tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6851578517872251953.post292593158798645614..comments2023-10-10T05:07:13.577-07:00Comments on En Tequila Es Verdad: IntoleranciaDana Hunterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00890312745525306991noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6851578517872251953.post-86850296366645893222008-06-18T16:13:00.000-07:002008-06-18T16:13:00.000-07:00Belated translations:Semper ubi sub ubi is, litera...Belated translations:<BR/><BR/><I>Semper ubi sub ubi</I> is, literally translated: "Always where under where" - or, more idiomatically, "Keep your butt covered."<BR/><BR/><I>De gustibus non disputandem est</I> is an actual saying meaning, more or less, "There's no accounting for taste."<BR/><BR/><I>Duit On Mon Dei</I>: try saying it out loud... :-)Woozlehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17948248776908775080noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6851578517872251953.post-38842995914959744272008-06-11T18:28:00.000-07:002008-06-11T18:28:00.000-07:00Ah, yes, ye olde "We're special because there's so...Ah, yes, ye olde "We're special because there's so many of us." Well, they have an interesting way of interpreting the numbers, and I'm sure I can dig out some study somewhere that shows they're actually in the minority. That should be fun! ;-)Dana Hunterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00890312745525306991noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6851578517872251953.post-54741913638268507472008-06-10T22:42:00.000-07:002008-06-10T22:42:00.000-07:00Believe me, Dana, I've asked. The answer I get in ...Believe me, Dana, I've asked. The answer I get in return always sounds like "We're in the majority, so we should get to have it our way."<BR/><BR/>They don't do wonders for my bile level, either.Cujo359https://www.blogger.com/profile/10385213658828021737noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6851578517872251953.post-410950595767589502008-06-10T13:08:00.000-07:002008-06-10T13:08:00.000-07:00@Woozle: A list of goals might be excellent. Espe...@Woozle: A list of goals might be excellent. Especially since a lot of our goals will mesh wonderfully with the strict seperationists' goals. Could be fun to come up with!<BR/><BR/>I'm not even an unqualified Latinist. Translation?<BR/><BR/>@Blake: I wish it were enough. I really, really do.<BR/><BR/>@Efrique: We also talk. That makes us even MORE militant! <BR/><BR/>@Cujo: Have you ever found any fundamentalist Christian, anywhere, who's capable of explaining why they can't practice their Christianity if the federal, state and local governments aren't cheering them on and displaying their artwork on the fridge? And I'd really love to see how they think we're "imposing" our views when there's nothing imposed - except maybe that little thing Jesus said once about rendering unto Caesar what's his, and keeping God out of it. Buggers.<BR/><BR/>Sorry. Didn't mean to start spitting there. These people just drive me nuts.Dana Hunterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00890312745525306991noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6851578517872251953.post-14648932258711217762008-06-09T22:21:00.000-07:002008-06-09T22:21:00.000-07:00There's a twisted logic to the complaint that athe...There's a twisted logic to the complaint that atheists are "militant" because we want to remove the mention of religion from government. Somehow, we're imposing our world view on them. <BR/><BR/>What utter nonsense! When we propose making them disavow their gods is when we're imposing our beliefs on them. (I hope to never see such a day, incidentally.) What we're "imposing" on them is equality with everyone else's beliefs.Cujo359https://www.blogger.com/profile/10385213658828021737noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6851578517872251953.post-71661898068286562182008-06-09T18:34:00.000-07:002008-06-09T18:34:00.000-07:00Can I nominate semper ubi sub ubi and duit on mon ...Can I nominate <I>semper ubi sub ubi</I> and <I>duit on mon dei</I> as being more appropriate representations of our national character? Or, a bit more relevantly, <I>de gustibus non disputandem est</I> (and I hope I've got that right; I Am Not A Qualified Latinist).Woozlehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17948248776908775080noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6851578517872251953.post-42518783560947074122008-06-09T18:24:00.000-07:002008-06-09T18:24:00.000-07:00As far as national mottoes go, is E Pluribus Unum ...As far as national mottoes go, is <I>E Pluribus Unum</I> not enough?Blake Staceyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13977394981287067289noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6851578517872251953.post-2055092627973319742008-06-09T07:55:00.000-07:002008-06-09T07:55:00.000-07:00For some time now, I've been thinking of making a ...For some time now, I've been thinking of making a bumper sticker that says "I AM NOT UNDER GOD", and selling it through CafePress or some such.<BR/><BR/>On a related note, a list of atheist <I>goals</I> might be a good idea, since we're already covering "what we're not" and "how to totally fail to impress us". Some suggestions, culled from this posting and elsewhere:<BR/><BR/>* No more tax breaks just for being religious; you have to demonstrably be doing good for the community (or whatever the guidelines are for non-religious NPOs).<BR/><BR/>* "Under God" to be taken back out of the Pledge of Allegiance (and it seems to me that pledging to a flag is a bad idea, too -- how about pledging allegiance to the Constitution, which actually means something?)<BR/><BR/>* "In God We Trust" not to be used anywhere by the federal government, including money; any ideas for good substitutes? How about "In Ourselves We Trust". Maybe put it in Latin for a generation or two until people get used to it.<BR/><BR/>* No government dollars to be used for the explicit procurement or printing of religious works, ever. The only legit reason I can think of for needing to actually <I>pay money</I> to have a copy of a religious work might be for studying texts of some of the newer cults (e.g. Scientology) where copyright might be an issue. So maybe we make an exception for works still under copyright -- but there should be a full accounting of such expenditures, along with justification, posted on the web.<BR/><BR/>And that's my version of atheist militancy. If any theists see these proposals as a bad idea, I'll happy to discuss them further under the terms of the proposed <A HREF="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/EnTequilaEsVerdad/~3/297249563/talking-past-each-other-few-simple.html" REL="nofollow">En Tequila Es Verdad Intertheistic Accords of 2008</A>.Woozlehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17948248776908775080noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6851578517872251953.post-70887648844559948872008-06-09T07:37:00.000-07:002008-06-09T07:37:00.000-07:00but apparently atheists are "militant".I think it'...but apparently atheists are "militant".<BR/><BR/>I think it's because we write stuff.Efriquehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08526031804261484547noreply@blogger.com