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By: Daoloth

Daoloth — Fri, 20 Feb 2009 02:33:59 +0000

Inspired by OB- I now want my bus side to read- “If Allah is great then why are his followers such silly billies?”. With a close-up of some mangled corpses and horribly disabled folk (which could offend no-one). I trust that this covers all the requsite bases.

By: Poor Richard

Poor Richard — Mon, 16 Feb 2009 14:36:13 +0000

Ophelia might agree with me that all you guys with a “cunt” problem should immediately read Inga Muscio’s poetic, loving tribute to our beloved yonic goddess. But I suppose we never will redeem the word, since men use it like a club. Is it true that John McCain called his wife that? So, reference Lady Chatterly’s lover: “Thou art a lovely cunt.” (Close enough quote, I hope; I don’t have a copy nearby. Anyway, it’s a sweet spin.)

Hey, you think THAT’S a problem? All us who are named Richard can tell you some things.

Poor Richard says, “We’d better get back to worshipping our Mother Earth. Before it’s too late. Even if you think it’s too late.”

By: Dick M

Dick M — Mon, 16 Feb 2009 13:35:19 +0000

Pikeamus,
Yes, that is what I meant. This issue was discussed in the comments to a cartoon published some months ago.

By: John The Geologist

John The Geologist — Mon, 16 Feb 2009 13:30:39 +0000

Use of that word is not intended to have any sexist connotations in the UK. It is intended to be an extreme insult but that is in no way connected with any sexist reference. It is devoid of any relationship to females and is merely a term of abuse.

In the same way that “fuck” and it’s derivatives can be a verb, noun, adjective etc without having any particular reference to the actual physical act it refers to.

I understood that feminists were recapturing the right to the word cunt in the same way as gay men were recapturing the word “queer”. However, being neither of the aforementioned I may well be wrong.

And daoloth was perfectly correct in that the twats who committed the 7/7 atrocity were indeed a bunch of cunts.

By: Maria

Maria — Mon, 16 Feb 2009 12:57:48 +0000

I looked in on Chris’ (posting above) blog and read this:

“[muslim] Radicals want to destroy the Jews, Democracy, and Western culture. All in the name of Allah. They will do this with violence, only, and not with love, like the Christians want to do.”

I just thought that was a great Freudian slip (can you call that a Freudian slip?). So Christians want to destroy the Jews, Democracy and Western culture, too… but with love!

By: pikeamus

pikeamus — Mon, 16 Feb 2009 10:39:28 +0000

@Dick M:
Do you mean the premise that “Nobody minds ‘dick’, ‘cock’ or ‘prick’ as pejoratives”? Well perhaps the word nobody is inappropriate but certainly I’ve never seen anybody raise it as a sexism issue. Perhaps something like “Society at large doesn’t appear to particularly condemn ‘dick’ etc” but picking up on that is a bit pedantic surely?
I was asking a question and was asking not to prove a point but because I actually wanted to know the answer. I am a big OB fan (very much looking forward to her book) and assume she must of thought about how ‘cunt’ relates to other pejoratives and wanted to know why she considers it to be different.

By: Don

Don — Sun, 15 Feb 2009 22:44:05 +0000

I like JoJo’s slogan, “Why settle for one God? – Three will be along in a minute..”. It has the benefit of being amusing, true and references buses.

I was thinking along the same lines, perhaps, “Are you sure this is the one true bus? – 99.9% chance of failure.”

By: Offgrid

Offgrid — Sat, 14 Feb 2009 21:32:53 +0000

That’s very funny, how about this one ?
With “Probably” we are saying that we cannot prove that God does not exist.
When they say “Everything is God” it is just as valid as saying “God is Nothing” (or God does not exist)
The statement that “Nothing is God” means the same thing as “Everything is God” Because in an infinite universe “Nothing encompasses everything” and everything encompasses nothing. Whether God is something or God is nothing – all that exists in the universe either comes from something or comes from nothing.
Either Way proves that God exists.

It’s probably too long. I wonder of the Theists will get it.

By: Dick M

Dick M — Sat, 14 Feb 2009 19:27:54 +0000

Pikeamus,
Your false premises lead you astray.

By: Ms. Anne Thrope

Ms. Anne Thrope — Sat, 14 Feb 2009 17:54:25 +0000

If it’s true that “the fool hath said in his heart that there is no God,” and “God looks after fools and children,” then wtf are xtians so worried about? Obviously, we atheists/agnostics are God’s chosen.

By: Ophelia Benson

Ophelia Benson — Sat, 14 Feb 2009 17:44:48 +0000

Nope, not going to lighten up, using ‘cunt’ as a pejorative is what it is.

‘Sanctimonious’ am I…good, I’ll use that as my defense when I’m accused of ‘defaming’ Islam.

By: James

James — Sat, 14 Feb 2009 13:55:29 +0000

Oh dear.

I’ve been fired from my job at the ad agency.

They wanted me to write some ads to convince people to go to church.

“We call it A Theist Bus Campaign” they said…

By: Daoloth

Daoloth — Sat, 14 Feb 2009 11:10:54 +0000

OB- I just like to swear with my own anatomy, thanks.
Plus- “Cunt” has that comedy K sound, allied with a labio-dental “t” that sounds like a derisive spit.
Plus- given what some muslims DO to cunts in terms of FGM its especially insulting to them.
Plus- lighten up you sanctimonious gimboid!

By: James

James — Sat, 14 Feb 2009 11:09:27 +0000

On Christian website ship-of-fools.com they recently had a caption contest which effectively was a competition to come up with a response to the atheist bus campaign.

The sentiments mostly boiled down to “Richard Dawkins is a wanker” (admittedly a sentiment with some broad appeal), and “Look! Ariane Sherine’s got boobs!”

By: pikeamus

pikeamus — Sat, 14 Feb 2009 10:10:36 +0000

OB: Nobody minds ‘dick’, ‘cock’ or ‘prick’ as pejoratives, why is it only the word ‘cunt’ that gets singled out?

By: Jerry w

Jerry w — Sat, 14 Feb 2009 05:11:56 +0000

Why did Jesus’ penis say “Allahu Akbar”? Or is that a clue to where his right hand has gone off to? Got to love those flowing robes.

And Chris, exactly what was it that Jesus Swept? Or did I read that wrong?

By: Felix

Felix — Sat, 14 Feb 2009 00:02:15 +0000

Chris,
I see you have posted the same message on Pharyngula, without bothering to read the responses or replying. I conclude that you are just plugging your inane blog, as hundreds of other drive-by posters do all over the web. Apparently feigning interest to garner attention to your personal ramblings is decent behavior in your book. Apparently a huge number of theists agree with you. Liars for God.

By: Oddtwang

Oddtwang — Fri, 13 Feb 2009 20:51:36 +0000

Courtesy of a lovely website here:

http://ruletheweb.co.uk/b3ta/bus/

You can try out the sweary versions.

Mine’s here: http://www.facebook.com/ext/share.php?sid=50539698027&h=NoU1x&u=uOjws

By: Uncle Roger

Uncle Roger — Fri, 13 Feb 2009 19:34:38 +0000

Chris — absolutely! But be aware that you may find yourself questioning your deeply held beliefs…

By: Ophelia Benson

Ophelia Benson — Fri, 13 Feb 2009 18:13:01 +0000

Nobody liked a suggestion that uses the word ‘cunt’ as a pejorative? Gee, I can’t imagine why.