1. Hey jackass, it's free, so eat the fucking waffles.
2. So this guy apparently got bitch-slapped by Helen Keller:
"I had heard that Helen could speak and I wanted to feel her speak, so I reached out to put my hands on her face, hoping that she would speak to me that way," Smithdas recalls. "But to my surprise she slapped my hand away. I wasn't amused. I thought it was a crude gesture."
And then this....
Journalist Barbara Walters, who spoke at Smithdas' retirement luncheon Friday, said Smithdas was remarkable.
"Truly, the most memorable person I had ever met was Robert Smithdas," she said. "I remember going to Bob's house, and he cooked me a meal. I was amazed he was able to do this and didn't burn his hands."
Okay people. If you're gonna call someone remarkable, do it because of their personality or talents, etc., not simply due to skills they learn to cope with life. People with disabilities don't want to be admired for their adaptations -- they want to be admired for themselves. Focusing on how 'remarkable' someone is for overcoming their disability is basically equating their entire identity with their disability. Get over it and try to find out who the person really is....
3. Sad. (More bus-ad shenanigans.)
In fact, speaking as one myself, I think it shows quite a cheek for Christians to make a fuss about this. We’ve spent decades covering public places with verses from the Bible, and posters promising that if you let Jesus into your life everything will be all right for ever.
Then as soon as the opposition get the money together to do the same thing we’re outraged, and think that God is as cross as we are.
4. Apparently, the Italian atheists violated The Code of Advertising Practice (roughly translated below).
Article 10 — moral, civil, religious and human dignity
Advertising must not offend the moral, civic and religious citizens. It must respect human dignity in all its forms and expressions.
Convenient how non-believers aren't included in this....
And again. Questioning or critiquing beliefs is not the same as offending the people who hold those beliefs.
5. Fuck yeah.
(Anyone who gets PBS have a DVR I could commandeer?)
2. So this guy apparently got bitch-slapped by Helen Keller:
"I had heard that Helen could speak and I wanted to feel her speak, so I reached out to put my hands on her face, hoping that she would speak to me that way," Smithdas recalls. "But to my surprise she slapped my hand away. I wasn't amused. I thought it was a crude gesture."
And then this....
Journalist Barbara Walters, who spoke at Smithdas' retirement luncheon Friday, said Smithdas was remarkable.
"Truly, the most memorable person I had ever met was Robert Smithdas," she said. "I remember going to Bob's house, and he cooked me a meal. I was amazed he was able to do this and didn't burn his hands."
Okay people. If you're gonna call someone remarkable, do it because of their personality or talents, etc., not simply due to skills they learn to cope with life. People with disabilities don't want to be admired for their adaptations -- they want to be admired for themselves. Focusing on how 'remarkable' someone is for overcoming their disability is basically equating their entire identity with their disability. Get over it and try to find out who the person really is....
3. Sad. (More bus-ad shenanigans.)
In fact, speaking as one myself, I think it shows quite a cheek for Christians to make a fuss about this. We’ve spent decades covering public places with verses from the Bible, and posters promising that if you let Jesus into your life everything will be all right for ever.
Then as soon as the opposition get the money together to do the same thing we’re outraged, and think that God is as cross as we are.
4. Apparently, the Italian atheists violated The Code of Advertising Practice (roughly translated below).
Article 10 — moral, civil, religious and human dignity
Advertising must not offend the moral, civic and religious citizens. It must respect human dignity in all its forms and expressions.
Convenient how non-believers aren't included in this....
And again. Questioning or critiquing beliefs is not the same as offending the people who hold those beliefs.
5. Fuck yeah.
(Anyone who gets PBS have a DVR I could commandeer?)
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