I don't know what happened this last Sunday night. Not sure why I was missing in action. Could be because I work in retail and I am dead tired. I think I fell asleep and never woke up, so to speak. Heh.

Anyway ... I like your singles idea. Let's do it!

in any case, i disagree with you about michale. he's not really toxic himself, he just has a way of bringing out the toxicity in others.

it's a talent

Curious as to why you rate CW as Most Futile Weigantian.

I know English isn't your first language, so I'll splain:

First off, CW is Weigant. He is known by many names such as The Source or The Architect, but not Weigantia.

Weigantia is this comments section.

I nominated you after carefully considering your inability to "engage" with those of your fellow Weigantians like myself and John M. from Ct who address OD along with your track record of not responding to anyone's objections to OD and your failure to persuade.

Let's put it this way...ain't nobody sending YOU money this Christmas for your so-called work.

To paraphrase my hero Sir Winston Churchill,

Last night I was drunk and you were completely ineffectual. Today I am sober and you are STILL completely ineffectual.

*That's 13.716 meters, Elizabeth Miller.

"It’s fire and it crashing! . . . This is the worst of the worst catastrophes in the world! Oh, it’s crashing . .. oh, It’s fire and it crashing! . . . This is the worst of the worst catastrophes in the world! Oh, it’s crashing . . . and it’s a terrific crash, ladies and gentlemen. and all the screaming around here! There’s smoke, and there’s flames, now, and the frame is crashing to the ground... Oh, the Shawn Hannity!!!!"

*I grew up in evangelical churches and I remember very clearly when political and religious right wingers decided to ally. It was clear even then, back in the 70s, that far from putting religion into politics, they were making a god of right-wing politics.

Interesting point, but what about the pagans who started the whole tradition in the first place? To them, it was indeed a religious object...

(heh)

andygaus -

Now, see, that's what I'm talking about!

(heh heh)

-CW

Most Futile Weigantian (hint, my nominee's initials are *cough*Don Harris*cough.)

And Most Toxic Weigantian (Michale something.)

Signed --
Department of Snark

In other words, anything goes.

"An attack on a religious symbol of any type is absolutely abhorrent."

I know what you mean - but is a Christmas Tree (or a display imitating one) really a "religious symbol" in the sense that, say, a Creche scene or a Menorah clearly is? I'd argue that there is a difference, perhaps of degree, between actual religion and the cultural gee-gaws that attach to that religion over time. For instance, in this case, someone torching a tasteless Christmas-tree-like display that highlights red, white, and blue as a 'patriotic' statement might well argue that he was *defending* the religious holiday of Christmas from crass commercialization and politicization. Perhaps the homeless arsonist is a devout Christian, appalled at how many people celebrate the Christ child's birth by going out and buying first-person shooter video games for their children.

Yes, I doubt that too. But I would pull back from the righteous self-defense of hating Fox News but averring respect for its cheesy 'religious symbol of any type'. Tell me they put a lovely creche outside their HQ, and that it was attacked, and then I'm wholly on board with it being an abhorrent act of the worst kind.