New rules: things you are not allowed not to say anymore

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From Pharyngula...

a group of atheists attended a city council meeting to protest (politely, of course) prayer before meetings and ten commandments signs, and they were http://friendlyatheist.com/2010/12/17/florida-atheists-told-to-change-shirts-or-leave-city-council-meeting">threatened with expulsion for the terrifying t-shirts they were wearing. They bore a slogan that other attendees complained about as "offensive". That slogan was simply One nation, indivisible.

Did you catch that horror? They left out the words "under god" that are supposed to be there, dividing "nation" from "indivisible"! I don't know how Cape Coral City will cope with all these people going around not saying things.

Here's another example of this amazing touchiness. Elizabeth Edwards recently died of cancer, and she left a final statement for her family and friends. It's a nice, brief farewell, and in it she says, "You all know that I have been sustained throughout my life by three saving graces—my family, my friends, and a faith in the power of resilience and hope."

Did you catch that one, too? I know, you can hardly believe it, and you're probably shocked to your core by her dreadful omission: she didn't mention her faith in Jesus! Holy crap, you mean women are going around dying of cancer without words of praise for their lord and savior on their mind?

Wait, you're thinking, no one could possibly be so insensitive and arrogant that they think they should dictate what a dying person's final thoughts should be — other than us atheists, that is, who are expected to barge into the deathbed scenes and slap the weak-willed fading sap until they renounce their false beliefs in gods.

Oh, hang on…we don't do that, either.

OK then, no one could be that arrogant…except a Christian. Get a napkin ready, just in case you feel an urge to throw up a little when you read how http://americanpowerblog.blogspot.com/2010/12/elizabeth-edwards-parting-statement.html">one Christian reacted to Edwards' farewell.

http://scienceblogs.com/pharyngula/2010/12/new_rules_there_are_some_thing.php