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pig · 07-08-2008, 06:16 PM

theology nor geometry, my friend...

but to this - in sc at least, y'all should realize that there's more to this than just simple religious freedom at stake...there's the political career of our dear andre bauer. see, he's been cozying up to the older crowd. the elderly. and they, those whacky elderly, happen to be predominantly christian in dear old sc. so he's offering to put up the $4000 fee necessary to get the production of the plates started, personally. all out of the goodness of his heart. what a guy.

so this is politics as usual.

as to the root of the OP - i think it's one of myriad of things that should be a blip on the radar - but if i had to offer an opinion, i would say that the license tag is a state-procured legal document. it should be boring and drab, and have a number to connect the vehicle to the owner and the taxes paid on the vehicle. i think that technically, if it's going to be pushed to religion as an issue, then let's just go back to old boring black and white, no affiliations attached tags. the religion thing is too contentious to get into, so if they have to get all pissy about it, and in this case by "they" i mean religion-oriented people - specfically of the christian persuassion, then reduce the whole thing back to square zero and let people put they're political language in the tacky-ass bumper stickers they so adore.

edit: removed/reworded some potentially inflammatory language.

07-08-2008, 06:16 PM	#48 (permalink)
pig pigglet pigglet Location: Locash	theology nor geometry, my friend... but to this - in sc at least, y'all should realize that there's more to this than just simple religious freedom at stake...there's the political career of our dear andre bauer. see, he's been cozying up to the older crowd. the elderly. and they, those whacky elderly, happen to be predominantly christian in dear old sc. so he's offering to put up the $4000 fee necessary to get the production of the plates started, personally. all out of the goodness of his heart. what a guy. so this is politics as usual. as to the root of the OP - i think it's one of myriad of things that should be a blip on the radar - but if i had to offer an opinion, i would say that the license tag is a state-procured legal document. it should be boring and drab, and have a number to connect the vehicle to the owner and the taxes paid on the vehicle. i think that technically, if it's going to be pushed to religion as an issue, then let's just go back to old boring black and white, no affiliations attached tags. the religion thing is too contentious to get into, so if they have to get all pissy about it, and in this case by "they" i mean religion-oriented people - specfically of the christian persuassion, then reduce the whole thing back to square zero and let people put they're political language in the tacky-ass bumper stickers they so adore. edit: removed/reworded some potentially inflammatory language. __________________ You don't love me, you just love my piggy style Last edited by pig; 07-09-2008 at 04:13 AM..