Comments on: Attention thieves: Don’t mess with baby Jesus.

By: theBEattitude

theBEattitude — Fri, 05 Jun 2009 00:04:14 +0000

First I put the wrong state, then I spell it wrong. I’m on a roll of accuracy this week. Thanks for pointing it out.

By: Sisyphus Fragment

Sisyphus Fragment — Thu, 04 Jun 2009 21:57:50 +0000

Thanks so much, I’m sure we all were very curious how close Somerset is to Tennessee!

By: dknights

dknights — Thu, 04 Jun 2009 20:47:06 +0000

Please correct the spelling of the state in your post. It is KENTUCKY, you left out the C. Not sure how as the story you link to is on Kentucky.com. The county seat of Pulaski Co, KY is Somerset. It is a decent size small city not far from the Tennessee border.

By: Alan

Alan — Wed, 03 Jun 2009 22:13:11 +0000

I agree with the fact that this is ludacris if the case is as religiously biased as the article makes it sound. And it is a fair question to ask if the courts would react the same way over a Buddha or some other statue. But it’s a real shame that the comment thread digressed the way it did, and so quickly. And here, I thought Christians were the intolerant bigots.

By: theBEattitude

theBEattitude — Wed, 03 Jun 2009 21:55:10 +0000

Thank you for pointing my error out. Kind of a major detail to mess up.

I was not intending to stereotype the people who live in Alabama. Only to point out the religious bias of their legal system. Most of this post is a direct pull from the article. My only apology is I unintentionally listed Alabama instead of Kentucky.

If the post came across as an attempt to negatively stereotype everyone living in the state, that was not my intention.

By: Will

Will — Wed, 03 Jun 2009 21:48:28 +0000

LOL! I live in Kentucky and I’m not surprised.

But my own opinion of Alabama is based on personal experience, not hearsay. And I say again: wretched wretched place.

By: Rich

Rich — Wed, 03 Jun 2009 21:33:10 +0000

When did this happen? Why do they still have that out? (Or maybe the ruling just went through recently.)

By: Sisyphus Fragment

Sisyphus Fragment — Wed, 03 Jun 2009 21:28:18 +0000

Ugh.. I’m going to have to agree with alan here. This thread, despite being so small, actually embodies all of the bullshit stereotypes we atheists have to fight on a daily basis.

It is bullshit that these kids, wherever the crime was committed, were given a sentence more severe than the crime calls for or is normally handed down but I don’t think spitting bile and having a hatefest is the way to react to this. Outrage is expected, but can’t “us” be upset about something without painting all of “them” with the same brush?

By: theBEattitude

theBEattitude — Wed, 03 Jun 2009 21:19:02 +0000

Really? I wonder if my state does?

I’m going to run around town repeatedly yelling, “God damn it! Jesus Christ!” and see if I get arrested.

By: Sisyphus Fragment

Sisyphus Fragment — Wed, 03 Jun 2009 21:16:00 +0000

Most states do.