Comments on: The Battle For The Toy Box http://www.myconfinedspace.com/2007/10/27/the-battle-for-the-toy-box-2/ My Confined Space is an image blog with user submitted pictures of anything and everything, funny, serious or dark. Tue, 14 Feb 2012 01:19:29 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Mikki http://www.myconfinedspace.com/2007/10/27/the-battle-for-the-toy-box-2/comment-page-1/#comment-74025 Mikki Tue, 30 Oct 2007 09:16:26 +0000 http://www.myconfinedspace.com/2007/10/27/the-battle-for-the-toy-box-2/#comment-74025 Don't the ten commandments also outlaw pictures or something? There's a bit in there about graven images or something. So no year book photos I guess. Don’t the ten commandments also outlaw pictures or something? There’s a bit in there about graven images or something. So no year book photos I guess.

]]> By: Caio http://www.myconfinedspace.com/2007/10/27/the-battle-for-the-toy-box-2/comment-page-1/#comment-73861 Caio Mon, 29 Oct 2007 06:20:40 +0000 http://www.myconfinedspace.com/2007/10/27/the-battle-for-the-toy-box-2/#comment-73861 schulzbrianr: Wtf is that 'sorely lacking today' stuff? I'm a history post-grad student, and in all my years studying, I've yet to find this ethically perfect society everyone just seems to assume to have existed. Save, maybe, a couple mountain villages in the Himalayas, or a couple of tribal societies where there happened to be a lot of food and natural barriers. For the most part, every society has pushed lofty ethical codes which, if followed, would give us some beautiful paradise nation, and every society has completely ignored those codes and continued to do whatever the hell they felt like. You can post the 10 Commandments all you want, all over the place, and it's quite likely that you yourself will break one of them at some point. When Christians (and Buddhists, Atheist humanists, etc) start following the rules for their own belief systems I'll be fucking amazed, and, hey, fucking awesome. But that's just not going to happen no matter how much you plaster the walls with said rules. schulzbrianr:

Wtf is that ‘sorely lacking today’ stuff? I’m a history post-grad student, and in all my years studying, I’ve yet to find this ethically perfect society everyone just seems to assume to have existed. Save, maybe, a couple mountain villages in the Himalayas, or a couple of tribal societies where there happened to be a lot of food and natural barriers. For the most part, every society has pushed lofty ethical codes which, if followed, would give us some beautiful paradise nation, and every society has completely ignored those codes and continued to do whatever the hell they felt like.

You can post the 10 Commandments all you want, all over the place, and it’s quite likely that you yourself will break one of them at some point. When Christians (and Buddhists, Atheist humanists, etc) start following the rules for their own belief systems I’ll be fucking amazed, and, hey, fucking awesome. But that’s just not going to happen no matter how much you plaster the walls with said rules.

]]> By: PathogenAntifreeze http://www.myconfinedspace.com/2007/10/27/the-battle-for-the-toy-box-2/comment-page-1/#comment-73841 PathogenAntifreeze Mon, 29 Oct 2007 03:42:26 +0000 http://www.myconfinedspace.com/2007/10/27/the-battle-for-the-toy-box-2/#comment-73841 Next time you think, or worse, suggest that the Ten Commandments are "a good set of morals to live by" for the general population and aren't "establishment of religion"... LOOK THEM UP AND READ THEM. You will find yourself sadly mistaken. Fore extra credit, those of you who think the Ten Commandments are awesome, try and recall all 10 before looking them up. See if you get more than three. Next time you think, or worse, suggest that the Ten Commandments are “a good set of morals to live by” for the general population and aren’t “establishment of religion”… LOOK THEM UP AND READ THEM. You will find yourself sadly mistaken. Fore extra credit, those of you who think the Ten Commandments are awesome, try and recall all 10 before looking them up. See if you get more than three.

]]> By: chris_hates_freedom http://www.myconfinedspace.com/2007/10/27/the-battle-for-the-toy-box-2/comment-page-1/#comment-73822 chris_hates_freedom Mon, 29 Oct 2007 01:56:19 +0000 http://www.myconfinedspace.com/2007/10/27/the-battle-for-the-toy-box-2/#comment-73822 I think people might not cry GET THE 10 COMMANDMENTS OUT OF SCHOOL to oppress christianity- it's not like they're saying 'BUT LEAVE THE TEACHINGS OF JIHAD'... possibly because jihad isn't being taught in american schools. So, trying to get rid of the christian elements in schools where no other religious elements existed constitutes oppression? Also, the implication that those of us without religion can't behave in an ethical or moral manner without an invisible man looking over our shoulder isn't cool either. ;) I think people might not cry GET THE 10 COMMANDMENTS OUT OF SCHOOL to oppress christianity- it’s not like they’re saying ‘BUT LEAVE THE TEACHINGS OF JIHAD’… possibly because jihad isn’t being taught in american schools. So, trying to get rid of the christian elements in schools where no other religious elements existed constitutes oppression?

