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	<title>Comments on: Religion? Let&#8217;s Call a Spade a Spade</title>
	<link>http://aldacron.net/blog/2008/06/20/religion-lets-call-a-spade-a-spade/</link>
	<description>Searching for reason in an unreasonable world.</description>
	<pubDate>Sun, 23 Nov 2008 16:48:03 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>By: Chris the Blogger</title>
		<link>http://aldacron.net/blog/2008/06/20/religion-lets-call-a-spade-a-spade/#comment-26382</link>
		<dc:creator>Chris the Blogger</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 23 Jun 2008 13:04:27 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>That was really the first encounter my blog had with the rest of the internet. Up until http://bligbi.com/ found the 'No tears for dead atheists' post I hadn't had many random passers by. It was obvious to my regular readership that I was not expressing the sentiments contained in the post.

You had a perfectly natural reaction to Dr Min. It is probably the worst case of anti-atheist bigotry I've ever seen. You U.S. atheists (even though you are currently in Korea) seem to pursue these arguments more than my Australian friends. Maybe because here religion isn't such a big deal. We have a few crazies but even then they are generally comfortable around atheists.

I had re-posted it from Shelley the Republican who had, in turn, re-posted it from some unsent message group.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>That was really the first encounter my blog had with the rest of the internet. Up until <a href="http://bligbi.com/" rel="nofollow">http://bligbi.com/</a> found the &#8216;No tears for dead atheists&#8217; post I hadn&#8217;t had many random passers by. It was obvious to my regular readership that I was not expressing the sentiments contained in the post.</p>
<p>You had a perfectly natural reaction to Dr Min. It is probably the worst case of anti-atheist bigotry I&#8217;ve ever seen. You U.S. atheists (even though you are currently in Korea) seem to pursue these arguments more than my Australian friends. Maybe because here religion isn&#8217;t such a big deal. We have a few crazies but even then they are generally comfortable around atheists.</p>
<p>I had re-posted it from Shelley the Republican who had, in turn, re-posted it from some unsent message group.</p>
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		<title>By: Dr Sam Kault</title>
		<link>http://aldacron.net/blog/2008/06/20/religion-lets-call-a-spade-a-spade/#comment-26380</link>
		<dc:creator>Dr Sam Kault</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 23 Jun 2008 12:47:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<guid>http://aldacron.net/blog/2008/06/20/religion-lets-call-a-spade-a-spade/#comment-26380</guid>
		<description>Whatever, you HeAThen!!  My flying spagetti monster is gonna drown you with holy bolognaise.  RaHoWa</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Whatever, you HeAThen!!  My flying spagetti monster is gonna drown you with holy bolognaise.  RaHoWa</p>
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		<title>By: Aldacron</title>
		<link>http://aldacron.net/blog/2008/06/20/religion-lets-call-a-spade-a-spade/#comment-26374</link>
		<dc:creator>Aldacron</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 23 Jun 2008 07:54:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<guid>http://aldacron.net/blog/2008/06/20/religion-lets-call-a-spade-a-spade/#comment-26374</guid>
		<description>&lt;i&gt;I did not write the post you linked to. I copied and pasted it as an example of anti-atheist bigotry. &lt;/i&gt;

I'll summarize here what I posted in your comment section. If you are going to copy and paste other people's posts, at least add something to indicate that's what you have done. A block quote at the very least. It very much looks like the post in question is &lt;i&gt;written by you&lt;/i&gt;. There's nothing to indicate to someone visiting your blog for the first time that you and the original author are not the same person. The first several commenters obviously believed you to be the author as well.

And that's ignoring the copyright issues involved :)

&lt;i&gt;You are too eager to pass judgment on others.&lt;/i&gt;

No, I'm really not. If someone posts something so insulting and vile that riles me up, I'm certainly going to call them out on it. I don't roam around the web, looking for people to 'judge'. This seemed an open and shut case of bigotry. You can't blame me for getting angry about it when you chose not to clarify that you were not the author of the post until halfway through a long comment thread.

For those wondering what we're on about, it's nothing to do with this post. Rather, it's about a comment I made on &lt;a href="http://myblogisagoodblog.blogspot.com/2008/06/not-as-bad-as-zimbabwe.html" rel="nofollow"&gt; one of Chris the blogger's posts &lt;/a&gt;.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><i>I did not write the post you linked to. I copied and pasted it as an example of anti-atheist bigotry. </i></p>
<p>I&#8217;ll summarize here what I posted in your comment section. If you are going to copy and paste other people&#8217;s posts, at least add something to indicate that&#8217;s what you have done. A block quote at the very least. It very much looks like the post in question is <i>written by you</i>. There&#8217;s nothing to indicate to someone visiting your blog for the first time that you and the original author are not the same person. The first several commenters obviously believed you to be the author as well.</p>
<p>And that&#8217;s ignoring the copyright issues involved <img src='http://aldacron.net/blog/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_smile.gif' alt=':)' class='wp-smiley' /> </p>
<p><i>You are too eager to pass judgment on others.</i></p>
<p>No, I&#8217;m really not. If someone posts something so insulting and vile that riles me up, I&#8217;m certainly going to call them out on it. I don&#8217;t roam around the web, looking for people to &#8216;judge&#8217;. This seemed an open and shut case of bigotry. You can&#8217;t blame me for getting angry about it when you chose not to clarify that you were not the author of the post until halfway through a long comment thread.</p>
<p>For those wondering what we&#8217;re on about, it&#8217;s nothing to do with this post. Rather, it&#8217;s about a comment I made on <a href="http://myblogisagoodblog.blogspot.com/2008/06/not-as-bad-as-zimbabwe.html" rel="nofollow"> one of Chris the blogger&#8217;s posts </a>.</p>
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		<title>By: Chris the blogger</title>
		<link>http://aldacron.net/blog/2008/06/20/religion-lets-call-a-spade-a-spade/#comment-26371</link>
		<dc:creator>Chris the blogger</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 23 Jun 2008 05:53:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<guid>http://aldacron.net/blog/2008/06/20/religion-lets-call-a-spade-a-spade/#comment-26371</guid>
		<description>I did not write the post you linked to. I copied and pasted it as an example of anti-atheist bigotry. Read the comments thread.

You are too eager to pass judgment on others.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I did not write the post you linked to. I copied and pasted it as an example of anti-atheist bigotry. Read the comments thread.</p>
<p>You are too eager to pass judgment on others.</p>
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