tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6708375.post4463219341022240148..comments2024-03-28T03:54:21.932-04:00Comments on Canadian Cynic: Is that your final answer, John?CChttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11406057201126015750noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6708375.post-88961359370153956852009-02-18T10:21:00.000-05:002009-02-18T10:21:00.000-05:00Okay, I'll say it. Secular/atheist aint religious ...Okay, I'll say it. Secular/atheist aint religious viewpoints. The def. of secular is like: temporal based, grounded in reality, etc.<BR/><BR/>BTW, I find ads that don't show nekkid women offensive. I mean, SMART naked ones. I didn't say that I was grounded in reality.mikmikhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00366766734839522162noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6708375.post-56513912725674381252009-02-17T16:05:00.000-05:002009-02-17T16:05:00.000-05:00The Canadian Atheist Bus Campaign reported here th...The Canadian Atheist Bus Campaign reported <A HREF="http://atheistbus.ca/tag/ttc/" REL="nofollow">here</A> that OC Transpo's official response to them was:<BR/><BR/><I>“The Advertising Standards section of our contract specifically excludes religious advertising which might be offensive to transit users, so we cannot approve this ad”</I><BR/><BR/>Now, there a couple of ways you can interpret that sentence - either they consider <I>all</I> religious advertising to be potentially offensive, or they only prohibit religious advertising that is <I>also</I> offensive. I tend towards the former (otherwise, why wouldn't they prohibit ALL potentially offensive ads?), but I could be wrong.Jennifer Smithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14610902519752808810noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6708375.post-13469748410643133262009-02-17T13:06:00.000-05:002009-02-17T13:06:00.000-05:00Mike:I'm not sure it's fair to call Donaldson a "l...Mike:<BR/><BR/>I'm not sure it's fair to call Donaldson a "liar." I don't recall <I>him</I> stating that religious ads were forbidden on OC Transpo -- that was a claim made by Jennifer Smith, and Donaldson may very well be unaware of that policy, since he seems embarrassingly clueless about almost everything else.<BR/><BR/>It's certainly fair to accuse him of being howlingly inconsistent and hypocritical, but I'd hold off on the "liar" label until we see some stronger evidence.CChttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11406057201126015750noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6708375.post-73605895859192992032009-02-17T12:54:00.000-05:002009-02-17T12:54:00.000-05:00For the record, there were blatant anti-abortion a...For the record, there were blatant anti-abortion ads* up in bus shelters in Hamilton that were taken down <I>after</I> numerous complaints.<BR/><BR/>*No graphic pictures, but the message being the humanity of the fetus and how late-term some abortions were.thwaphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15399550285738440669noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6708375.post-86982475297770688212009-02-17T12:53:00.000-05:002009-02-17T12:53:00.000-05:00And these godful ads on the bus shelters.And these <A HREF="http://scathinglywrongrightwingnutz.blogspot.com/2009/02/sexism-rocks-at-oc-transpo-atheism-not.html" REL="nofollow">godful</A> ads on the bus shelters.fern hillhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05459318831672106272noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6708375.post-31548288554399349282009-02-17T11:38:00.000-05:002009-02-17T11:38:00.000-05:00They have ads, both inside and outside of buses an...They have ads, both inside and outside of buses and shelters, for <BR/><BR/><A HREF="http://www.birthright.org/" REL="nofollow">Birthright</A> - a Catholic based anti-abortion "Crisis Pregnancy Center".<BR/><BR/><A HREF="http://www.first-place.ca/" REL="nofollow">First Place Pregnancy Centre</A> - another anti-choice centre that is religious based and less than truthful about its basis.<BR/><BR/><A HREF="http://www.alphacanada.org/" REL="nofollow"> The Alpha Course </A> - a full-bore Christian proselytizing organization, whose very raison d'etre is to convert people to Christianity. That Flash ad on the site is the one that is on many OC Transpo buses.<BR/><BR/>I'm sure there are others (a few Muslim ones if I remember)<BR/><BR/>So clearly Donaldson is a liar.Mikehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06941875334878452635noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6708375.post-20084732587438984642009-02-17T10:36:00.000-05:002009-02-17T10:36:00.000-05:00OC Transpo, it is reported today, has already appr...OC Transpo, it is reported today, has <I>already approved</I> <A HREF="http://www.calgaryherald.com/news/City+Ottawa+quizzed+over+atheist+rejection/1295881/story.html" REL="nofollow">religious ads</A>.<BR/><BR/>That kinda drags Donaldson's prevarications into the pitiless glare of the noon sun, doesn't it?Dr.Dawghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00416571487451925246noreply@blogger.com