Comments on: The Religion of Peace and politics: rows break out in Australia and Pakistan http://freethinker.co.uk/2010/07/26/the-religion-of-peace-and-politics-rows-break-out-in-australia-and-pakistan/ The voice of atheism since 1881 Mon, 13 Feb 2012 05:40:10 +0000 hourly 1 By: gsw http://freethinker.co.uk/2010/07/26/the-religion-of-peace-and-politics-rows-break-out-in-australia-and-pakistan/comment-page-1/#comment-40786 gsw Tue, 31 Aug 2010 07:07:03 +0000 http://freethinker.co.uk/?p=16678#comment-40786 p.s.: I add Deacon Titter to my address! p.s.:

I add Deacon Titter to my address!

]]> By: gsw http://freethinker.co.uk/2010/07/26/the-religion-of-peace-and-politics-rows-break-out-in-australia-and-pakistan/comment-page-1/#comment-40785 gsw Tue, 31 Aug 2010 07:05:17 +0000 http://freethinker.co.uk/?p=16678#comment-40785 @Vanessa Dobbs & Arnold Lane: The fat man is a politician. He is one of those that penalises smokers on the grounds that they 'cost the health service'. He is one of those who gets all upperty when cancer patients smoke marijuana AND he is one of those who will be costing the health service - for which we pay - after he has his first heart attack. The fat man is a politician. We pay his wages AND his excessive health costs. We expect him to respect his constituents when he cannot even respect his own body! His fatness is not only a severe character fault to be taken into consideration - it is a sign of addiction - the guy is a junky. Note: When flying I am expected to pay for every ounce of baggage, while people like him pay the same price for twice the weight of me and my baggage together. @Vanessa Dobbs & Arnold Lane:

The fat man is a politician. He is one of those that penalises smokers on the grounds that they ‘cost the health service’.

He is one of those who gets all upperty when cancer patients smoke marijuana AND he is one of those who will be costing the health service – for which we pay – after he has his first heart attack.

The fat man is a politician. We pay his wages AND his excessive health costs. We expect him to respect his constituents when he cannot even respect his own body!
His fatness is not only a severe character fault to be taken into consideration – it is a sign of addiction – the guy is a junky.

Note:
When flying I am expected to pay for every ounce of baggage, while people like him pay the same price for twice the weight of me and my baggage together.

]]> By: Arnold Lane http://freethinker.co.uk/2010/07/26/the-religion-of-peace-and-politics-rows-break-out-in-australia-and-pakistan/comment-page-1/#comment-39500 Arnold Lane Thu, 29 Jul 2010 10:03:36 +0000 http://freethinker.co.uk/?p=16678#comment-39500 Bob, can you be a little more clear? Tell us what you really think and don't hold back this time. Bob, can you be a little more clear? Tell us what you really think and don’t hold back this time.

]]> By: Angus Dee http://freethinker.co.uk/2010/07/26/the-religion-of-peace-and-politics-rows-break-out-in-australia-and-pakistan/comment-page-1/#comment-39499 Angus Dee Thu, 29 Jul 2010 09:59:26 +0000 http://freethinker.co.uk/?p=16678#comment-39499 Bob Hughes, that degree of hate is what we would expect from religious zealots. What is your problem, dude? Go chill out with a pie or cake or something. Bob Hughes, that degree of hate is what we would expect from religious zealots. What is your problem, dude? Go chill out with a pie or cake or something.

]]> By: Bob Hughes http://freethinker.co.uk/2010/07/26/the-religion-of-peace-and-politics-rows-break-out-in-australia-and-pakistan/comment-page-1/#comment-39491 Bob Hughes Thu, 29 Jul 2010 08:46:05 +0000 http://freethinker.co.uk/?p=16678#comment-39491 No I'm still a guy you confused little turd. No I’m still a guy you confused little turd.

]]> By: Deacon Titter http://freethinker.co.uk/2010/07/26/the-religion-of-peace-and-politics-rows-break-out-in-australia-and-pakistan/comment-page-1/#comment-39462 Deacon Titter Wed, 28 Jul 2010 17:06:10 +0000 http://freethinker.co.uk/?p=16678#comment-39462 Wow! The comments on this page are worse than the article. If he were a gay Christian would you be calling him a faggot? How do you think it would sound if Bob Hughes "used to be guy until the people around him ridiculed him out of it". You people are shits Wow! The comments on this page are worse than the article. If he were a gay Christian would you be calling him a faggot?

How do you think it would sound if Bob Hughes “used to be guy until the people around him ridiculed him out of it”.

