prodigal_green
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Sun Dec-26-04 01:21 AM
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Hey, let's create fake outrage over Valentine's Day |
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They're taking the martyrdom out of the holiday with those silly boxes of chocolate. Valentinus had far more serious things in mind.
From the History Channel website:
...One legend contends that Valentine was a priest who served during the third century in Rome. When Emperor Claudius II decided that single men made better soldiers than those with wives and families, he outlawed marriage for young men -- his crop of potential soldiers. Valentine, realizing the injustice of the decree, defied Claudius and continued to perform marriages for young lovers in secret. When Valentine's actions were discovered, Claudius ordered that he be put to death...
So, Valentinus married folks whose unions were banned by the government. I'm pretty sure he would have married gay couples, who are currently banned from marrying. Not allowing gays to marry is supressing our expression of our holiday.
Think Bill O'Liely will take up the cause?
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Sun Dec-26-04 01:25 AM
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1. Hee hee - and Halmark is a big repug donor! |
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This would kill them. I actually thought maybe your post was going to say - they're going to start insisting on saying St. Valentine's Day - :eyes:
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Sun Dec-26-04 01:27 AM
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MissBrooks
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Sun Dec-26-04 01:28 AM
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3. A bunch of us single gals used to go out on 2/13 |
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and tear up the place..
One year, we all brought Ken dolls with us - I had "Perfect Date Ken". He wears a tux and comes with his own brush.
We also had Malibu Ken (or Surfer Ken - or something) and we had him go swimming in our water glasses....
It got out of hand.. a little.
;-)
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Sun Dec-26-04 01:43 AM
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6. I hate Valentine's Day |
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For someone who has been single almost always since my divorce - Valentine's Day SUCKS.
OK - got that outta my system.
And, yes, this would be funny! :)
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MissBrooks
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Sun Dec-26-04 01:48 AM
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11. You need to learn to roll with it a little. |
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Get a bunch of your single friends together and have an Anti-Valentine's Day BASH!
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Sun Dec-26-04 11:30 AM
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Can I also take the day off work and still find my classroom in the same orderly condition I left it in?
I cannot bear spending the day trying to teach 32 10-year-olds whose only focus is on how much candy they can eat, how to start "early," passing out cheap commercially produced, logo-stamped cards that no one bothers to read or look at, and half don't address or sign, so that they can gloat about how many they got or cry about how many they didn't.
The only thing worse is to turn them loose with a sub for the day. Then I'll REALLY pay.
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Sun Dec-26-04 01:29 PM
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23. But isn't how much candy you get |
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the whole reason behind Valentine's Day?
LOL, I'm sure you know I'm kidding.
But, yup, you gotta train them early that how many friends (and how many toys, and how big the toys are, and if they have a boyfriend or girlfriend, etc) is what determines their self-worth...
I don't know how I escaped with my self-esteem intact.
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Sun Dec-26-04 01:41 PM
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24. I htought the whole reason behind |
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Valentine's Day is to see who got the most cards.
No?
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Nadienne
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Sun Dec-26-04 02:00 PM
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27. No, you give cards so that you have something |
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(like, say, an envelope) to put the candy in. :) Also, that way the other kids know that you're the one who gave the really good candy.
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Sun Dec-26-04 01:57 PM
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26. well, either you included Magic Earring Ken |
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or you are all a bunch of hypocrites!
:-)
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Sun Dec-26-04 01:31 AM
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4. isn't that little Cupid guy NAKED?? |
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AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA
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Behind the Aegis
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Sun Dec-26-04 01:20 PM
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It is a NAKED male child and he is being made to work!!! Child labor laws!!! What about seeing his "winkie!?!" Graven Images!!! He has a weapon! Won't this encourage children to shoot others with arrows?!
Wow, that was fun! LOL!
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Sun Dec-26-04 01:35 AM
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5. Why do you hate Sweetest's Day?? |
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Hate the hate, not the hater. Or something.
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Sun Dec-26-04 01:44 AM
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7. Sweetest Day is the third Saturday in October |
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Which is also the day of the Tennessee/Alabama rivalry in college football and, thus, gets greatly overlooked me moi.
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Sun Dec-26-04 01:44 AM
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8. with all the chocolate produced in slave-like conditions in |
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africa?.. yeah, that'd drive them bananas. not that it isn't tragic
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Sun Dec-26-04 01:45 AM
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9. that's actually a pretty good idea - GOP is anti-Love, pro-Hate |
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:) Republicans are anti-Love - do it, it's true, and it works.
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Sun Dec-26-04 01:45 AM
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10. Cupid was definitely a sadistic |
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sob. The things this effeminate did with arrows is disgusting. No decent right wing could possibly consider endorsing this travesty.
The thought that Hallmark backs such a travesty is disgusting. Ccostco has excellent Valentine gifts.
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Sun Dec-26-04 01:58 AM
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12. Valentine's day is unpatriotic |
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We should make war not love.
Claudius was right - fighting for the empire is much more important than procreation. If we all followed St. Valentine's lead, who would be left to protect our oil^h^h^h freedom?
St. Valentine is pro-terrorist. Pass it on!
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Sun Dec-26-04 02:01 AM
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I will notify billbo o'reilly. Then he can start his ranting and ask Jesus to weep for him. .
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Sun Dec-26-04 02:04 AM
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14. A pagan holiday if there ever was one |
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If the media were really as liberal as they say, we should have no trouble raising a big "republicans are killing valentine's day" ruckus, which would suit me fine.
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Sun Dec-26-04 03:19 AM
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15. It clearly promotes free love, which is against, gee, everything.n/t |
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Sun Dec-26-04 09:23 AM
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16. love is a threat to homeland security. with love, there'd be no war |
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Edited on Sun Dec-26-04 09:24 AM by AgadorSparticus
and without war, how could we possibly defend ourselves from terrorists? LOL this is so crazy, we should expect to see it in the "news" in a couple of months.
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Sun Dec-26-04 09:43 AM
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17. It's a big leap to assert that St. Valentine would have |
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married gay couples just because he married young men to their fiancees in defiance of Claudius's order against young men being allowed to marry.
Definitely boycott Hallmark (GOP donor), and Valentine's Day in general if you like, but don't engage in historical revisionism.
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Sun Dec-26-04 09:59 AM
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18. I'm making fun of the notion that banning christmas trees |
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is somehow anti-christian, when almost all of the American icons of Christmas are pagan symbols.
Who the heck even knows if Valentinus actually existed? A good number of early saints were local gods whom the Christians called saints to pacify the local population.
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Sun Dec-26-04 01:22 PM
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Until about the 13th century, it was not uncommon for priests to marry gay men and lesbians. There are still remote parts of Romania that still do it. Check out John (?) Boswell's book.
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Sun Dec-26-04 12:57 PM
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Sun Dec-26-04 01:41 PM
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25. The obvious bumper sticker... |
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"Valentine's Day: No More Walking Around With A Heart On!"
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Sun Dec-26-04 02:06 PM
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28. Dildo Liely? He's probably working on some Easter-under-siege crap |
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I'm already seeing some murmurings of the pending Easter wars, concerning the movie awards that may or may not be given to Mel Gibson's Jesus Chainsaw Massacre.
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Sun Dec-26-04 02:12 PM
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29. Then there's those candy "hearts" |
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Stylized vulvas. Anyone scarfing those is doing the nasty with their face. Or more vulgarly, committing the horrific sin of eating p---y.
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