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List:       wikien-l
Subject:    Re: [WikiEN-l] What. The. Fuck??!?
From:       Ben McIlwain <cydeweys () gmail ! com>
Date:       2006-05-12 14:56:36
Message-ID: 4464A224.8000308 () gmail ! com
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Mark Gallagher wrote:
>Ben wrote:
>> I've heard a lot of people claiming that it's offensive but I'm just not
>> seeing it.  How is it offensive?  All of the Christians I personally
>> know who I've pointed it out to thought it was either funny or annoying,
>> but not offensive.
> 
> Mocking the cross?  You can't see what's wrong with that?

I don't worship icons, so no, I really don't see what's wrong with it.

And I didn't "mock" it, I just rotated the canvas ninety degrees thrice.

That's the problem with this religious stuff.  It's entirely subjective
and inappropriate for use as, say, a deletion criteria.  Which is
exactly what some people are trying to use it for.

- --
Ben McIlwain ("Cyde Weys")

~ Sub veste quisque nudus est ~
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