Subject: | Re: Could It Be...Yes I Think It Is....IT'S THAT TIME AGAIN...
| Date: | Fri, 28 Nov 2003 17:07:23 +1000
| From: | "Clayton the Yogurt Based Beverage" <cjfat@SPAMBLOCKoptusnet.com.au>
| Newsgroups: | alt.agnosticism,alt.atheism,alt.atheism.satire,alt.athiesm,alt.binaries.godless-heathens,alt.blasphemy,talk.atheism
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"The other Donald" <the_donald_13@yehaw.com> wrote in message
news:_XBxb.49193$do1.10679@twister.austin.rr.com...
>
> "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?
I'm in Australia....winter was months ago. I use Xmas for ironic value.
>
> -Donald in Austin
> AA #2104
> Apatriot #22
> Atheist FF/EMT
>
>
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