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raccoon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-16-08 01:10 PM Original message |
Canadians, Australians, Brits, are there as many batshit crazy religious nuts |
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SidDithers (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-16-08 01:13 PM Response to Original message |
1. Speaking from a Canadian perspective... |
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Captain Hilts (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-16-08 01:16 PM Response to Reply #1 |
3. Oh yeah there are in Canada... nt |
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canadianbeaver (929 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-16-08 01:19 PM Response to Reply #3 |
9. Not to the degree that the US has..... |
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Captain Hilts (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-16-08 01:23 PM Response to Reply #9 |
15. The political dynamic is different. There is more individuality in the provinces...nt |
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SidDithers (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-16-08 01:23 PM Response to Reply #3 |
16. Not nearly as many... |
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Captain Hilts (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-16-08 02:22 PM Response to Reply #16 |
31. They are not as prominent in politics. That is true. But head out to Alberta.....nt |
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SpiralHawk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-19-08 07:55 AM Response to Reply #31 |
40. "...head out to Alberta" ? They say things are good there in the fall... |
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theoldman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-16-08 01:14 PM Response to Original message |
2. No. |
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Captain Hilts (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-16-08 01:17 PM Original message |
Britain sent its religious crazies to N. Am and its criminals to Australia. nt |
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raccoon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-16-08 01:18 PM Response to Original message |
7. I'd rather have the criminals. :-) nt |
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SammyWinstonJack (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-16-08 01:20 PM Response to Reply #7 |
10. Yeah me too! |
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Captain Hilts (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-16-08 01:22 PM Response to Reply #7 |
14. Ain't that the truth! nt |
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tridim (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-16-08 01:17 PM Response to Original message |
4. I don't think there are that many batshit crazy religious nuts in America either. |
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zanne (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-16-08 01:58 PM Response to Reply #4 |
26. I think you're right. |
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LanternWaste (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-16-08 02:02 PM Response to Reply #4 |
27. I agree. Our bat shitters are infinitely loud. |
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muriel_volestrangler (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-16-08 06:37 PM Response to Reply #27 |
32. They may be more gullible - because they give so much money to the conmen |
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mwb970 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-19-08 06:54 AM Response to Reply #32 |
37. They are *unbelievably* gullible. |
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MiniMe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-16-08 02:19 PM Response to Reply #4 |
29. The Moral Majority is neither |
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spoony (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-16-08 01:17 PM Response to Original message |
5. Of which variety are you speaking? |
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raccoon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-16-08 01:21 PM Response to Reply #5 |
13. The Phelps kind. The loud, obnoxious, cuckoo zealot who thinks s/he is |
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alarimer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-16-08 01:31 PM Response to Reply #13 |
20. But it is the quieter ones who are more dangerous |
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malaise (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-19-08 06:43 AM Response to Reply #20 |
36. Fuckabee is just as dangerous as Fred Phelps |
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ayeshahaqqiqa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-16-08 01:18 PM Response to Original message |
6. Well, Britain threw a lot out |
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Prophet 451 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-19-08 05:13 AM Response to Reply #6 |
35. We didn't exactly throw them out |
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Arugula Latte (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-16-08 01:18 PM Response to Original message |
8. Why don't we set up another penal colony in Australia and ship the religious nuts there? |
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tridim (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-16-08 01:20 PM Response to Reply #8 |
12. A kennel fee. |
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alfredo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-16-08 01:28 PM Response to Reply #8 |
18. In the US we send them to Washington DC so we can keep an eye on them. |
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Djinn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-19-08 08:19 AM Response to Reply #8 |
44. no thanks |
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tavalon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-19-08 09:22 PM Response to Reply #8 |
46. Best.Fucking.Idea.Ever!!! |
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lapfog_1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-16-08 01:20 PM Response to Original message |
11. No, the Puritans came HERE to get away from the normal people. |
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BooScout (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-16-08 01:26 PM Response to Original message |
17. Thankfully NO |
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Lydia Leftcoast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-16-08 01:45 PM Response to Reply #17 |
24. Reagan definitely encouraged the nuts |
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mwb970 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-19-08 06:59 AM Response to Reply #17 |
38. America's decline accelerated drastically under St. Reagan. |
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Iceburg (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-16-08 01:29 PM Response to Original message |
19. Canada - no time for it ... all spare time & energy is devoted to shovelling snow /nt |
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Greeby (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-16-08 01:37 PM Response to Original message |
21. No, but sadly they get into high places still |
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Gonzo Gardener (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-16-08 01:38 PM Response to Original message |
22. Fervent Christian Fundamentalism is "uniquely American". |
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ProgressIn2008 (848 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-16-08 01:42 PM Response to Original message |
23. The difference seems to be the legitimacy the fundies have in American society |
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warren pease (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-16-08 01:53 PM Response to Original message |
25. Here's some numbers re the UK and the US... |
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tridim (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-16-08 02:07 PM Response to Reply #25 |
28. Most fundies I know think about the meaning of DEATH, not the meaning of life. |
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warren pease (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-16-08 02:21 PM Response to Reply #28 |
30. Yeah, that one struck me as odd too... |
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mwb970 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-19-08 07:02 AM Response to Reply #28 |
39. Fundies seem obsessed with sex and pregnancy, and with death. |
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LeftishBrit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-19-08 04:34 AM Response to Original message |
33. In the UK, no |
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Prophet 451 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-19-08 05:07 AM Response to Original message |
34. No |
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devilgrrl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-19-08 07:57 AM Response to Original message |
41. If Britain doesn't have religious whackos, then please explain Ian Paisley to us all. |
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mr blur (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-19-08 08:07 AM Response to Reply #41 |
42. See post #33 (nt) |
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Djinn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-19-08 08:13 AM Response to Original message |
43. Less than 10% of the Australian population attends |
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mr blur (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-19-08 08:54 AM Response to Original message |
45. Of course we have some in the UK, but they tend to hide |
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