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Tue Dec-06-11 12:30 PM
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| -Atheist display: Skeleton Santa nailed to a cross - destroyed |
sinkingfeeling |
Dec-06-11 11:26 AM |
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Either all people can make displays on government propery, or none. |
Quartermass |
Dec-06-11 11:29 AM |
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Yep! It's pretty simple in my book. n/t |
RKP5637 |
Dec-06-11 11:32 AM |
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Yep. |
Arugula Latte |
Dec-06-11 11:32 AM |
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In principle I agree... |
redqueen |
Dec-06-11 11:55 AM |
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At least Santa had some clothes on. I'm sick of seeing half-naked-tortured Jesus all over town. |
Hassin Bin Sober |
Dec-06-11 12:27 PM |
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Why? Cause Jesus has ripped abs? |
redqueen |
Dec-06-11 12:46 PM |
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Why because it threatens the pervasive tacky, commercialized perversion of Christmas? |
LoveIsNow |
Dec-06-11 12:48 PM |
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No, because Christmas and Santa are mostly for children. |
redqueen |
Dec-06-11 12:59 PM |
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And here I thought Christmas was about peace and love and had nothing at all to do with |
sinkingfeeling |
Dec-06-11 01:07 PM |
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Yes, it's obviously also about peace and love. |
redqueen |
Dec-06-11 01:11 PM |
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Why yes, thank you. I do not see the crucified Santa as any type of atheist statement. I see it, as |
sinkingfeeling |
Dec-06-11 02:23 PM |
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Christmas was never about Christ on the cross, though. |
redqueen |
Dec-06-11 05:24 PM |
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It's got to be a better way of getting a message across than vandalism nt |
NoGOPZone |
Dec-06-11 02:27 PM |
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I'm an Atheist |
RobinA |
Dec-06-11 03:02 PM |
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It's just stupid. |
redqueen |
Dec-06-11 05:25 PM |
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It is about peace and love. |
HappyMe |
Dec-06-11 01:14 PM |
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I definitely agree with that but... |
Blasphemer |
Dec-06-11 02:53 PM |
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The county originally wanted to do away with all displays to protect the courthouse grounds |
Neurotica |
Dec-06-11 06:43 PM |
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reminds me of my introduction to Landover Baptist Church |
fishwax |
Dec-06-11 11:40 AM |
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Well, they got the reaction they wanted |
kctim |
Dec-06-11 11:50 AM |
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In fact I'm sure it was an atheist that destroyed the display.. |
Fumesucker |
Dec-06-11 12:14 PM |
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I imagine it was a rather selfish person- |
LanternWaste |
Dec-06-11 03:18 PM |
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I saw the video, turns out I was wrong.. |
Fumesucker |
Dec-06-11 03:46 PM |
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It was a religious nut trying to put the "Christ" back in the holiday they adopted... |
redqueen |
Dec-06-11 05:31 PM |
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Yeah, but they sure don't get from Thanksgiving day until Dec. 26, do they? |
sinkingfeeling |
Dec-06-11 01:05 PM |
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I'm sure they will come up with something else |
kctim |
Dec-06-11 02:51 PM |
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Sounds like it. nt |
Union Scribe |
Dec-06-11 02:32 PM |
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Reid feels that the display crossed the line. I wonder how he feels about vandalism. nt |
NoGOPZone |
Dec-06-11 11:57 AM |
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Well the local story was |
hootinholler |
Dec-06-11 12:11 PM |
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A channel 9 (CBS) reporter was told she couldn't film there! |
Neurotica |
Dec-06-11 06:50 PM |
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HO HO HO |
Generic Other |
Dec-06-11 12:30 PM |
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Local news filming vandalism of the display evicted |
hootinholler |
Dec-06-11 01:38 PM |
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Why couldn't they have just done a nice winter solstice display instead? |
YellowRubberDuckie |
Dec-06-11 02:53 PM |
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That was just trolling |
Courtesy Flush |
Dec-06-11 02:54 PM |
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I am an atheist and I don't feel crucified skeleton Santa was appropriate or that it represents me. |
Edweird |
Dec-06-11 03:36 PM |
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The Owner of the Santa was NOT an atheist, according to SNOPES.... .... |
Duppers |
Dec-06-11 06:32 PM |
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