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.
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ORANGE COUNTY, Fla. -- It looked harmless enough, but the words on a billboard unnerved so many people that a popular restaurant nearby actually lost business. The billboard was on Colonial Drive near Old Cheney Highway.
Words? What words were so offensive? These:
ALL RELIGIONS ARE FAIRY TALES
Complete with a cartoon 'fairy godmother' type of figure. And like little kids everywhere, the poor believers got upset:
At first glance, the sign looked like a children's cartoon, but the message next to the fairy princess stirred emotions.
"When you condemn all religions and say they are a fairytale, that is wrong," said Rich Stormes, a nearby business owner.
Yeah, Rich, we should only make fun of *other people's* religion, not yours, right?
Jim Downey
(Hat tip, ML!)
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That billboard was awesome! Whoever did it should set up a donation site, so we can put up more together. I am so tired of driving down the road and seeing "Talk To Him, God Listens", signs. Not all people agree with that. Therefore, we should share our opinions also. Great job! We need more!
God Listens
I'm always seeing bumper stickers with "KSBJ 103.6 - God Listens". Seems to imply that God listens to that particular radio station. He's omniscient and omnipotent, but he listens to KSBJ? Wow, they must have some awesome programming!
First time commenting, probably because I had bible-thumpers knock on my door this morning and I'm still annoyed about it. Appreciate your site.
Its just business
Of course, the theists are outraged when they can't post their message on every available wall, like in courthouses. But we can't even have a single stinkin' billboard!
It blows my mind...
how religious social behaviour is rarely seen for what it is-an extended tribe. How is it that people can act like spooked chimpanzees and sky-fearing primitives, while all the while screaming "I didn't come from no monkey!"
If I saw a billboard I didn't like near a business that I did like, I might complain a bit, but probably not. I'm just not petty and paranoid enough to care. I sure as shit wouldn't avoid the place because of the evil booga-booga billboard...but maybe that's just my inner silverback talking.
Wow--right up there with FFRF
This is right up there with FFRF's billboard campaign--brilliant!
As if the fundies don't already dominate in the billboard department...funny to give 'em a taste of their own medicine, for a change. *snicker*
Billboard Ninjas
Mm-hmm... Because you know, every anti-religion terrorist cabal has the wherewithal and the ability to print and apply billboard-sized graphics in the middle of the night.
What a load of crap. Have you ever applied a billboard graphic? I have. It is NOT cheap and it is not so easy that you can just whip one out on your inkjet at home, then climb up the billboard ladder and slap it on with scotch tape in the 'middle of the night'.
For one thing, you would go though about 20 bottles of each color of ink, plus three or four sheafs of paper, to print the one sign. For another, there's no way to stitch-together 8x10 inch sheets of paper without it falling completely apart at that size without a substrate of some kind - which isn't cheap. If they did it on a large-format printer, then maybe - but those suckers start at $15,000 and go up from there. And if some business lets their employees print out funny anti-religion billboards on their large-format printers, then there is a seriously lax company out there. The ink alone for the damned thing would have cost a fortune, not to mention the media it was printed on.
Then there's the installation. Applying a billboard graphic isn't easy even when you are using the correct materials and media. It is a two or three hour job, in the daytime (or with halogen worklights at night), and it usually requires that you have the key to the freakin' padlock that locks the ladder access to the billboard, and also a two or three man crew who know what the heck they're doing. A manlift or cherry-picker is also helpful if you don't want to lug additional ladders up the billboard ladder. Wind and weather is a serious factor, and most installers must take this into account as well.
Bottom line? There is no easy-peasy way some two-bit group of atheist jokesters could have put this thing up in the middle of the night. It just massively unlikely.
I love it
I saw something about this on a site I Stumbled across, but I thought it was a photo-shop job and didn't pay much attention. I'm glad someone actually did that, and it's just precious that some fairy-tale believers got in a snit about it.
Rob Miles
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There are only 10 types of people in the world;
those who understand binary and those who don't.
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