Also, the implication that those of us without religion can’t behave in an ethical or moral manner without an invisible man looking over our shoulder isn’t cool either. ;)

]]> By: orbitn http://www.myconfinedspace.com/2007/10/27/the-battle-for-the-toy-box-2/comment-page-1/#comment-73679 orbitn Sun, 28 Oct 2007 14:26:02 +0000 http://www.myconfinedspace.com/2007/10/27/the-battle-for-the-toy-box-2/#comment-73679 No, sorry. Your being a Christian does not empower you to make decisions for the rest of us. Want to know what a lot of Christianity is progressing towards now? Go look up Fred Phelps. No, sorry. Your being a Christian does not empower you to make decisions for the rest of us.

Want to know what a lot of Christianity is progressing towards now? Go look up Fred Phelps.

]]> By: schulzbrianr http://www.myconfinedspace.com/2007/10/27/the-battle-for-the-toy-box-2/comment-page-1/#comment-73677 schulzbrianr Sun, 28 Oct 2007 14:13:14 +0000 http://www.myconfinedspace.com/2007/10/27/the-battle-for-the-toy-box-2/#comment-73677 Perhaps it's because the commandments are a good solid set of moral values, which our society is SORELY lacking today. And, as for the pledge of allegiance, it's been understood to mean to me that "In God We Trust" is far more able to be interpreted as a belief in a higher power, of ANY religion, than specifically Christianity. Yes, religions with multiple gods, or, religions with NO gods are left out, but, a belief in a higher power that is all knowing and all seeing gives some a sense of comfort that justice will be brought to those who harm others, even if imperfect men (and women) can't find/prove/punish the guilty. So, yes, the government, in its attempts to not offend anyone and cater to the crowds that cry "GET THE 10 COMMANDMENTS OUT OF SCHOOL" by oppressing Christianity specifically might be cause for them to call their rights into question, but, I don't see them marching like the Jena 6 whenever anything happens. (see the Duke rape case for a huge problem of mine with activism. -Ism's in my opinion are not good. A person should not believe in an -ism, he should believe in himself.) End Dennis Milleresque rant. Sorry. :P Perhaps it’s because the commandments are a good solid set of moral values, which our society is SORELY lacking today. And, as for the pledge of allegiance, it’s been understood to mean to me that “In God We Trust” is far more able to be interpreted as a belief in a higher power, of ANY religion, than specifically Christianity. Yes, religions with multiple gods, or, religions with NO gods are left out, but, a belief in a higher power that is all knowing and all seeing gives some a sense of comfort that justice will be brought to those who harm others, even if imperfect men (and women) can’t find/prove/punish the guilty. So, yes, the government, in its attempts to not offend anyone and cater to the crowds that cry “GET THE 10 COMMANDMENTS OUT OF SCHOOL” by oppressing Christianity specifically might be cause for them to call their rights into question, but, I don’t see them marching like the Jena 6 whenever anything happens. (see the Duke rape case for a huge problem of mine with activism. -Ism’s in my opinion are not good. A person should not believe in an -ism, he should believe in himself.) End Dennis Milleresque rant. Sorry. :P

]]> By: orbitn http://www.myconfinedspace.com/2007/10/27/the-battle-for-the-toy-box-2/comment-page-1/#comment-73676 orbitn Sun, 28 Oct 2007 13:43:13 +0000 http://www.myconfinedspace.com/2007/10/27/the-battle-for-the-toy-box-2/#comment-73676 I hear some christian group screaming opression quite often. Usually members of congress around re-election time. "They're taking Christ out of schools! They want to take God out of the pledge of alligence! The Gay agenda wants to/is to eliminate christians!" I live in the rural south, where the Masons and the Good ol boys are the same thing. I hear some christian group screaming opression quite often. Usually members of congress around re-election time. “They’re taking Christ out of schools! They want to take God out of the pledge of alligence! The Gay agenda wants to/is to eliminate christians!”

I live in the rural south, where the Masons and the Good ol boys are the same thing.

]]> By: el_metal http://www.myconfinedspace.com/2007/10/27/the-battle-for-the-toy-box-2/comment-page-1/#comment-73664 el_metal Sun, 28 Oct 2007 08:43:23 +0000 http://www.myconfinedspace.com/2007/10/27/the-battle-for-the-toy-box-2/#comment-73664 Rotflmao @ 4: ??? 5: Prophet! ohmybob wins! Rotflmao @
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ohmybob wins!

]]> By: Excelsior http://www.myconfinedspace.com/2007/10/27/the-battle-for-the-toy-box-2/comment-page-1/#comment-73641 Excelsior Sun, 28 Oct 2007 05:14:52 +0000 http://www.myconfinedspace.com/2007/10/27/the-battle-for-the-toy-box-2/#comment-73641 "I believe this is a repost. And this was actually posted not too long ago." yes indeed, RIPOSTE! “I believe this is a repost. And this was actually posted not too long ago.”

yes indeed, RIPOSTE!

]]> By: ohmybob http://www.myconfinedspace.com/2007/10/27/the-battle-for-the-toy-box-2/comment-page-1/#comment-73624 ohmybob Sun, 28 Oct 2007 03:40:03 +0000 http://www.myconfinedspace.com/2007/10/27/the-battle-for-the-toy-box-2/#comment-73624 1: Take them out of the boxes 2: Pair them up (two by two, lulz) 3:Replace them on shelves in compromising and unholy positions 4: ??? 5: Prophet! 1: Take them out of the boxes
2: Pair them up (two by two, lulz)
3:Replace them on shelves in compromising and unholy positions
4: ???
5: Prophet!

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