Oh My
Yes indeed! Those are my favorite endings. Or maybe that's my tea fetish speaking...
If someone wants to accuse us of eating coconut shells, then that's their business. We know what we're doing. - Achaan Chah
"Call me a whiny tattle tail all you want. But I had my fun. And they were breaking the rules anways, so theres nothing wrong with what I did."
I am a little disturbed that getting involved in other people's business at their detriment but no benefit to yourself is a point of pride for you.
edited 22nd May '11 8:19:04 PM by kashchei
And better than thy stroke; why swellest thou then?
Always Right
edited 22nd May '11 10:42:51 PM by Signed
"Every opinion that isn't mine is subjected to Your Mileage May Vary."
My sense of humor isn't quite sadistic enough for that to register as remotely amusing.
And better than thy stroke; why swellest thou then?
Tyrannicidal Maniac
"I am a little disturbed that getting involved in other people's business at their detriment but no benefit to yourself is a point of pride for you."
What she said.
Enjoy the Inferno...
But for that student, there was an expected benefit: Not having to hear, smile and nod to what he probably perceived as a very offensive lie.
edited 23rd May '11 2:01:32 AM by Medinoc
"And as long as a sack of shit is not a good thing to be, chivalry will never die."
He could have achieved much the same result with a lot less effort by going to the restroom at the given moment.
And better than thy stroke; why swellest thou then?
Damn... At least the fundies can always fall back on the excuse of "saving people's souls".
"And as long as a sack of shit is not a good thing to be, chivalry will never die."
Den harde nordmann
kashchei: Am my sarcasmometer broken, or are you mysgynic towards life?
A guy called dvorak is tired. Tired of humanity not wanting to change to improve itself. Quite the sad tale.
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At a graduation ceremony??
I don't know what you mean by misgynic. I'll venture to guess that you mean misogynistic, in which case I assure you that I don't hate women towards life.
And better than thy stroke; why swellest thou then?
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I found a court ruling that kinda settles this. The video is for another story (anti-fox news) but the ruling would affect this case as well:
Go to 1:25 for the ruling:
Could anyone sum up for those behind a filtering proxy?
"And as long as a sack of shit is not a good thing to be, chivalry will never die."
Gristknife
Fox News is one sided, inacurate, and a disgrace to the instituion of journalism in general and America in particular.
Nothing new.
Charlie Tunoku is a lover and a fighter.
I see the Awesomeness.
How can something be a disgrace to journalism? It's journalism.
Fight smart, not fair.
Gristknife
Well, there's the man who works in the sewers, and than there's the man who brings his work home with him.
And gets lunch on the job.
Charlie Tunoku is a lover and a fighter.
Speaking as a Deist who's grown up in the South...
I side with the kid on this. If I had my way, everything that did not actually take place in a place of worship would be secular. Certainly anything that had any kind of government involvement certainly should be.
Let's flip the perspective here. Let's say there was just one Christian at a school full of atheists. If the principal or a teacher had given a graduation speech along the lines of "your success is due fully to your own efforts, no deity helped you all, after all they don't exist," that kid shouldn't have to put up with that.
As Descartes alledgedly said, "I might not agree with your beliefs but I'll defend to the death your right to speak them."
There are times and places for religion and theism and everything on that spectrum. But anything organized by the government should be agnostic, and not even mention it.
Gotta trope, dood!
Well, if it's worded like that, that's "preaching" the "religion" of atheism and still wrong, but you kinda have to go out of your way to do that. If you left off the explicit "with no God to help you" and it was just "You all worked hard to get here, you should be proud of yourselves, etc, etc," it'd be fine.
They lost me. Forgot me. Made you from parts of me. If you're the One, my father's son, what am I supposed to be?
That's my point. "You all worked hard" is secular and acceptable.
"With no God to help you" is atheist and not acceptable.
"With God's help" is theistic and not acceptable.
@Thanos 6
So very true. And this one would indeed be just as upset if the roles were reversed.
If we disagree, that much, at least, we have in common
Gotta trope, dood!
Yep. Course, even in that case, if the community as a whole is atheistic, it may not be worth it to say "Now hey wait a minute!"
They lost me. Forgot me. Made you from parts of me. If you're the One, my father's son, what am I supposed to be?
Probably, but I'm one of those "stick to my principles, consequences be damned" kinda guy.
As Descartes alledgedly said, "I might not agree with your beliefs but I'll defend to the death your right to speak them."
Descartes had nothing to do with the quote, that was Tallentyre describing Voltaire's attitude.
And better than thy stroke; why swellest thou then?
I knew I was mixing up my French philosophers. Thanks.
All we need now is to tie people down and force-feed them tea, and it would be a classic Touhou ending!