You people are shits

]]> By: Bob Hughes http://freethinker.co.uk/2010/07/26/the-religion-of-peace-and-politics-rows-break-out-in-australia-and-pakistan/comment-page-1/#comment-39436 Bob Hughes Wed, 28 Jul 2010 09:51:16 +0000 http://freethinker.co.uk/?p=16678#comment-39436 Mens sana in corpore sano. "Serious glandular problem," my arse; rather, his. Were his evident self-abuse simply detrimental to his own health, no problem; but when the parallel mental abuse contributes to the rather bloated problem that is religious interference with the lives of others – target acquired. The easy get-out-of-jail card of “victim status,” that blight on enlightenment and progress, should not be handed out so freely. I don’t go in for gratuitous chubby-baiting myself; but it’s human nature to, shall we say, “lump these elements together” when they ooze out of the woodwork in so vile and amorphous a package as this one. I don’t think anyone on here would call a blameless cripple they disagreed with a “stupid gimp”; but I do think it’s fair game to hurl composite oaths such as “fat idiot” at imbeciles whose bodily grotesquery is rolled out alongside slobby thinking. The shock-horror recoil reaction of delinking Freethinker from a blog on the grounds of adipose intolerance strikes me as a bit (excuse me) out of proportion, given some of the evils perpetrated and discussed elsewhere on this site. Mens sana in corpore sano. “Serious glandular problem,” my arse; rather, his. Were his evident self-abuse simply detrimental to his own health, no problem; but when the parallel mental abuse contributes to the rather bloated problem that is religious interference with the lives of others – target acquired. The easy get-out-of-jail card of “victim status,” that blight on enlightenment and progress, should not be handed out so freely. I don’t go in for gratuitous chubby-baiting myself; but it’s human nature to, shall we say, “lump these elements together” when they ooze out of the woodwork in so vile and amorphous a package as this one. I don’t think anyone on here would call a blameless cripple they disagreed with a “stupid gimp”; but I do think it’s fair game to hurl composite oaths such as “fat idiot” at imbeciles whose bodily grotesquery is rolled out alongside slobby thinking. The shock-horror recoil reaction of delinking Freethinker from a blog on the grounds of adipose intolerance strikes me as a bit (excuse me) out of proportion, given some of the evils perpetrated and discussed elsewhere on this site.

]]> By: Janstince http://freethinker.co.uk/2010/07/26/the-religion-of-peace-and-politics-rows-break-out-in-australia-and-pakistan/comment-page-1/#comment-39421 Janstince Wed, 28 Jul 2010 00:03:41 +0000 http://freethinker.co.uk/?p=16678#comment-39421 Just because that was your case does not mean it is his. He could have a serious glandular problem. Or, he could be a lard-ass. I just don't see that it make much difference to his stupidity. Just because that was your case does not mean it is his. He could have a serious glandular problem. Or, he could be a lard-ass. I just don’t see that it make much difference to his stupidity.

]]> By: Bob Hughes http://freethinker.co.uk/2010/07/26/the-religion-of-peace-and-politics-rows-break-out-in-australia-and-pakistan/comment-page-1/#comment-39397 Bob Hughes Tue, 27 Jul 2010 09:14:19 +0000 http://freethinker.co.uk/?p=16678#comment-39397 When I was fat it wasn't a genetic disorder, it was self-inflicted, the result of my own stupidity. I only shed it when shamed by people kind enough to be cruel enough to point this out. Religion is a similarly self-inflicted distortion - when corporeal fat and fat-headedness go together, there's no sin in ridiculing both. The loathsome porker here made himself into a big, squidgy target through insufficient wisdom and a surfeit of pies. Anyone defending either indulgence is being unhelpfully precious and is welcome to take their ball and play elsewhere. When I was fat it wasn’t a genetic disorder, it was self-inflicted, the result of my own stupidity. I only shed it when shamed by people kind enough to be cruel enough to point this out. Religion is a similarly self-inflicted distortion – when corporeal fat and fat-headedness go together, there’s no sin in ridiculing both. The loathsome porker here made himself into a big, squidgy target through insufficient wisdom and a surfeit of pies. Anyone defending either indulgence is being unhelpfully precious and is welcome to take their ball and play elsewhere.

]]> By: Janstince http://freethinker.co.uk/2010/07/26/the-religion-of-peace-and-politics-rows-break-out-in-australia-and-pakistan/comment-page-1/#comment-39395 Janstince Tue, 27 Jul 2010 03:39:28 +0000 http://freethinker.co.uk/?p=16678#comment-39395 You know, it does seem a bit bigoted on our part to mock this obese man for what could possibly be a genetic disorder. Of course, seeing how religious belief is mostly due to upbringing, it could be argued that he is getting a taste of his own medicine by being ridiculed for something he has little or no control over. The brainwashing begins early and can last a lifetime. Maybe he would learn a lesson, though most likely he has become inured to insult about his weight. I'd like to point not to the greatness of his girth, but to the obviously pea-sized intellect he has decided to display in public. That's obscene enough for me to point and laugh. He may be a Paulian, in which case strictures on weight, diet, etc. wouldn't matter as long as he accepts teh jebus and punishes those who don't and all the sexual perverts, particularly teh gheys. Who cares what he looks like? He's a sack of shit, and it doesn't matter how much it takes to fill. You know, it does seem a bit bigoted on our part to mock this obese man for what could possibly be a genetic disorder. Of course, seeing how religious belief is mostly due to upbringing, it could be argued that he is getting a taste of his own medicine by being ridiculed for something he has little or no control over. The brainwashing begins early and can last a lifetime. Maybe he would learn a lesson, though most likely he has become inured to insult about his weight.

I’d like to point not to the greatness of his girth, but to the obviously pea-sized intellect he has decided to display in public. That’s obscene enough for me to point and laugh. He may be a Paulian, in which case strictures on weight, diet, etc. wouldn’t matter as long as he accepts teh jebus and punishes those who don’t and all the sexual perverts, particularly teh gheys. Who cares what he looks like? He’s a sack of shit, and it doesn’t matter how much it takes to fill.

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