Where is everyone from?

[kodiakthejuggler]

But remember,

Buzzed driving is drunk driving!


(this has been a public service announcement...)

[vertygo]

Vancouver, BC, Canuck-Land.

And we definitely get more rain than Seattle.. even when we don't, we still do.

Thank goodness Blaine, WA. is about 20 mins away, or I'd never buy anything online (thank you Mailbox Intl Inc)

Remember, we're cooking extra back-bacon and chilling extra Molsons for the Olympics.. come one, come all (bring cash)

[Sharktopus]

yeah cause ive never seen a darwin or science sticker eater a jesus one, those clearly wouldnt exist since all darwinists are so above board moral

All I'm saying is that a Jesus fish eating a Darwin fish gives kind of a mixed message. It says, "Christianity is all about peace and acceptance, unless you disagree with one of our fundamental beliefs. Then we'll eat you."

[kodiakthejuggler]

yeah cause ive never seen a darwin or science sticker eater a jesus one, those clearly wouldnt exist since all darwinists are so above board moral

All I'm saying is that a Jesus fish eating a Darwin fish gives kind of a mixed message. It says, "Christianity is all about peace and acceptance, unless you disagree with one of our fundamental beliefs. Then we'll eat you."

I am reminded of the episode of Family Guy in which Peter videotapes Stewie's first ride of a tricycle, only to be distracted by the plastic bag floating on the wind, and he makes a statement about the wonder it creates for him, as if God designed the world around it. Then the camera cuts to God yelling down "It's a plastic bag, you idiot!! Do you know how complicated your circulatory system is?!?!?!?!?!?!?!??!?!?"

In essence, that's my take on Darwinian Evolution.   

[sarcasm_made_Easy]

All I'm saying is that a Jesus fish eating a Darwin fish gives kind of a mixed message. It says, "Christianity is all about peace and acceptance, unless you disagree with one of our fundamental beliefs. Then we'll eat you

the reverse again is also true.  Both concepts would be unfair and insulting. 

however ive never seen either of them in that context.  Ive always seen them more as a representation of reality as seen from the point of view of the driver.  not so much a we will destroy you but one reality being more accurate than the the other and therefore winning the life struggle so to speak.  Another reason i think they represent a we will destroy you attitude, is why only darwin fish?  why not also a hindu or muslim or shintoist or some other type fish also.  I think the reason is this.  The fish began as a christian symbol.  ive always heard it meant swim upstream, meaning do what is right even when no else will.  or to represent the miracle of jesus feeding the masses with a fish and a loaf of bread.  So here we have this symbol which ultimately became a vehicle sticker.  All is well and good for a while, then some smart ass like always happens takes it and adds little feet to it and makes it his symbol.  personally that doesnt bother me a whole lot.  Basically because i could care what other people think of anything .  But im sure it made some people angry or at least annoyed because he took our symbol.  then you start getting more and more stickers.  just like the calvin pissing on this or that sticker.  Personally if i see another calvin pissing on ford/chevy sticker i think i am gonna write them a nasty note, on the hood of their truck, with my keys. 

and thats all i have to say about that.

Want a chocolate

[Minnesota]

call me juvenile but for Christmas I bought my brother a window decal of Calvin in a Twins shirt pissing on the New York Yankees logo... perfect

[Steve-O]

Back when the Darwin fish first started popping up on rear bumpers, I had a friend who found them really offensive.  His take was that the Jesus fish is something of a sacred symbol to Christians, and parodying it therefore goes beyond just being a smartass, and constitutes a hostile attack on somebody else's religion.

My response was that if people want others to respect their sacred symbols, they should begin by demonstrating that respect themselves.  Like, for instance, not slapping their sacred symbols on the ass end of their Yugos, right above where the exhaust comes out.

[kodiakthejuggler]

All I'm saying is that a Jesus fish eating a Darwin fish gives kind of a mixed message. It says, "Christianity is all about peace and acceptance, unless you disagree with one of our fundamental beliefs. Then we'll eat you

the reverse again is also true.  Both concepts would be unfair and insulting. 

