Re: Where?

["Aaron D. Patton" <apatton1@airmail.net>]

I gotta disagree with you.  Speaking as somebody who believes in evolution
and does not believe in god I think the little Darwin fish are pretty cool.
All of our lives we are surrounded by things that shout "God is good!" or
"if you don't say your prayers you're going to hell/ going to be a miserable
failure after graduation/going to lose the big game miserably, etc..."  In
some cases the Darwin fish are undoubtedly a knee-jerk reaction to societal
inundation with religion, but in many instances I think they serve the same
purpose as the Jesus fish.  They simply say "this is what I believe in".
Despite what many religious people believe, the people who think like I do
don't hate religions or the individuals that practice those religions.  We
may make fun of them from time to time, but hey, joke 'em if they can't take
a f**k. :-)>
Most of my family is VERY Southern Baptist (I DO live in Texas, after all)
and I respect their right to believe in what they want.  All I ask in return
is that they respect my beliefs, or lack thereof.  I have just learned that
there are two things that I will never discuss with the majority of my
family: religion and politics, and Disney.  Oops, that's three things.
I think I'm done now.

Aaron
'79 Scirocco S - FOR SALE (in Dallas, Texas)
'93 Corrado SLC

- -----Original Message-----
From: I.Mannix <mannix@secretignition.com>
To: Zach Vrooman <zach@discover-net.net>; Wm. Josiah Erikson
<josiah@gsinet.net>
Cc: scirocco mail list <scirocco-L@scirocco.org>
Date: Saturday, October 10, 1998 5:44 PM
Subject: Re: Where?


>At 04:37 PM 10/10/98 -0500, Zach Vrooman wrote:
>
>>And I'm willing to bet I'm the only one with a "Die Yuppie Scum" bumper
>>sticker. WOOHOO!!! Pisses 'em off big time!! Only problem is, now they
>>practically run up my bumper to read it. Sigh.
>
>
>You are'nt.  Saw one in Boulder last week.  I took mine off my station
>wagon 11 years ago, as soon as I learned that I am, well, basically an
>unrefined yuppie.  That's OK.
>
>Y'know those Darwin fish-with-feet things?  They suck.  Y'know why?
>Because by putting one on your car, you're belittling many people's
>existence, their whole reason for existing.  It should be noted that I am
>not Christian or Catholic, but come on, show some respect for those around
>you - whether you disagree with them or not, making fun of their
>religion/way of life is pretty rude.  Making fun of Hondas, "snowboarders
>suck" stickers, eh, harmless.  Not my bag, pretty immature(although
>snowboarders do suck), but at least you're not attacking the core of that
>person's being.  Anyhow, figured that I'd get that one out before someone
>brought it up(and then I'd mention it, and then that person would think I
>am attacking them, and then....).  Sigh.
>
>
>TTYL!
>
>I.Mannix
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