Words, they sort of have definitions.

The definition of standing up for freedom apparently is telling other people to go fuck themselves.

Or....something like that...

Originally Posted by trumptman

Apparently censorship now equals the ability to abuse other people. Words, they sort of have definitions.

The definition of standing up for freedom apparently is telling other people to go fuck themselves.

Or....something like that...

Originally Posted by marcUK

Oh look, an intentional and deliberate strawman...Probably just bait.

Remember though, that when nearly everyone wanted You banned for your continuing-Obama-induced-spaz-outburst, I was one of the few, if not the only one, who said it was best to demonstrate self-control and ignore your tantrums, rather than having you or anyone banninated. For which I got banned... and many other decent posters also got banned, while you played your little game...

Doesn't anyone want to address that putting your hands together in prayer is a pagan gesture of symbolizing the life giving powers of the vulva. What about that fundie right wing nutjob in denial wearing the far left social mask? Would you like to address that?

Oh I forgot, such knowledge is to be oppressed, because we're all uptight, upright, gun-toting, Americans here who cant bear to see a nipple....did someone say Vulva???

Better keep pushing for the ban....or atleast go for the mental-illness angle.

Originally Posted by trumptman

Yes noting words have definitions and noting the reasoning of the statements is a strawman.



Isn't it weird how the view of yourself and a few others doesn't seem match up with the facts?



I think most people see the strawman and hidden attempt to ad-hom someone that it really is all about. I think that this is seen often which is why people who claim it really isn't about this end up throwing tantrums and getting banned.



In what form has it been oppressed? Just because the knowledge isn't common doesn't mean it is oppressed. How many youths playing basketball understand the origins of it as an example?


I'll send you a nice PM.

Originally Posted by marcUK

yes, yes, I know....when you dont like/cant refute the message/cant bear the truth.... resort to intimidation and censorship.

Im quite happy to be banned, I recall I've been banned thus far for vigorously standing up for freedom of speech, and telling some of the far-right members to go fuck themselves

It's always worth it.

By all means.....investigate.

(And a preemptive Happy Ishtar to all my favourite pagan celebration stealing friends who cant stand the truth). It seems that my prediction of P(cognitive Dissonance)=1 was true and now the fundies are squirming....

Originally Posted by NoahJ

Squirming? All I have done is noted that you were similar in posting style to Wormhole and then noted that you were not Wormhole as you had a previous history here. Nor have i called for anyone's banning, just noted that if you were the same person it would not take much effort for a mod to figure it out and take appropriate action.

Perhaps the one with cognitive issues is not me. \

Originally Posted by marcUK

Which is what? Got to love the MO.



Sneak them in there... Better keep the conversation about my history.....I see you're now choosing the mental-illness route...

At least it demonstrates that you cant refute that Christianity is a pagan religion that worships the divine vulva.

Nothing wrong with that! why not be honest about it though?

Originally Posted by marcUK

still cant refute?

Originally Posted by NoahJ

You assume that I care to.

Originally Posted by marcUK™

and yet you cared enough to want to get involved in this conversation, unless of course your only interest was to throw thinly veiled insults and intimidation...

However, seeing as you cant, or wont, or perhaps.....you already knew that God is not some uber all powerful granddaddy, but is however, the ancient name of the vulva, which as a source of life, has been worshipped by humanity since the dawn of time, and that all of Christianity, however distorted and perverse it has become, was essentially the celebration of the continuation of life aka the fertility religion....why not tell the truth?

is it alright for Frank to feel smug that the athiests got locked out of prayer?....Im sure Frank doesn't want to play etymology or history any more. Perhaps he should have a think about why he is all to prepared to believe lies.