http://www.wsmv.com/Global/story.asp?S=4495461Let us not think that only “western” religions are intolerant, though stuff like this is much less prevalent.So… Valentines Day. Is it secular? Is it religious? Do you celebrate? Do you care?I don’t. I see this as a pseudo-religious Hallmark holiday with no significance whatsoever to me or my family, so we don’t celebrate. Additionally, if I catch any Atheists celebrating VD, I will take their picture and send it to their parents.Just kidding. THAT would be ridiculous!
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I arrived late to this discussion: too much time watching the Olympics and taking care of the baby.
Valentine’s Day is great! I enjoyed making my wife some heart-shaped pancakes (even though I burnt half of them) and she got me a nice box of heart-shaped chocolates.
In our house, any holiday that includes chocolate is an excellent holiday.
cjn
I can’t wait until they start putting the easter stuff out in the stores. Two words: Cadbury eggs!
Cadbury Eggs. . . *drools*
cadbury eggs you got me drooling to
Peach63:
I have both NRA and Darwin on my truck.
I got nothing but grief and viscous accusations from lefties for the NRA sticker. Not a single peep from anyone at the rifle range or in the Libt. Party about the Darwin fish, or another atheist sticker I had for a while. Or from some very conservative people I know.
Here in NJ putting an NRA sticker on your truck is as dangerous as putting an atheist sticker or gay pride sticker would be in the deepest bible belt. The only thing that has not happened is physical assault.
tomwright,
I’m sorry you have to go through that. Weird how the mindsets change with the geographic regions. I might not agree with someone’s opinion but I will defend their right to express it and I’m certainly not going to accost them about displays on their vehicles, just like I don’t want to be accosted about mine. My husband is a deer hunter and joined the NRA to “protect hunters’ rights.” He also enjoys range shooting occasionally.
I have gotten a few positive comments about my Darwin and “reality bites” fish and lots of ugly looks, but so far no direct confrontations. My husband swears one day when he was driving the car that two rednecks in a huge pickup truck harassed him on the road. But I haven’t decided if he’s telling the truth or just trying to scare me into taking the emblems off the car. They’re still on, at any rate.
I WOULD probably be ran off the road with an “atheist” bumper sticker, though. Don’t know if I’m ready for that yet.
I put my Evolve fish on my car in November. One young guy about 20 said cool darwin fish, that’s the only comment so far:)
Peach:
Honestly, when I saw “Bush/Cheney in 2004″ (in 2003) bumper stickers, a # of thoughts crossed my mind, some of them accosting the driver.
Funniest Shrub sticker was ‘a vote for Bush is a vote for freedom’.
I had difficulty driving, I was laughing so hard.
But freedom of speech, & all that.
Hell, I once saw, back in 2003, 1 fella who had FESTOONED his pickup truck w/all SORTS of pro-Bush propaganda.
Honestly, the only parts of his truck that didn’t have the propaganda, were the areas that made the decals readable.
I was 1/2 tempted to approach him (he was parked), but his mind was made up. Obviously. & I don’t like having conversations w/tire irons.
Res ipsa loquitur, & all that.
reluctant
Future bumper stickers:
“Save a Bird; Shoot a Friend–Cheney 2008″
or
“Cheney 2008-The Buckshot’s Here”
karen:
Or better yet:
“Elect Dean – he at least is on target!”
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