Originally posted by lemon limeWhat I don't get, if you can't grasp it, is how is a crucifix related to "bulls**t"?
What is there to get? Richard Pryor was taking his obligatory swipe at religion... that's how you get respect if you're in show biz. He's also the guy who accidently set himself on fire while cooking his drug of choice over a flame.
That was my point. Just in case you didn't get it.
Which, apparently, you didn't.
Also, I don't think anyone subscribes to the notion anymore that "how you get respect" is by being an "a**hole".
Originally posted by SuzianneWow... come on, you seriously didn't understand that?
What I don't get, if you can't grasp it, is how is a crucifix related to "bulls**t"?
That was my point. Just in case you didn't get it.
Which, apparently, you didn't.
Also, I don't think anyone subscribes to the notion anymore that "how you get respect" is by being an "a**hole".
A crucifix is not related to bulls**t.... it's just a dumb joke for atheists who will laugh at anything that makes fun of religion. You do get that, don't you? You don't have to be simple minded to understand how simple minded people think:
~ Vampires are repelled by (allergic to) the crucifix
~ Religion = Bulls**t (remember, we're talking about simple minded people)
~ The crucifix is a symbol of the Christian religion
~ Therefore, vampires are allergic to bulls**t
Also, a**holes will respect other a**holes for being just like them. I can't believe you didn't get that as well... or are you just messing around with this because of the OP?
Originally posted by lemon limeMocking religion didn't really become popular until the 2000's. Yes, people like Carlin did many years before that, but that doesn't mean it was popular. Back in Carlin and Pryor's days, it took balls to mock something that people held onto so fanatically.
What is there to get? Richard Pryor was taking his obligatory swipe at religion... that's how you get respect if you're in show biz. He's also the guy who accidently set himself on fire while cooking his drug of choice over a flame.
So I don't think you can accuse Pryor of jumping on some sort of bandwagon...I think that was simply his honest take on religion.
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Originally posted by vivifyA fine irish comedian Mr Dave Allen made a career and a fortune taking the pee out of the Roman Catholics as did the sit-com Father Ted my Wife who is a good catholic laughed because she Knows how pompous her religion can be.
Mocking religion didn't really become popular until the 2000's. Yes, people like Carlin did many years before that, but that doesn't mean it was popular. Back in Carlin and Pryor's days, it took balls to mock something that people held onto so fanatically.
So I don't think you can accuse Pryor of jumping on some sort of bandwagon...I think that was simply his honest take on religion.
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Originally posted by vivifyYou can't be very old if you think it didn't become popular until the 2000's. I was aware of it when I was a teenager during the 60's, and I jumped on that bandwagon for no other reason than all my friends thought it was cool to stand up to religion. That would have made me a part of the target audience today if I hadn't stopped to actually think about what I was doing.
Mocking religion didn't really become popular until the 2000's. Yes, people like Carlin did many years before that, but that doesn't mean it was popular. Back in Carlin and Pryor's days, it took balls to mock something that people held onto so fanatically.
So I don't think you can accuse Pryor of jumping on some sort of bandwagon...I think that was simply his honest take on religion.
It doesn't take balls to say and do what the group you want to be a part of approves of. Television has relaxed its standards so now more people are aware of it, but this sort of thing has been going on long before I was born.
Originally posted by SuzianneI thought it was an example of mockery, that's all.
What I don't get, if you can't grasp it, is how is a crucifix related to "bulls**t"?
That was my point. Just in case you didn't get it.
Which, apparently, you didn't.
Also, I don't think anyone subscribes to the notion anymore that "how you get respect" is by being an "a**hole".
