And the bells were ringing 13

[f4f3]

Oh, and by the way, for anyone who's been upset enough by my recent posts on religion to defriend me, ttfn.

(Edited for intoxication and unnecessary profanity)

Comments

[meredyth-13.livejournal.com]

The world of people is a strange and scary place. I'm sorry the sheer stupidity of it has risen up and bitten you, honey.

I think you would have enjoyed Mr Virgin Sex, who was evangelising on the footpath in San Francisco. I was privileged to enjoy his many diatribes on how the only allowable and legitimate sex was that between a virgin man and a virgin woman. I admit I was tempted to start a debate on religion v's environmental damage, as I believe his position was very much angled toward the single-use disposable society approach, which I feel is very wasteful. :D

I once had my head bitten off (in the most nasty and personal way) because I dared to tease an american LJ friend (someone I had considered a very close friend too, btw) over the ridiculousness that is american football.

Given that I consider all professional sports ridiculous, and somewhere substantially down the tier of morally outrageable subjects to religion, I can't imagine what kind of response you've had (I admit I haven't seen said posts as I have been travelling and slack in my flist reading).

*sigh*

[anthrokeight.livejournal.com]

I once had my head bitten off (in the most nasty and personal way) because I dared to tease an american LJ friend (someone I had considered a very close friend too, btw) over the ridiculousness that is american football.

Given that I consider all professional sports ridiculous, and somewhere substantially down the tier of morally outrageable subjects to religion,

Ah-hah. The problem you're having is, to this American friend, the chances are good that American football IS a religion. If they live in Chicago, it's probably Da Bears half the year and Da Cubs or Da Whitesox the other half. It's a form of worship, I tell you.

Which is to say... IMHO, teasing about football is TOTALLY an acceptable pasttime.

[made-of-paradox.livejournal.com]

My husband grew up in Texas. They went to church every Sunday, then came home, and if it was football season, the Cowboys game was watched.

Church lasted about an hour. The game lasted about 3. That made an impression on him about the importance of football. But he can take or leave it. (At least he doesn't have Issues about football games, very much unlike attending church at this point....)

[anthrokeight.livejournal.com]

Probably this is because you are allowed to each sour cream and onion chips with ranch dip while watching football. Unlike church...

[f4f3.livejournal.com]

I turn my back on you people for 12 hours...

[anthrokeight.livejournal.com]

And we solve the world's problems with junk food!

[made-of-paradox.livejournal.com]

Actually, neither my husband nor I cares for ranch dip.

Cheese dip, on the other hand. (Hey. Velveeta exists. There has to be a reason for that, right?) And salsa. Mmmmmmm... salsa... [drool]

And I don't like the sour cream and onion chips very much, myself, but my husband loves them. I prefer the plan potato chips.

[anthrokeight.livejournal.com]

Careful, heretic, the Inquisition is on to you... although Velveeta with jalapenos and salsa melted in... mmmmm.

[made-of-paradox.livejournal.com]

If you're lazy, that's what Ro-Tel is for. :)

[rosathome.livejournal.com]

And, in my experience, of the three hours it takes to watch a game, about two hours and forty-five minutes is ad breaks, so you can carry on a perfectly normal conversation with occasional interruptions for ten seconds of someone throwing a ball around.

[made-of-paradox.livejournal.com]

Just for future reference -- the national religion of Texas is Football. So you need to be a little cautious regarding Texans and Football.

(I can take or leave it. If I decide to take it that season, boy howdy am I in! If I decide to leave it, then until there are playoffs or championship games, I'm pretty much not paying attention to football, except for any players, coaches or owners that do something stupid enough that their action becomes news.)

[f4f3.livejournal.com]

Glaswegians have been known to get a trifle het-up about football too...

[made-of-paradox.livejournal.com]

American football is weirder than British football, though.

(About all I really got about it when I was little was that people were playing with a ball, which I thought was a nice thing to do. Baseball made a lot more sense a lot earlier than American football did.)

[made-of-paradox.livejournal.com]

Oh, and I didn't grow up in Texas. That might have something to do with it. When you're rooting for the Patriots before the days of Drew Bledsoe and then Tom Brady -- well, 'nuff said right there.