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ebonlockRegarding my post yesterday on the openly misogynistic rantings of one Vox Day, TBogg lays the ultimate verbal smackdown:
At the risk of calling attention to a booger-eating spaz who says profoundly stupid things just to get people to pay attention to him, here we have Vox Day, the "Christian Libertarian commentator from WorldNetDaily" on rape (I refuse to link to the post)
[...]
Normally we would make a glib comment that Vox isn't getting much, or has "issues", or some other one-liner that is supposed to diminish him to, if not fringe status, a base object of ridicule. But it's pretty obvious from reading other posts on his blog that he's doing it for the attention. He has nothing to say, he's not particularly bright, he's a waste of time and bandwith which is why I didn't post the link. Day isn't stupid, but the fact that he isn't stupid doesn't make him any less of an idiot.
And he is an idiot.
Amen, brother.
And oh dear gods his bitch slapping of Christian Underground is too funny for words:
Apparently there is a movement afoot in America to rould up all the Christians and nail them to crosses and then feed them to lions and then burn their bones in bonfires made of confiscated Bibles... and I never got the memo.
At least that's the impression I get from christianunderground who are all, like, "bring it unto me, man" and I'm all, like, "who are you? Stop bothering me. Go away." and they're all, like, "I mean it, man. You're in for a world of peril cuz we're not gonna be kept down by the dominant atheistic culture", and I'm all, like...well, walking away because I don't give a shit.... and then they go out late at night for drive-by proselytizing.
But seriously you need to read Mike Sewell's response, which I should like to print verbatim on t-shirts:
Hey,
Pray to your gods wherever you want. Just don't make me do it, or tell me about it. I don't find it as interesting as you do.
Also, try not to pray in the middle of the street or in major throughways. A recent report has stated that traffic jams cost the Ontario public 4 billion per year in lost income, gas, etc. Delaying everyone isn't very productive.
Please don't pray in libraries, unless you do so silently. People are trying to read.
Prayer in subways or on major transit is not reccomended, neither is falling asleep. You should keep an eye on your belongings.
Depending on your job, prayer may not always be welcome there, either. For example, if you are a telemarketer or working in a phonce centre, asking your client if you can take 5 minutes to pray while they're on the phone is not considerate. As well, if you're an airline pilot or a bus driver, taking a timeout to pray may shake your passengers' faith in your ability to drive.
Rules for praying in movie theatres follow the rules for praying in libraries.
Please to not stop to pray while filling your gas tank. People are waiting behind you.
Prayer in prison may make you a target for rape. Just saying.
Praying in the middle of class could get you kicked out, and rightly so. The prof needs your full attention.
If someone asks you if you could pray somewhere else, keep in mind what it looks like you're doing. It appears that you're talking to yourself, which can put a normal person at unease. At all possible, try holding a cellphone while praying. That will definitely help with the creepiness factor.
Also, if asks you if you could pray somewhere else, or not to pray, or says that prayer is stupid because you're only talking to yourself, they are not persecuting you. Feeding you to a lion is persecuting you. Asking you to pray in your church or home is not. I, personally, enjoy singing showtunes. If I did it in the middle of a church, I wouldn't feel persecuted if someone asked me to stop.
Please don't tell non-religious people thay your praying for them or their souls. It's silly. Plus, we all know it's actually a veiled insult.
Your corpse nailed to a board is disturbing, and I don't necessarily think kids should see it. Again, just saying. Worshipping it is all well and good, but don't be surprised if other people feel the same way as I do.
Have fun with your website,
Mike
So of course they asked people to pray for him...
At the risk of calling attention to a booger-eating spaz who says profoundly stupid things just to get people to pay attention to him, here we have Vox Day, the "Christian Libertarian commentator from WorldNetDaily" on rape (I refuse to link to the post)
[...]
Normally we would make a glib comment that Vox isn't getting much, or has "issues", or some other one-liner that is supposed to diminish him to, if not fringe status, a base object of ridicule. But it's pretty obvious from reading other posts on his blog that he's doing it for the attention. He has nothing to say, he's not particularly bright, he's a waste of time and bandwith which is why I didn't post the link. Day isn't stupid, but the fact that he isn't stupid doesn't make him any less of an idiot.
And he is an idiot.
Amen, brother.
And oh dear gods his bitch slapping of Christian Underground is too funny for words:
Apparently there is a movement afoot in America to rould up all the Christians and nail them to crosses and then feed them to lions and then burn their bones in bonfires made of confiscated Bibles... and I never got the memo.
At least that's the impression I get from christianunderground who are all, like, "bring it unto me, man" and I'm all, like, "who are you? Stop bothering me. Go away." and they're all, like, "I mean it, man. You're in for a world of peril cuz we're not gonna be kept down by the dominant atheistic culture", and I'm all, like...well, walking away because I don't give a shit.... and then they go out late at night for drive-by proselytizing.
But seriously you need to read Mike Sewell's response, which I should like to print verbatim on t-shirts:
Hey,
Pray to your gods wherever you want. Just don't make me do it, or tell me about it. I don't find it as interesting as you do.
Also, try not to pray in the middle of the street or in major throughways. A recent report has stated that traffic jams cost the Ontario public 4 billion per year in lost income, gas, etc. Delaying everyone isn't very productive.
Please don't pray in libraries, unless you do so silently. People are trying to read.
Prayer in subways or on major transit is not reccomended, neither is falling asleep. You should keep an eye on your belongings.
Depending on your job, prayer may not always be welcome there, either. For example, if you are a telemarketer or working in a phonce centre, asking your client if you can take 5 minutes to pray while they're on the phone is not considerate. As well, if you're an airline pilot or a bus driver, taking a timeout to pray may shake your passengers' faith in your ability to drive.
Rules for praying in movie theatres follow the rules for praying in libraries.
Please to not stop to pray while filling your gas tank. People are waiting behind you.
Prayer in prison may make you a target for rape. Just saying.
Praying in the middle of class could get you kicked out, and rightly so. The prof needs your full attention.
If someone asks you if you could pray somewhere else, keep in mind what it looks like you're doing. It appears that you're talking to yourself, which can put a normal person at unease. At all possible, try holding a cellphone while praying. That will definitely help with the creepiness factor.
Also, if asks you if you could pray somewhere else, or not to pray, or says that prayer is stupid because you're only talking to yourself, they are not persecuting you. Feeding you to a lion is persecuting you. Asking you to pray in your church or home is not. I, personally, enjoy singing showtunes. If I did it in the middle of a church, I wouldn't feel persecuted if someone asked me to stop.
Please don't tell non-religious people thay your praying for them or their souls. It's silly. Plus, we all know it's actually a veiled insult.
Your corpse nailed to a board is disturbing, and I don't necessarily think kids should see it. Again, just saying. Worshipping it is all well and good, but don't be surprised if other people feel the same way as I do.
Have fun with your website,
Mike
So of course they asked people to pray for him...
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Date: 2005-11-29 09:15 pm (UTC)More later...
Date: 2005-11-30 01:32 am (UTC)Just because it's almost 50 years old doesn't mean it's not spot on. But I doubt it's on Amazon...
All right, here goes:
Date: 2005-11-30 03:43 am (UTC)I will save you a lot of reading and give you the two big points:
1) These movements always seem to imitate the tactics and behaviors of their alleged enemies.
2) They simultaneously claim to represent the majority while being a struggling, oppressed few.
The application of these axioms to modern politics is left as an exercise for the reader, although one is advised to expand the definition of "enemy" into the past by at least 30 years or so. Everyone always fights the last war.