tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21353439.post6105468988491849476..comments2023-10-28T06:16:41.152-05:00Comments on Hip Suburban White Guy: Enough is enoughXavier Onassishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01345787343828318445noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21353439.post-42615146781187302232007-07-15T21:17:00.000-05:002007-07-15T21:17:00.000-05:00"I hate like hell to see what a "typical America" ..."I hate like hell to see what a "typical America" will look like 20 years from now."<BR/><BR/>I'll tell you what I hope it looks like.<BR/><BR/>I hope that our children receive an unbiased education regarding ALL religions and are shielded from indoctrination into any sponsored religion. I want our children to be able to make up their own minds whether to believe in a Christian God, or a Muslim God, or a Pagan God, or no God without any pressure or recrimination.<BR/><BR/>I want our children to know that ALL religions are a matter of faith (=belief without evidence). Tht means NO religion has any greater claim on The Truth than any other religion because NONE of them have any objectively verifiable FACTS on which to base that "truth".<BR/><BR/>I want a generation of children who will take their place as America's power brokers and decision makers based on FACTS rather than faith.<BR/><BR/>Maybe, just maybe, if we can raise 3, 4 or 5 successive generations who cherish fact over fiction and fashion our foreign policy on a firm foundation in reality in stead of fairy tales, we MIGHT just be able to salvage this country and live up to the ideals upon which it was founded.<BR/><BR/>Or, we can continue down the neo-con, republican, theocratic path and become no better than the Taliban.Xavier Onassishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01345787343828318445noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21353439.post-50885860581382862502007-07-15T20:49:00.000-05:002007-07-15T20:49:00.000-05:00And I'm damn glad I'm a "typical American". In ca...And I'm damn glad I'm a "typical American". In case anyone hasn't noticed, the Christians aren't campaigning for any new rights. They're fighting to keep the ones we've had for a few centuries. But, one by one, they're being eroded. The Christmas tree has even become offensive to some, we're going to change the name to the great "fir tree" to placate their tortured senses. But, in the meantime, we'll haul elementary kids in PUBLIC schools to the local mosque, make them memorize verses from the Koran and make the little girls where burquas for 3 weeks as part of a rounded education and when the parents sue the school for violating separation of church and state, the judge rules against them. References available on request.<BR/><BR/>I hate like hell to see what a "typical America" will look like 20 years from now.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21353439.post-68456161450580266032007-07-15T19:56:00.000-05:002007-07-15T19:56:00.000-05:00From the standpoint of a devout non-Christian:The ...From the standpoint of a devout non-Christian:<BR/><BR/>The biggest problem I have with the whole issue is that every day you hear Christians go on and on about religious freedom and the right to religious expression and all of that. The problem is that what they mean is that they want to have the freedom to express themselves at the expense of everyone else.<BR/><BR/>They want prayer in schools and so forth, but it can ONLY be a Christian prayer.<BR/><BR/>They want the Bible studied in schools, but not any other religious scriptures.<BR/><BR/>So it's not really freedom at all, is it...just another form of fascism dressed up in fancy red white and blue clothes.<BR/><BR/>It's <I>so typically</I> American.Satyavati devi dasihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13980257934310271457noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21353439.post-156449689226305762007-07-15T16:45:00.000-05:002007-07-15T16:45:00.000-05:00nightmare - well, ya can't have one. You say you ...nightmare - well, ya can't have one. You say you want a revolution. Well, ya know, we'd all love to change the world. But when you talk about destruction, don't you know that you can count me out?Xavier Onassishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01345787343828318445noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21353439.post-73887588195039553612007-07-15T16:36:00.000-05:002007-07-15T16:36:00.000-05:00I really want a tactical nuclear weapon right now ...I really want a tactical nuclear weapon right now just so I can start the government over from scratch.Nightmarehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15216726545673840504noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21353439.post-79961232571402229492007-07-14T10:20:00.000-05:002007-07-14T10:20:00.000-05:00Hmmmm....The XO Manifesto...has a familiar ringHmmmm....<BR/><BR/>The XO Manifesto...has a familiar ringAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21353439.post-9615125019643857692007-07-14T08:33:00.000-05:002007-07-14T08:33:00.000-05:00great post...and this is coming from a gal who wen...great post...and this is coming from a gal who went to school in your town.Troublehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16553273498093394669noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21353439.post-72905171233869985562007-07-14T08:19:00.000-05:002007-07-14T08:19:00.000-05:00As a Catholic (a liberal one) I am not happy with ...As a Catholic (a liberal one) I am not happy with their behavior or with the recent comment from the pope. How christian of them! How about a momment of silence at the beginning of the Senate? You can think about your grocery list, your family, God, whatever. At least there will be a momment when it appears that they know what the fuck they are doing.Spyderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10469832764480816567noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21353439.post-82033707603158360222007-07-14T00:03:00.000-05:002007-07-14T00:03:00.000-05:00Count me on the "hell yes" side. What a waste of t...Count me on the "hell yes" side. What a waste of time for a supposedly secular body as the Senate is.<BR/>I'd go for a FSM prayer, though.Joehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14955078574626461009noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21353439.post-77410583917816879392007-07-13T23:43:00.000-05:002007-07-13T23:43:00.000-05:00Agreed, agreed, and HELL YES.And ... there have be...Agreed, agreed, and HELL YES.<BR/><BR/>And ... there have been prayers said at the Senate for a few centuries now, and if they're going to do it (and apparently they are), I'm glad to see some religious diversity up there. The Christo-fascists who view every faith tradition but their own as "an abomination!!!" seriously need their heads examined, and if they want to be in church all the time, shouldn't visit the Senate.Red Sevenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10374428870925284956noreply@blogger.com