Religious Discrimination in the USA

Flint · 03-30-2007, 08:51 AM

A student in North Carolina was suspended from school because of his religious beliefs. Although religious beliefs are not explicitly disouraged, it appears one has to adhere to the correct religion, to avoid being singled out and harassed.

School officials claim that their "decision to suspend Killian for a day has nothing to do with his religion, and quite a lot to do with his repeated refusal to heed warnings against wearing pirate outfits." Clearly some mandatory sensitivity training is in order here. They should have known that Pastafarians "acknowledge pirates as being 'absolute divine beings', and stress that the worldwide decline in the number of pirates has directly led to global warming."

I say: shame on you, hatemongers. It's people like this who want to undermine the values this great nation was founded on.

elSicomoro · 03-30-2007, 08:54 AM

Hey, Monster...you should talk to this guy...

Griff · 03-30-2007, 09:02 AM

From its founding, the US has been a Pastafarian country don't deny the truth.

We the people of the United States, in order to form a more perfect union, establish justice, insure domestic tranquility, provide for the common defense, promote the general welfare, and secure the blessings of his noodley appendage to ourselves and our posterity, do ordain and establish this Constitution for the United States of America.

Shawnee123 · 03-30-2007, 09:07 AM

I thought it went "Ouija people, in order to form..."

elSicomoro · 03-30-2007, 09:18 AM

And let's not confuse this with noodling.

DanaC · 03-30-2007, 10:32 AM

*snickers* "spagnostic" I love it.

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their decision to suspend Killian for a day has nothing to do with his religion, and quite a lot to do with his repeated refusal to heed warnings against wearing pirate outfits.

That bit made me laugh .

TheMercenary · 03-30-2007, 11:32 AM

Maybe he thought it was Sept 19th?

http://www.talklikeapirate.com/

Flint · 03-30-2007, 11:36 AM

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Maybe he thought it was Sept 19th?

http://www.talklikeapirate.com/

Ha! We actually celebrated that here. Well, mostly Undertoad celebrated it.

TheMercenary · 03-30-2007, 11:50 AM

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Ha! We actually celebrated that here. Well, mostly Undertoad celebrated it.

I did too, drove the people at work crazy, but by the end of the day 4 or 5 others had joined in and we made the rest happy when the day ended.

Flint · 03-30-2007, 11:53 AM

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... by the end of the day 4 or 5 others had joined in ...

To me, that's all that counts. 4 or 5 people is actually awesome results for something like that.

TheMercenary · 03-30-2007, 12:03 PM

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To me, that's all that counts. 4 or 5 people is actually awesome results for something like that.

It is infectious...

Flint · 03-30-2007, 12:13 PM

Yes, but you have to work to make it that way. For instance, if you Google the word SOUPFIG, you get plenty of hits, despite the fact that it's a nonsense word that I made up and subjected people to, until they started repeating it. You know, somebody has to initiate these things.

Kitsune · 03-30-2007, 12:36 PM

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School officials claim that their "decision to suspend Killian for a day has nothing to do with his religion, and quite a lot to do with his repeated refusal to heed warnings against wearing pirate outfits."

Screw that, pirates can do whatever they want!

Flint · 03-30-2007, 12:38 PM

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pirates can do whatever they want!

What's with the humping ninja?! ha ha ha

TheMercenary · 03-30-2007, 01:51 PM

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Screw that, pirates can do whatever they want!

Pretty damm good animation.

03-30-2007, 08:51 AM	#1
Flint Snowflake Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Dystopia Posts: 13,136	Religious Discrimination in the USA A student in North Carolina was suspended from school because of his religious beliefs. Although religious beliefs are not explicitly disouraged, it appears one has to adhere to the correct religion, to avoid being singled out and harassed. School officials claim that their "decision to suspend Killian for a day has nothing to do with his religion, and quite a lot to do with his repeated refusal to heed warnings against wearing pirate outfits." Clearly some mandatory sensitivity training is in order here. They should have known that Pastafarians "acknowledge pirates as being 'absolute divine beings', and stress that the worldwide decline in the number of pirates has directly led to global warming." I say: shame on you, hatemongers. It's people like this who want to undermine the values this great nation was founded on. __________________ **************** There's a level of facility that everyone needs to accomplish, and from there it's a matter of deciding for yourself how important ultra-facility is to your expression. ... I found, like Joseph Campbell said, if you just follow whatever gives you a little joy or excitement or awe, then you're on the right track. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Terry Bozzio**

03-30-2007, 09:02 AM	#3
Griff still says videotape Join Date: Feb 2001 Posts: 26,813	From its founding, the US has been a Pastafarian country don't deny the truth. We the people of the United States, in order to form a more perfect union, establish justice, insure domestic tranquility, provide for the common defense, promote the general welfare, and secure the blessings of his noodley appendage to ourselves and our posterity, do ordain and establish this Constitution for the United States of America. __________________ If you would only recognize that life is hard, things would be so much easier for you. - Louis D. Brandeis

03-30-2007, 09:07 AM	#4
Shawnee123 Why, you're a regular Alfred E Einstein, ain't ya? Join Date: Jun 2006 Posts: 21,206	I thought it went "Ouija people, in order to form..." __________________ A word to the wise ain't necessary - it's the stupid ones who need the advice. --Bill Cosby

03-30-2007, 11:32 AM	#7
TheMercenary “Hypocrisy: prejudice with a halo” Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Savannah, Georgia Posts: 21,393	Maybe he thought it was Sept 19th? http://www.talklikeapirate.com/ __________________ Anyone but the this most fuked up President in History in 2012!

03-30-2007, 12:13 PM	#12
Flint Snowflake Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Dystopia Posts: 13,136	Yes, but you have to work to make it that way. For instance, if you Google the word SOUPFIG, you get plenty of hits, despite the fact that it's a nonsense word that I made up and subjected people to, until they started repeating it. You know, somebody has to initiate these things. __________________ **************** There's a level of facility that everyone needs to accomplish, and from there it's a matter of deciding for yourself how important ultra-facility is to your expression. ... I found, like Joseph Campbell said, if you just follow whatever gives you a little joy or excitement or awe, then you're on the right track. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Terry Bozzio**

03-30-2007, 08:54 AM	#2
elSicomoro Person who doesn't update the user title Join Date: Jan 2001 Posts: 12,486	Hey, Monster...you should talk to this guy...

03-30-2007, 09:18 AM	#5
elSicomoro Person who doesn't update the user title Join Date: Jan 2001 Posts: 12,486	And let's not confuse this with noodling.

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