Ahh, you thought I meant bo-gart. Apparently, in his college smoking days, he was a bit of a greedy stoner, "intercepted" joints as they were past around the circle.
I'd call that poor form. But his friends seemed to accept it.
I saw a kid get _PUNCHED_ hard for doing that when I was watching the Warriors in the Oakland Colosseum in the nose bleed section. They were sitting in front of me and fired up and one dude was talking and didn't pass it and this dude just smacked him very hard in the chest (I felt the thud) and said, "No. Double. Hitting.". I was a bit freaked.
Aside from the obvious separation of church and state arguments, Matthew had a few things to say about this as well:
“Beware of practicing your righteousness before other people in order to be seen by them, for then you will have no reward from your Father who is in heaven. “Thus, when you give to the needy, sound no trumpet before you, as the hypocrites do in the synagogues and in the streets, that they may be praised by others. Truly, I say to you, they have received their reward. But when you give to the needy, do not let your left hand know what your right hand is doing, so that your giving may be in secret. And your Father who sees in secret will reward you. “And when you pray, you must not be like the hypocrites. For they love to stand and pray in the synagogues and at the street corners, that they may be seen by others. Truly, I say to you, they have received their reward." -- Matthew 6:1-34
Get some "ethnic" looking folks in there to start loudly praying to Allah or Vishnu or the FSM any other non-YHWH deity. You'll see that city council shockingly get very suddenly concerned about the Establishment Clause.
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Date: 2013-12-03 11:34 pm (UTC)I guess God at least accepts collect calls.
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Date: 2013-12-03 11:46 pm (UTC)They only want your soul.
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Date: 2013-12-04 01:17 am (UTC)Anyway, I guess the good people at the city of Topeka forgot Matthew 6:5-6...
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Date: 2013-12-04 01:23 am (UTC)But I was wondering if any face eastward?
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Date: 2013-12-04 06:41 am (UTC)You fear Muslims? He's a muslim.
You fear communists? he's a communist
You fear Nazi? He's Hitler
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Date: 2013-12-04 04:56 pm (UTC)I'd call that poor form. But his friends seemed to accept it.
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Date: 2013-12-04 04:41 am (UTC)All hail His Noodelly Appendages (and ignore any resemblances to Chuthulu - it's merely coincidence)
Ramen.
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Date: 2013-12-04 02:25 pm (UTC)“Beware of practicing your righteousness before other people in order to be seen by them, for then you will have no reward from your Father who is in heaven. “Thus, when you give to the needy, sound no trumpet before you, as the hypocrites do in the synagogues and in the streets, that they may be praised by others. Truly, I say to you, they have received their reward. But when you give to the needy, do not let your left hand know what your right hand is doing, so that your giving may be in secret. And your Father who sees in secret will reward you. “And when you pray, you must not be like the hypocrites. For they love to stand and pray in the synagogues and at the street corners, that they may be seen by others. Truly, I say to you, they have received their reward." -- Matthew 6:1-34
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Date: 2013-12-04 04:12 pm (UTC)Put figure of Cthulhu in there. Commence fhtagn-ing.
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