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	<title>Seattle Atheists &#187; sam</title>
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		<title>A Comment Recently Received</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 13 Nov 2009 01:45:36 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[We recently received a comment from Elaine B., which may be interesting to some Seattle Atheists members. You do not, under any kind of decent moral standing have the right...]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>We recently received a comment from Elaine B., which may be interesting to some Seattle Atheists members.</p>
<blockquote><p>You do not, under any kind of decent moral standing have the right to target children with your ads. The idea of using a child fantasy such as Santa Claus to attract their attention is just as moral as Camel cigarettes using Joe the Camel to sell their garbage.</p>
<p>I am all for your free rights of speech. You have a right to push your ideas. Just as I have a right to push what I believe in. But, SHOVING your NON beliefs down the throats of children that have other cultures is unacceptable.</p>
<p>I just read your news release. Using the founding fathers as you are, if you have legitimate proof of their religious standings is one thing. But having a giant Santa Claus to get little childrens attention is very immoral. What were you thinking?</p>
<p>Then again, religion is often the foundation of teaching morals, so maybe that is what has happened with your decision making ability?</p>
<p>How would you like me to stand somewhere your child/grand childre, or someone in your organizations young people, and tell them you are a liar? Just as your ad says to our children? Would you like your child to pass such contradiction of what you teach? Maybe I should put some ads out there with, I don&#8217;t know, a super hero,with a big ad as ignorant as yours, stating, &#8220;I got all my powers from God&#8221;</p>
<p>Everyone in this world has a right to believe what they do, and to raise their families the way they find to be the truest in their hearts.<br />
What this ad is trying to accomplish is the very thing you are supposedly fighting!</p>
<p>You attempt to brainwash people! Leave MY children alone.</p></blockquote>
<p>Any <span style="text-decoration: line-through;">serious</span> problems with the content of the comment will be left as an exercise for the reader.  However, I would like to point out a couple of things which might be important to people:</p>
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<li>The Santa Claus bus signs on the outside were contracted by the <a href="http://www.ffrf.org">Freedom from Religion Foundation</a>, and are completely independent of our signs on the inside of the bus.</li>
<li>That whole part about <em>&#8220;How would you like me to stand somewhere your child/grand childre, or someone in your organizations young people, and tell them you are a liar&#8221;</em>?   That happens.   A lot.</li>
<li>Atheism is apparently as bad as smoking.</li>
<li>I&#8217;m also pretty sure that the whole super hero thing she&#8217;s talking about already exists.  <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bibleman">Just sayin&#8217;.</a></li>
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