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[Jason Tower <jason AT cerient.net>]

and i would love join both of you, and buy the first round.

jason

Tony Spencer wrote:
> Hey tuz
> This slack-church-goer-but-christian-nonetheless would like to personally
> apologize for anyone who has attacked you personally in the name of a
> ³Christian nation² and I would certainly love to buy you a beer and listen
> to your thoughts on the world.  I don¹t want you to move the hell out.  :)
>
> Tony
>
>
> On 9/21/06 6:51 PM, "matusiak" <dave AT matusiak.org> wrote:
>
>
> > No worries, Greg.  I was just trying to be funny.  Ya know, "Ha Ha
> > Funny."  That is my whole schtick.
> >
> > I am desperately curious to know why today, of all days, you are
> > politically worked up.  Was there a new development of which I am not
> > aware?  Have they finally outlawed that whole pesky "Free Speech" thing?
> >
> > Actually, I have been "politically worked up" for more years than I
> > can count (Disclosure: I can only count up to six), but I have found
> > that trying to educate and enlighten people or even open their minds
> > just a tiny bit results in the most hateful personal attacks I have
> > ever experienced.  I don't have enough fingers to count the number of
> > folks who have angrily told me to "Move the hell out of their country
> > if I don't like it" or the amount of people who wanted to get into a
> > physical altercation with me because I was disproving the "facts"
> > that they had heard from the TV box.
> >
> > This was mostly in Carrboro and Orange County.  Had I tried such
> > treasonous activities in Raleigh or Roxboro I surely would have been
> > lynched.  As a final data point, the majority of these True Believers
> > strongly claimed to be of the "Christian faith" and repeatedly
> > trumpeted the line that "This is a Christian nation."  I did not
> > stick around long enough to explain Jesus Christ to them.
> >
> > So, instead I just take my little photographs and make little jokes
> > about how strange the world can be sometimes.  My career of fighting
> > ignorance and propaganda has come to a less-than-graceful end.
> >
> > dave m.
> >
> >
> > On Sep 21, 2006, at 1:14 PM, Greg Brown wrote:
> >
> >
> > > > Actually I'm the one who should apologize.  I took this thing way
> > > > off track.  I am a touch "politically worked up" today.
> > > >
> > > > Sorry all.
> > > >
> > > > Greg
> > > >
> > > > On 9/21/06, matusiak wrote:
> > > > On Sep 21, 2006, at 12:38 PM, Michael Czeiszperger wrote:
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > > > "I know very well what God hates..."
> > > >
> > > > Well, my innocuous little discussion of funny bumperstickers has
> > > > certainly gone off the rails.  Sorry to everyone for bringing it up.
> >
> >
> >
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