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Dave W.
Info Junkie
USA
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 Posted - 10/24/2004 : 19:37:36
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Don't know how many people here have seen this Snopes write-up, or even the emails which prompted it, but I just wanted to point it out not only for the humor aspects, but also for the wonderful illustration of the best of what the Mikkelsons do. They don't just tell you the story is false. They don't just tell you why the story is false. They tell you all about the folkloric motivations which probably went into authoring the story in the first place.
Great stuff.
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- Dave W. (Private Msg, EMail)
Evidently, I rock!
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Gorgo
SFN Die Hard
USA
5046 Posts |
Posted - 10/25/2004 : 03:53:54 [Permalink]
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I know the rent is in arrears
The dog has not been fed in years
It's even worse than it appears
But it's alright-
Jerry Garcia
Robert Hunter
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beskeptigal
SFN Die Hard
USA
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Gorgo
SFN Die Hard
USA
5046 Posts |
Posted - 10/25/2004 : 08:23:27 [Permalink]
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| Let's see if I can remember how it goes. "Fool me...once...shame...on...you..., we won't be fooled again." Right? |
I know the rent is in arrears
The dog has not been fed in years
It's even worse than it appears
But it's alright-
Jerry Garcia
Robert Hunter
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BigPapaSmurf
SFN Addict
2754 Posts |
Posted - 10/25/2004 : 08:32:07 [Permalink]
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| I have issues with the term Holiday=Holy day, and is unacceptable for and Atheist occasion. |
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Cuneiformist
The Imperfectionist
USA
4645 Posts |
Posted - 10/25/2004 : 08:41:07 [Permalink]
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Originally posted by Gorgo
Let's see if I can remember how it goes. "Fool me...once...shame...on...you..., we won't be fooled again." Right?
Yes-- one of my favorite Bush quotes! The guy shouldn't talk unless a teleprompter is in front of him. (Or a radio transmitter is taped to his back  ) |
"Wer mit Ungeheuern kämpft, mag zusehen, dass er nicht dabei zum Ungeheuer wird. Und wenn du lange in einen Abgrund blickst, blickt der Abgrund auch in dich hinein." --F. Nietzsche, Jenseits von Gut und Böse (Aphorism 146) |
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Ricky
Skid Mark
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R.Wreck
SFN Regular
USA
1091 Posts |
Posted - 10/25/2004 : 13:59:57 [Permalink]
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Hmmm...Maybe Atheist should take the 4-1 holiday and fool theists as the theme?
What would be the point? The churches already do that every day of the year! |
The foundation of morality is to . . . give up pretending to believe that for which there is no evidence, and repeating unintelligible propositions about things beyond the possibliities of knowledge.
T. H. Huxley
The Cattle Prod of Enlightened Compassion
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filthy
SFN Die Hard
USA
12935 Posts |
Posted - 10/25/2004 : 15:29:28 [Permalink]
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That's one of the best things about being an atheist: we don't need some lame excuse to take a holiday. 
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"What luck for rulers that men do not think." -- Adolf Hitler (1889 - 1945)
Jefferson rejoiced. In his autobiography, he noted that the effort to curtail the bill's reach had failed "by a great majority, in proof that they meant to comprehend, within the mantle of its protection, the Jew and the Gentile, the Christian and Mahometan, the Hindoo, the infidel of every denomination.
"The default position of human nature is to punch the other guy in the face and take his stuff." ~~ Dude
Brother Boot Knife of Warm Humanitarianism,
and Crypto-Communist! 
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Siberia
SFN Addict
Brazil
2221 Posts |
Posted - 10/25/2004 : 16:20:49 [Permalink]
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"Why are you afraid of something you're not even sure exists?"
- The Kovenant, Via Negativa
"People who don't like their beliefs being laughed at shouldn't have such funny beliefs."
-- unknown
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beskeptigal
SFN Die Hard
USA
3831 Posts |
Posted - 11/07/2004 : 11:54:47 [Permalink]
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Christmas is the biggest Capitalism holiday of the year. It is extremely fitting as a USA holiday. I love Christmas. Recreational shopping is so therapuetic.
PS, this is not meant to be sarcastic. I do have some over-consumers' guilt as far as the rest of the world is concerned, though I mostly shop at second hand sources. Sorry, guess evolution has pressured me to be self centered a tad more than group centered. But only a tad, mind you.
Easter is growing more capitalistic all the time. I recreationally shop on Easter as well. Very satisfying. |
Hear it From the Troops themselves.
Air America
Non-embedded, non-corporate controlled news with Amy Goodman
Real time $ Cost of Iraq War |
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Wendy
SFN Regular
USA
614 Posts |
Posted - 11/12/2004 : 12:09:59 [Permalink]
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Well, April 1 is okay, I guess, but if atheists are going to get a holiday, I vote for Halloween. You get to dress up, decorate, get good things to eat without cooking, and the fundies already hate it.
Halloween has all the fun of Christmas with none of the hassle, hypocrisy or stress. It's far and away my favorite holiday. |
Millions long for immortality who don't know what to do on a rainy afternoon.
-- Susan Ertz
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Ricky
Skid Mark
USA
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BigPapaSmurf
SFN Addict
2754 Posts |
Posted - 11/12/2004 : 12:28:14 [Permalink]
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| I got it! God is Dead Day! You can celebrate any or all days if you wish. But calling it a holiday is punishable by death. |
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