scottlowt... at (no spam) ix.netcom.com wrote:
Snerk.
http://www.metro.co.uk/weird/article.html?in_article_id=43272&in_page....

"
A student has been suspended from school in America for coming to
class dressed as a pirate.

But the disciplinary action has provoked controversy – because the
student says that the ban violates his rights, as the pirate costume
is part of his religion.

Bryan Killian says that he follows the Pastafarian religion, and that
as a crucial part of his faith, he must wear 'full pirate regalia' as
prescribed in the holy texts of Pastafarianism.
"

Maybe the school should hold him to that.

Snerk.
http://www.metro.co.uk/weird/article.html?in_article_id=43272&in_page_id=2

"
A student has been suspended from school in America for coming to
class dressed as a pirate.

But the disciplinary action has provoked controversy – because the
student says that the ban violates his rights, as the pirate costume
is part of his religion.

Bryan Killian says that he follows the Pastafarian religion, and that
as a crucial part of his faith, he must wear 'full pirate regalia' as
prescribed in the holy texts of Pastafarianism.
"

On Sep 30, 9:05 pm, Dirk Bruere at NeoPax <dirk.bru... at (no spam) gmail.com
wrote:
scottlowt... at (no spam) ix.netcom.com wrote:
Snerk.
http://www.metro.co.uk/weird/article.html?in_article_id=43272&in_page...
"
A student has been suspended from school in America for coming to
class dressed as a pirate.
But the disciplinary action has provoked controversy – because the
student says that the ban violates his rights, as the pirate costume
is part of his religion.
Bryan Killian says that he follows the Pastafarian religion, and that
as a crucial part of his faith, he must wear 'full pirate regalia' as
prescribed in the holy texts of Pastafarianism.
"
Maybe the school should hold him to that.

And hold every student who professes a religious belief to their
expressed religious beliefs. it'll be fun to see how the school
decides to enforce Sharia on any Muslims students. It'd be
entertaining to see how they'd respond to an Asatruar student who
shows up with a spear and a sword.

Here's a thought: how about treat everyone by the *same* set of rules?
If "pirate regalia" is beyold the pale for this school, imagine what
they'd think of a burkha.

This sort of thing is *exactly* what Pastafarianism is all about. The
school is making the FSM's point for it.

Actually, everyone should be judged by, and held accountable to, their
religious/ethical beliefs.

scottlowt... at (no spam) ix.netcom.com wrote:
On Sep 30, 9:05 pm, Dirk Bruere at NeoPax <dirk.bru... at (no spam) gmail.com
wrote:
scottlowt... at (no spam) ix.netcom.com wrote:
Snerk.
http://www.metro.co.uk/weird/article.html?in_article_id=43272&in_page...
"
A student has been suspended from school in America for coming to
class dressed as a pirate.
But the disciplinary action has provoked controversy – because the
student says that the ban violates his rights, as the pirate costume
is part of his religion.
Bryan Killian says that he follows the Pastafarian religion, and that
as a crucial part of his faith, he must wear 'full pirate regalia' as
prescribed in the holy texts of Pastafarianism.
"
Maybe the school should hold him to that.

And hold every student who professes a religious belief to their
expressed religious beliefs. it'll be fun to see how the school
decides to enforce Sharia on any Muslims students. It'd be
entertaining to see how they'd respond to an Asatruar student who
shows up with a spear and a sword.

Here's a thought: how about treat everyone by the *same* set of rules?
If "pirate regalia" is beyold the pale for this school, imagine what
they'd think of a burkha.

This sort of thing is *exactly* what Pastafarianism is all about. The
school is making the FSM's point for it.

Actually, everyone should be judged by, and held accountable to, their
religious/ethical beliefs. The problem is that right now we do not have
a sufficiently technically advanced society to be able to do so.

On Sep 30, 10:50 pm, Dirk Bruere at NeoPax <dirk.bru... at (no spam) gmail.com
wrote:

Actually, everyone should be judged by, and held accountable to, their
religious/ethical beliefs.

Ummm... huh. So if one guy believes in nonviolence due to his
religion, and the other guy believes in killing the infidels due to
his different religion, then a murder can take place and since that
murder was part of the one guys religion, there'll be no negative
judgement against him?

Sheesh. If your point of view is common in Europe, it's no wonder that
Europe will soon be a historical footnote.

On Sep 30, 10:50 pm, Dirk Bruere at NeoPax <dirk.bru... at (no spam) gmail.com
wrote:

Actually, everyone should be judged by, and held accountable to, their
religious/ethical beliefs.

Ummm... huh. So if one guy believes in nonviolence due to his
religion, and the other guy believes in killing the infidels due to
his different religion, then a murder can take place and since that
murder was part of the one guys religion, there'll be no negative
judgement against him?

Sheesh. If your point of view is common in Europe, it's no wonder that
Europe will soon be a historical footnote.

scottlowt... at (no spam) ix.netcom.com wrote:
On Sep 30, 10:50 pm, Dirk Bruere at NeoPax <dirk.bru... at (no spam) gmail.com
wrote:

Actually, everyone should be judged by, and held accountable to, their
religious/ethical beliefs.

Ummm... huh. So if one guy believes in nonviolence due to his
religion, and the other guy believes in killing the infidels due to
his different religion, then a murder can take place and since that
murder was part of the one guys religion, there'll be no negative
judgement against him?

Sheesh. If your point of view is common in Europe, it's no wonder that
Europe will soon be a historical footnote.

All it means is that pacifists would be in short supply.

Yes. Serbia is one of those examples... started off with the genocide
thing (on both sides), and then NATO came in on the side of Al Queda
and bombed the Serbs and enforced pussification.