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In the US, it is also blasphemous to admire the workings of "socialist" countries.
Jammies wrote: "Bun and I were chatting about what constitutes blasphemy in America, and I started wondering what TCers think the society in which they live consider blasphemous.In the US, it's blasphemy to di..."
American football? I would've said baseball (and depending on where you live, Nascar)
It is becoming blasphemous to be proud that you work for a living.
Jammies wrote: "Bun and I were chatting about what constitutes blasphemy in America, and I started wondering what TCers think the society in which they live consider blasphemous.
In the US, it's blasphemy to dislike American football...."
Then just call me Beezlebub.
In the US, it's blasphemy to dislike American football...."
Then just call me Beezlebub.
Clark wrote: "Then just call me Beezlebub. "Can I call you Beelzebub instead?
To suggest that the American flag is just symbol represented by a piece of cloth and not an actual holy relic.To suggest that America is not 'the best god damn county in the world' to everyone in the world and should never be questioned about its motives or actions. My Country! Right or Wrong! (I'm really tired of hollow patriotism).
as far as my personal society, meaning friends & close colleagues here in the bay area, i would say that mockery about physical appearance or disability. almost no one does it. the very rare times i've made such a comment (like, say, the use of "fat" in the phrase "i want to kick that fat piece of shit's ass" - which was a recent unfortunate slip), it has been received with glares. i'd also add jokes or insults about someone's economic or 'class' status. and yet my friends and the colleagues that i'm close too are not remotely pc. many work in the trades, or are just cynical in general. salty language and humor including jokes around gender & orientation & race happen regularly. a person can make a joke about a catholic priest & an altar boy having an affair, and no one will bat an eye. but say something about someone's physical appearance or income, and it's stony silence or a rude comment back. i've seen random people completely frozen out of conversations or dismissed as a jackass after making that kind of comment.
maybe it is the influence of Bay Area culture in general. overall, i think it is a good thing.
Being openly political. Being openly atheist. Reading. Talking in paragraphs instead of sound bites. Being liberal, feminist, pro-abortion and pro-gay rights. I had a girlfriend who thought I was mentally ill because I had a paperback in my purse. Knitting at family holidays. Hating prayers (many of my family is fundamentalist-I'm the black sheep). Hating reality shows. In fact, generally most TV shows bore me. Swearing. (I live in a senior park where most people are 70-80, and I married a libertarian.) (my friends were from work, but now I moved away and I'm retired). Not liking gardening or shopping. I love culture, music, parks, fairs, art, dancing, drinking, sight-seeing, gossiping, comedy, purses, knitting - thought I'd better throw some positive stuff in this comment, I was scaring myself. ; )
My name is Robert, which in my country is pronounced ca-t-chim-bef-orhe-ge-tsaway. I live on the small island nation of penn-sylva-ia off the coast of Nowhere. Mostly we islanders are a laid back community of coconut exporters and cocaine traffickers but we do have certain social taboos and customs; such as, children must be beaten daily with a size 9 shoe to keep out the demon-god bibulous, diety of minor indigestion, morning toe lint and sick squirells. Also once a month our woman must throw a special idol at their husbands and scream obscenities, this is a very moving ceremony filled with deep reverence, quiet pride and bloody terror. Lastly, anytime a missionary visits our humble island we barbeque them alive while singing 'Sarah by Jefferson Starship', during each scream we lightly slap them with pigs feet, this obviously is in celebration of the invention of New Coke. My purpose in this is to prove the enlightenment of my nation in the eyes of you heathens.
Robert wrote: "My name is Robert, which in my country is pronounced ca-t-chim-bef-orhe-ge-tsaway. I live on the small island nation of penn-sylva-ia off the coast of Nowhere. Mostly we islanders are a laid back c...": D
Sarah Pi wrote: "Clark wrote: "Then just call me Beezlebub. "Can I call you Beelzebub instead?"
I like Beezlebub better.
Cyril wrote: "I've taken a wrong turn somewhere." BunWat wrote: "Retrace your steps."
As long as I got a smile or a roll of the eyes, mission accomplished.
Robert wrote: "Cyril wrote: "I've taken a wrong turn somewhere." BunWat wrote: "Retrace your steps."
As long as I got a smile or a roll of the eyes, mission accomplished."
Mission accomplished then!
I guess it would be that I don't go to church. Since moving to Georgia, I have been asked to come to a service more times than I can count.
Zardoz is in the Tardis wrote: "Out of all of the places I've landed in my wanderings, the most outspoken, anti-religious people I've met were the non-Mormons that lived in Utah (not poking on you, Phil, but I'm being honest)."Huh. Somehow I missed this thread. Z, we are outspoken here because being in Utah drives folk to the extremes. There was no need to be vocal in CA, OR or WA, because you didn't have people preaching their truth to you 24/7. In Utah you either speak up or put up with the constant bullshit.
It seems to be blasphemous in America if you don't like dogs.It never fails to annoy me that people can be so unimaginably cruel to cats...but do something as insignificant as simply say "I don't particularly care for dogs" and you get treated like Satan Himself.
For the record, I don't particularly care for dogs ;)
mark wrote: "SPAWN OF SATAN!"Yes sir, that is one of my many names. Is there anything I can do for you? ;)
Christopher wrote: "mark wrote: "SPAWN OF SATAN!"Yes sir, that is one of my many names. Is there anything I can do for you? ;)"
that's just my friendly way of saying hello because i'm very happy that you are a cat supporter!
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Christopher wrote: "For the record, I don't particularly care for dogs ;)"Not even sauteed?
::scoots pups away from Jammies and Christopher::
I know. I have picked up she is super sweet to pups. She was just standing too close to Christopher. ;)
Suz, if you would care to scoot mine away from me right now, I'd be grateful--they're being rotten. :P Sauteeing is too good for them.
:D::scoots Jammies pups away::
I will play with them for you.
In the US, it's blasphemy to dislike American football.