"Clayton the Yogurt Based Beverage" <cjfat@SPAMBLOCKoptusnet.com.au> wrote
in message news:3fc6af8e$0$14048$afc38c87@news.optusnet.com.au...
> It's time for....
>
> THE FOURTH ANNUAL "PUT YOUR DOGMA ON A LEASH" AWARD FOR THE LOONY THEIST
OF
> THE YEAR
>
> Yes, folks.  It's almost December and that means it's time for the godless
> Usenet to nominate and vote for those proud people who demonstrate the
most
> insane aspects of theism and award them for their outstanding efforts in
> showing that there is a unique kind of mental illness found only in
theism.
> It's time to start thinking of who you want to see up for this prestigious
> award.  Nominations start on December 1st and voting takes place from Dec
> 26th to Jan 1st.  Don't let your favourite loony to go
> unnominated...remember the year Pastors Dave and Frank weren't nominated
and
> so many were disappointed that they couldn't vote for them.
>
> As has become tradition, each year I add a new category, so take a couple
of
> days to think about who you want to put on the card in each one.  This
year
> the four categories are....
>
> THE USENET LOONY OF THE YEAR:   For those loonies closer to home.  Those
> weird lil trolls and proselytisers who haunt the godless net.
>
> THE REAL LIFE LOONY OF THE YEAR:  A much wider category involving the
whole
> world's most prominent loonies.
>
> THE LOONY GROUP/ORGANIZATION OF THE YEAR:  Governments, organizations,
> terrorist groups or general collections of raving religious nuts who rake
> the world with their horrid religious claws.
>
> and the new category...
>
> THE LOONY THEIST EVENT OF THE YEAR:  Which single event committed in the
> name of theism or for which theism was obviously responsible, that has
> wrecked havoc on humanity deserves to be recognised.
>
>
> All nominations will be considered by myself.  I will then choose ten in
> each category for which all godless Usenet regulars can vote.  The winner
> will be announced in the new year.  Ok folks...get your thinking caps on
and
> get ready to nominate from the first day of December up until Christmas.

Christmas?

Why not make the cut-off date at least a bit more palatable and appropriate
for the target audience....say....the Winter Solstice?

-Donald in Austin
AA #2104
Apatriot #22
Atheist FF/EMT