Observations and inanities by a second-shift assistant supervisor in the Puppy-Grinding division of the Evil Atheist Conspiracy® (our motto: "Sure it's cruel, but think of the jobs!"), your host, Brent Rasmussen.
I suppose if I had my choice . . .
. . . I'd opt for the naked women, as well:
"No God" bus ads banned in Italian city
ROME (Reuters) – Italian atheists have lost a bid to run "no God" advertisements on city buses after strong opposition from conservative political parties, a member of the group said on Saturday.
The ads reading "The bad news is that God doesn't exist. The good news is that you don't need him" were to have been put on buses in the northern city of Genoa, home to the Catholic cardinal who is head of the Italian Bishops Conference.
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"Right-wing politicians criticized us ferociously," Villella said by telephone from the group's base, adding that at least one bus driver in Genoa said he would refuse to drive a "no God" bus.
"It's strange that in a country where ads depicting near-naked women wearing skimpy lingerie is permitted on buses that we can't run ads about atheism," Villella said.
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Mr Stephen (Birdshit) Green has just lost hs appeal to the UK's advertising standards authority - it, with 320 and odd other complaints was, thrown out bodily. Mr Green blames the fact that the Chair is gay on the decision.
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Alternatively ...
Just to make a point, they could rent some VW buses or Ford vans, whatever the equivalent is in Italy, and put the message on the sides of those. Recruit volunteer drivers and follow the buses around for a few days.
There could be some good publicity in it: "Plucky Atheists Refuse to be Silenced by Tight-asses at Vatican."
The main point is the exposure. If one week of driving around gets the word out to the same number who'd see it in a month of bus travel, that's a win.