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Politics : Sharks in the Septic Tank -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: J. C. Dithers who wrote (45804)	3/28/2002 9:27:31 AM
From: epicure	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 82486

Thanks JC. I don't happen to have done any of those things, so obnoxious to believers, because I'm not a member of any group or party to any lawsuit, but lucky me, I get to feel the backlash anyway. Don't tell me it smacks of paranoia when our past President has said he isn't sure atheists should even be citizens. I have seen extreme hatred on SI for those who are not religious. And it is frightening to see. It is patronizing and insensitive of you to call it paranoia, when I do not believe you understand the situation at all. My children would get called names at school if they told people they are agnostics. You try hiding in a closet and hiding your children there, and then tell me how it feels. Until then, your opinion lacks meaning for me.

To: J. C. Dithers who wrote (45804)	3/28/2002 10:33:48 PM
From: Yogizuna	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 82486

Singing Christmas carols in school is one of my favorite memories.... When I was 11 years old, one of the neighborhood "good guys" gathered up a bunch of us kids and we practiced singing about ten different carols in the weeks before Christmas.... Then on a perfect windless snowy Christmas Eve, we walked around the neighborhood singing out loud (not too badly by now) <g>, with people peeking out of their windows, mostly pleasantly surprised. The older folks appreciated it the most. The year was 1962, and it was a wonderful experience. If this was done in the same neighborhood this Christmas Eve, I would fear for the safety of the singers. I cannot remember the name of the man who gathered us kids together back then, but I would like to thank him for the fond memories....