Comments on: Tornado touchdown http://www.secretsofthecity.com/mnspeak/12776 A Daily Digest of Twin Cities News, Arts and Culture Sat, 20 Mar 2010 13:34:06 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Berfus http://www.secretsofthecity.com/mnspeak/12776#comment-179536 Berfus Tue, 15 Jul 2008 07:56:58 +0000 #comment-179536 You make a valid point, but if you move a landmark from a well-known area it loses its significance. Like the ten commandments statue that used to be outside that courthouse in alabama. Where else but a courthouse would there be a better place for it. You make a valid point, but if you move a landmark from a well-known area it loses its significance. Like the ten commandments statue that used to be outside that courthouse in alabama. Where else but a courthouse would there be a better place for it.

]]> By: stfu http://www.secretsofthecity.com/mnspeak/12776#comment-179532 stfu Tue, 15 Jul 2008 03:35:11 +0000 #comment-179532 I don't think the word "sicko" is the right word for people who want to remove a manger scene.<br /> <br /> I also think it's exponentially worse to blow up the statues because they cannot ever be replaced. The manger scene can at the very least be preserved for historical reasons in a garage or other storage unit. The historical significance of the manger scene is not lost because it cannot be displayed on public property - people are still free to display them in their front yards or in front of churches. I don’t think the word “sicko” is the right word for people who want to remove a manger scene.

I also think it’s exponentially worse to blow up the statues because they cannot ever be replaced. The manger scene can at the very least be preserved for historical reasons in a garage or other storage unit. The historical significance of the manger scene is not lost because it cannot be displayed on public property – people are still free to display them in their front yards or in front of churches.

]]> By: Berfus http://www.secretsofthecity.com/mnspeak/12776#comment-179530 Berfus Tue, 15 Jul 2008 03:29:04 +0000 #comment-179530 What kind of sicko would want to remove a manger scene from anywhere?! That is just as bad as the taliban blowing up those buddha statues. What kind of sicko would want to remove a manger scene from anywhere?! That is just as bad as the taliban blowing up those buddha statues.

]]> By: kurtis http://www.secretsofthecity.com/mnspeak/12776#comment-179507 kurtis Tue, 15 Jul 2008 00:25:23 +0000 #comment-179507 Your calendar is broken, Rat. But one supposes you're alluding to some case where somebody objected to a manger scene on a courthouse lawn. That is an example of somebody objecting to a religious display on public property. What you have failed to produce is an example of someone who is "very offended if something religious passes within their field of vision," if that field of vision lands, for example, on private property. Your calendar is broken, Rat. But one supposes you’re alluding to some case where somebody objected to a manger scene on a courthouse lawn. That is an example of somebody objecting to a religious display on public property. What you have failed to produce is an example of someone who is “very offended if something religious passes within their field of vision,” if that field of vision lands, for example, on private property.

]]> By: Rat http://www.secretsofthecity.com/mnspeak/12776#comment-179506 Rat Mon, 14 Jul 2008 23:51:25 +0000 #comment-179506 <em>For example?</em><br /> <br /> Merry Christmas, Kurtis. <br /> For example?

Merry Christmas, Kurtis.

]]> By: Berfus http://www.secretsofthecity.com/mnspeak/12776#comment-179503 Berfus Mon, 14 Jul 2008 23:10:14 +0000 #comment-179503 So the bolsheviks, red chinese, castro, north vietnamese, and the koreans were all waging a holy was for atheism? So the bolsheviks, red chinese, castro, north vietnamese, and the koreans were all waging a holy was for atheism?

]]> By: EagerOwl http://www.secretsofthecity.com/mnspeak/12776#comment-179473 EagerOwl Mon, 14 Jul 2008 20:35:07 +0000 #comment-179473 There are no atheists in fox holes because usually the reason they are there is some sort of crusade, holy war, jihad or other spiritually manufactured foolishness. <br /> There are no atheists in fox holes because usually the reason they are there is some sort of crusade, holy war, jihad or other spiritually manufactured foolishness.

]]> By: msparber http://www.secretsofthecity.com/mnspeak/12776#comment-179424 msparber Mon, 14 Jul 2008 17:38:46 +0000 #comment-179424 Well, if the way you see it is not rooted in actual research, then it is, by definition, ignorant. "Calling it as you see it" does not equal "presenting a reasoned and educated opinion." Well, if the way you see it is not rooted in actual research, then it is, by definition, ignorant. “Calling it as you see it” does not equal “presenting a reasoned and educated opinion.”

]]> By: Berfus http://www.secretsofthecity.com/mnspeak/12776#comment-179421 Berfus Mon, 14 Jul 2008 17:34:54 +0000 #comment-179421 Explain how that rant is ignorant. I just calls em as i sees em. Explain how that rant is ignorant. I just calls em as i sees em.

]]> By: Bixby http://www.secretsofthecity.com/mnspeak/12776#comment-179348 Bixby Mon, 14 Jul 2008 14:34:01 +0000 #comment-179348 annnnnd....scene. That's a wrap! annnnnd….scene. That’s a wrap!

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