however ive never seen either of them in that context.  Ive always seen them more as a representation of reality as seen from the point of view of the driver.  not so much a we will destroy you but one reality being more accurate than the the other and therefore winning the life struggle so to speak.  Another reason i think they represent a we will destroy you attitude, is why only darwin fish?  why not also a hindu or muslim or shintoist or some other type fish also.  I think the reason is this.  The fish began as a christian symbol.  ive always heard it meant swim upstream, meaning do what is right even when no else will.  or to represent the miracle of jesus feeding the masses with a fish and a loaf of bread.  So here we have this symbol which ultimately became a vehicle sticker.  All is well and good for a while, then some smart ass like always happens takes it and adds little feet to it and makes it his symbol.  personally that doesnt bother me a whole lot.  Basically because i could care what other people think of anything .  But im sure it made some people angry or at least annoyed because he took our symbol.  then you start getting more and more stickers.  just like the calvin pissing on this or that sticker.  Personally if i see another calvin pissing on ford/chevy sticker i think i am gonna write them a nasty note, on the hood of their truck, with my keys. 

and thats all i have to say about that.

Want a chocolate

It all began when Christian drivers wanted to show those behind them what they believed religiously, and those who didn't like it created their own symbol: a Darwinian fish. A ticked-off Christian driver saw this new sticker, considered it blasphemy, and then created the new sticker of a Christian symbol fish swallowing a Darwinian symbol fish. The Darwinian person saw this monstrosity and got angry. So he created his own version of this Darwinian fish swallowing the Christian fish. And so on, and so on.

It's the circle of life, Simba.

[sarcasm_made_Easy]

It all began when Christian drivers wanted to show those behind them what they believed religiously, and those who didn't like it created their own symbol: a Darwinian fish. A ticked-off Christian driver saw this new sticker, considered it blasphemy, and then created the new sticker of a Christian symbol fish swallowing a Darwinian symbol fish. The Darwinian person saw this monstrosity and got angry. So he created his own version of this Darwinian fish swallowing the Christian fish. And so on, and so on.

didnt i already say that but in different words

[kodiakthejuggler]

It all began when Christian drivers wanted to show those behind them what they believed religiously, and those who didn't like it created their own symbol: a Darwinian fish. A ticked-off Christian driver saw this new sticker, considered it blasphemy, and then created the new sticker of a Christian symbol fish swallowing a Darwinian symbol fish. The Darwinian person saw this monstrosity and got angry. So he created his own version of this Darwinian fish swallowing the Christian fish. And so on, and so on.

didnt i already say that but in different words

Yeah, but my way sounded much cooler!   

[BEERxTaco]

It's the circle of life, Simba.

... or Darwin's food chain, lol...

[SecretAgentSuperDragon]

How about creating a new fish symbol thread, and us getting back to the topic at hand.

[Sharktopus]

My response was that if people want others to respect their sacred symbols, they should begin by demonstrating that respect themselves.  Like, for instance, not slapping their sacred symbols on the ass end of their Yugos, right above where the exhaust comes out.

That's an excellent point that I had never considered.

As for those dumbass bootleg Calvin decals, this never would've happened if Bill Watterson had just allowed his creation to be merchandized. People everywhere loved Calvin & Hobbes and wanted to put them on stuff, but Watterson said, "No! My newspaper comic strip is high art and I will not sully it by putting it on t-shirts and coffee mugs." So people just went and did it anyway, and now he has no creative oversight, gets no royalty payments, and gets to see his beloved creation pissing on Ford logos everytime time he goes to the mall. Good job, Bill.

One last thought on religious bumper stickers: "Warning: In the event of Rapture, this car will be unmanned." Translation: "When Judgment Day comes, God will definitely take me up into heaven, but probably not you." Wow. I see that one around every so often and always have to fight off the urge to rear-end them into a ditch.

Anyway...

I live in Newburgh, NY, about 70 miles up the Hudson River from New York City. That's right - Newburgh. Just a little more creative a name than New City, NY.

[Winterkid]

I hail from Surrey British Columbia.  I rain or snow or sunshine there too.  *Nod*

Car theft capital of North America, we also have a great deal more than our share of crack whores and addicts.

If I were to design a fish  it would be filled with ???s and !!!s.  Or just a big fish with a wide grin flipping the bird.

[sarcasm_made_Easy]

nah if i made my own it be a fish that stretched the length of the bumber and had a whole bunch of letters that i would make up a acronym for everytime someone asked what it meant.


"MCDFHRTCOSBSADRMFTGOONAFTJM"

Many Christians demonizing felons heartily robbing the Country Of Sanity, berivity, Sobriety, and down right morality, for the good of our nation all for the Jesus man.

Id make up pamphlets that are more like large novels and id print them in 20 size so old people can read it too.  Any time someone would ask me about it they would get trapped listening to me yammer away endlessly for about an hour or two.  it be great.