apedant
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Over himself, over his body and soul, the individual is sovereign--J S Mill.
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Post by apedant on Jul 13, 2011 10:31:24 GMT -5
Well sort of... www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-14135523Once the guy told them his headgear was in religious recognition of the FSM police made him prove he was psychologically fit to drive. I just wonder if they can explain why they don't do the same for people wearing hijabs, turbans or skull-caps. |
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Post by Amaranth on Jul 13, 2011 10:37:58 GMT -5
They shold just straigth-up do it anyway. It'd ban half the drivers on the road. Religious or otherwise.
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Post by Smurfette Principle on Jul 13, 2011 10:40:42 GMT -5
Ja, ich liebe Österreich! Austriae est imperare orbi universo!
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Post by Iczer-Four on Jul 13, 2011 11:02:09 GMT -5
 *Is Amused by the Spaghetti Strainer hat* |
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Post by Smurfette Principle on Jul 13, 2011 12:26:54 GMT -5
Wrong chibi!  |
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Post by tgrwulf on Jul 14, 2011 14:57:03 GMT -5
I could not stop laufhing when I read this. Yes it's over the top, but it just shows some of the crazy shit people can get away with because of religion.
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Post by Iczer-Four on Jul 14, 2011 15:05:10 GMT -5
*is still amused*
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Post by DeadpanDoubter on Jul 14, 2011 15:41:22 GMT -5
To be completely fair, hijabs and skullcaps aren't more typically used to strain spaghetti than as headgear.
...*steals one of each for testing purposes*
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Post by Amaranth on Jul 14, 2011 15:58:03 GMT -5
To be completely fair, hijabs and skullcaps aren't more typically used to strain spaghetti than as headgear. ...*steals one of each for testing purposes* And weren't spawned as a novelty. |
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Post by Caitshidhe on Jul 14, 2011 16:24:31 GMT -5
I see this more as a commentary on how fucking stupid people are allowed to be in the name of religion and no one is allowed to question them for it.
But that might just be me.
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Post by Art Vandelay on Jul 14, 2011 23:17:13 GMT -5
I see this more as a commentary on how fucking stupid people are allowed to be in the name of religion and no one is allowed to question them for it. But that might just be me. Nah, I got the same impression from it as you. |
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Post by Tiberius on Jul 14, 2011 23:22:23 GMT -5
Honestly. I don;t see why it matters if he wears a strainer on his head. Also. I read the Gospel of the Flying Speghetti Monster cover to cover, and there are no strainers anywhere. There were colenders.
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Post by Thejebusfire on Jul 14, 2011 23:27:58 GMT -5
Wrong chibi! I'm not sure if I laughed harder at the OP or this.  |
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Post by DeadpanDoubter on Jul 14, 2011 23:56:49 GMT -5
To be completely fair, hijabs and skullcaps aren't more typically used to strain spaghetti than as headgear. ...*steals one of each for testing purposes* And weren't spawned as a novelty. That's what YOU think. True Fact: Skullcaps were introduced by the hip Hebrew youth as a rebellious fashion statement. Everybody thought the craze would die out. As far as hijabs, it wasn't the clothing itself that was the novelty so much as the type of 'person' who typically wears them. Women, you see, were invented as toys for men. That's why God hates gay men-- he thinks they're like petulant little kids who shove their plates away and refuse to eat. *reads back over the post* ...holy shit, what is wrong with me. |
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Post by Amaranth on Jul 15, 2011 7:53:32 GMT -5
I see this more as a commentary on how fucking stupid people are allowed to be in the name of religion and no one is allowed to question them for it. But that might just be me. Yes, yes, we all know that followers of FSM are engaging in brilliant social satire and not being trendy douchebags who think they are "clever." This would have possibly been solid satire a few years ago. And I say, "possibly" because it's a hard sell to insist that the standards for a piece of religious headgear and a faux-religion fad are remotely the same. And yes, I know it APPEARS that I'm actually defending religious folks' doing crazy things, but really, I'm just engaging in brilliant social satire on how far people will go to justify doing crazy shit in the name of a fad. |
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