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dmallind

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12. What an unfortunate but revelatory design

Reply to laconicsax (Reply #8)

Wed Dec 7, 2011, 11:30 AM

Dec 2011

You'd think wouldn't you that somebody....

...well this reminds me of a bar called the Madison Street pub in Seattle my wife and I went to this year. Fun place, nice folks. Clientele almost exclusively male, rainbow flags and all that.

The only food they offer is foot long hot dogs and (very good) warm spicy nuts.

As I said then: "They have to know. It's not that they can have missed this or got it by accident. Even if it started that way somebody surely pointed it out, within hours, many years ago. They just have it as some tongue in cheek witty self-referential humor."

This design strikes me the same way.

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BOW BEFORE YOUR GROUP HOST!!! [View all] laconicsax Dec 2011 OP

Ahhh the arrogance of power sharp_stick Dec 2011 #1

Do you prefer we bow... WillParkinson Dec 2011 #2

The rumor downtown is laconicsax prefers us to kneel, ZombieHorde Dec 2011 #5

Don't make me ban you...or worse... laconicsax Dec 2011 #6

Now now- Don't tease me like that! lindysalsagal Dec 2011 #18

Congrats! Renew Deal Dec 2011 #3

Is this the new r/t forum or group?? Angry Dragon Dec 2011 #4

kneel facing which way? Sorry - channeling my inner altar boy. nt dmallind Dec 2011 #7

Here's a diagram laconicsax Dec 2011 #8

What an unfortunate but revelatory design dmallind Dec 2011 #12

Oh, brother. rug Dec 2011 #9

I think we need a change of title for the hosts of Religion and a few other groups muriel_volestrangler Dec 2011 #10

Nice! cleanhippie Dec 2011 #11

Power corrupts, and absolute power is kind of neat! n/t backscatter712 Dec 2011 #13

This is going to get interesting... westerebus Dec 2011 #14

I didn't think that these old posts... Silent3 Dec 2011 #15

Will this be the end of our hero Deacon's shenanigans? deacon_sephiroth Dec 2011 #16

I guess the PTB decided that someone who chose a specific avatar to mock people of faith really cbayer Dec 2011 #17

I was a temporary host for the latest DU3 preview. laconicsax Dec 2011 #19

I'm not either, and that concerns me as far as the nominations go. darkstar3 Dec 2011 #20

You are, of course, aware that everyone can read posts in small groups, cbayer Dec 2011 #21

If you want to make this group a better place, then I suggest you start darkstar3 Dec 2011 #22

I don't intend to lecture anyone, only to provoke some discussion about how people behave in this cbayer Dec 2011 #25

Then "provoke some discussion" on this topic from the provacateurs. darkstar3 Dec 2011 #28

Perhaps you and I can talk further at another time, as I sense that I am being baited here. cbayer Dec 2011 #29

My old avatar mocked people, this one doesn't. laconicsax Dec 2011 #23

I don't recall what you previous avatar was, so have no point of reference here. cbayer Dec 2011 #24

Actually its not even a crucifix, just a cross, a symbol that predates Christianity... Humanist_Activist Dec 2011 #26

I suppose only the person sporting it can truly attest to what it is and what it means. cbayer Dec 2011 #27

True, but I just see a cross... Humanist_Activist Dec 2011 #30

So! How about those NY Giants! lindysalsagal Dec 2011 #31

"When I see a crucifix, I think of Christianity. I am at a loss to see how that makes me blinded..." laconicsax Dec 2011 #32