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One nacho, underpants, with licorice and jugs of wine for owls
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Sat, 29 Jun 2002 17:32:29 GMT
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In lugnet.off-topic.debate, Dave Schuler writes:
> In lugnet.off-topic.debate, Jeremy Scott writes:
> > > I cannot believe that this discussion board, Lugnet, has become an place for
> > > antidisestablishmenttarians to comment on what is going on in other people's
> > > countries, and describe their mental high on an issue that is controversial.
> > > We talk about Lego here, not racism, foreign relations or anything else. All
> > > this trash that shows up here, especially from Mr. Dave Schuler, makes me sick!
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> As of the last census, I was born and still live in the US of A, and I
> vote, work, and pay taxes here, so my discussions of "my" country tend
> generally to involve the US. In addition, your sesquipedalian label isn't
> entirely accurate, since I haven't tried to antidisestablish anything;
"sesquipedalian" is hereby my Word of the Day. But I never knew you
were missing half of one of your feet, Dave!
> I simply don't understand how the US Congress can legislate the phrase "Under
> God" without it being a literal State-establishment of religion. After your
> Schuler-induced nausea has passed, perhaps you can explain this bit to me.
> I'm sure your concern stems from the popular view that "Under God" is a
> not an endorsement of religion at all, but is rather a traditional
> invocation. With that in mind, I'm sure you'd have no trouble if The Pledge
> were changed to "One nation, hail Satan, with liberty and justice for all."
> By the way--I think you meant "antiestablishmentarians," since I am,
> according to your view, trying to dissolve the establishment, as opposed to
> opposing those who would try to dissolve the establishment.
Besides, "Under God" was added in 1954, and has no place in the
original Pledge. I've seen letters in local newspapers--both right
and left--from WWII vets who are delighted to see a "wrong" being
undone. But for every one of those, there's someone who has a big
problem with it. No doubt the Supremes will nix the decision, not
because it's a bad decision but just because they will.
best
LFB!
(Hey, can I say the "Life in Hell" pledge, that goes like this:
I pledge allegiance to the flakes
of the untitled snakes of a merry cow
And to the Republicans for which they scam
One nacho, underpants, with licorice and jugs of wine for owls.
-Matt Groening)
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| (...) As of the last census, I was born and still live in the US of A, and I vote, work, and pay taxes here, so my discussions of "my" country tend generally to involve the US. In addition, your sesquipedalian label isn't entirely accurate, since I (...) (22 years ago, 27-Jun-02, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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