for those of you who weren't able to attend, i really am sorry that i didn't take more photos at the party. here are some people laughing, though, and here are some of those same people falling asleep. but that's all i got.
i guess i was too engaged in moral wrong-dom to think to take any other pictures that night. (getting loaded on apple martinis is a basic civil right, yes??)
this f*cking church pisses me off every week with its ridiculous sign.
Posted by xta at March 1, 2005 02:26 PM | TrackBackman, i hate that sign too. how can something so right be so wrong?
Posted by: joy at March 1, 2005 03:41 PMAnyone up for some creative letter rearrangement? We have "How can a moron..." My brain is too fried right now to go any further, and I'm crap with anagrams. Anyone?
Posted by: bwventril at March 1, 2005 04:29 PMadd a comma and you've got "How Can a Moron be Civil, Right?"
Posted by: Sarah at March 1, 2005 05:40 PMhttp://www.wordsmith.org/anagram/
It's too long for their server but take out a few of the short words and see what you can do. I would fully support this act of civil disobedience, as long as BWV does it and not me.
Posted by: minty at March 1, 2005 05:59 PMThe answer to their question is, "By staying peaceful and honest." Which I daresay is more than they're willing to be.
Posted by: ray bad ideas can only be fought by better ideas ubinger at March 2, 2005 09:43 AMUm, I think it's also our legal right to lie, cheat on our spouses, say that we hate people for their religion or the color of their skin, and be addicts (at least to alcohol or legally prescribed medication).
In fact, I kind of thought that the point of a civil society is that "law" and "morality" are different, and that only one of those things is anyone else's business.
Which misses the point, of course, that these people are ignorant bigots and that they seem, sadly, to be in the (voting) majority in this country right now.
Sorry to preach to y'all in the choir. The pressure in my brain makes me rant.
I don't know, I thought the sign was kind of nice, actually.
They are referring to their own bigotry, right?
Christa, I think you should stop driving by this church. It's just going to get your blood pressure up. There are too many idiots in the world for you to fix them all. As Schiller said, "Against stupidity, the gods themselves contend in vain."
Posted by: Joseph H. Vilas at March 2, 2005 05:50 PMRe: Joe's comment, my first reaction was, "Ben Stiller said that?!" Then I realized it was probably Jerry. Then I re-read and realized it was neither of them.
Posted by: Phil at March 2, 2005 09:02 PMJ. C. F. Schiller -- the same guy who wrote the poem that was set to music in Beethoven's 9th.
Posted by: Joseph H. Vilas at March 3, 2005 06:57 PM