tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36453833.post3152347357065063554..comments2023-11-24T03:48:54.813-05:00Comments on No More Hornets: Horton Hears an EvangelicalThe Exterminatorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14452054124550486048noreply@blogger.comBlogger36125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36453833.post-15627592189384181232011-10-08T16:37:05.403-04:002011-10-08T16:37:05.403-04:00Quite helpful piece of writing, thanks so much for...Quite helpful piece of writing, thanks so much for your post.www.murcia-3d.comhttp://www.murcia-3d.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36453833.post-21108800147058662442011-08-22T05:45:15.725-04:002011-08-22T05:45:15.725-04:00Quite worthwhile data, thanks for your post.Quite worthwhile data, thanks for your post.remontismeta.ruhttp://remontismeta.runoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36453833.post-60304707066942564932009-09-21T16:15:48.150-04:002009-09-21T16:15:48.150-04:00That there's some purty rhymin', fella!
N...That there's some purty rhymin', fella!<br /><br />Nice work. The good Dr. would be proud!Mike Danielshttp://www.palibandaily.com/2009/09/21/humor-horton-hears-an-evangelical/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36453833.post-18216162583116842542009-09-09T22:13:41.461-04:002009-09-09T22:13:41.461-04:00Hey, wonderful poem.
I was wondering if you would...Hey, wonderful poem.<br /><br />I was wondering if you would give me permission to record it over an instrumental?<br /><br />Just for fun, I would not sell it or anything and I would give you all the credit.<br /><br />Thanks!<br /><br />lord_ofchaos@live.comJose Ortegahttp://www.myspace.com/imbetterthanyofavoriterappernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36453833.post-81925110377169908282008-12-17T23:43:00.000-05:002008-12-17T23:43:00.000-05:00I am so late to finding your brilliant poem, but I...I am so late to finding your brilliant poem, but I wanted to let you know that I absolutely loved it! <BR/><BR/>I found it when I did a search tonight for "is horton hears a who religious?", and ta-da! This post of yours came up in the search results...LOL<BR/>I watched it for the 1st time tonight, (always late to the party) and I couldn't believe what I was seeing and hearing. <BR/>I seriously doubt that Dr. Seuss ever meant for his wonderful story about people being people, being respected, being a part of community, to be interpreted in this way. <BR/><BR/>But anyway, I thoroughly enjoyed your poem, and am very glad to have found your blog. <BR/>I am also part of the atheist blogroll, but somehow missed finding your link on it. <BR/>Glad to have found it now. <BR/><BR/>katjcooper.comKathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07329524308637759898noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36453833.post-57895392994668340352008-11-25T17:05:00.000-05:002008-11-25T17:05:00.000-05:00So who wants to share some Turkeyday recipes?So who wants to share some Turkeyday recipes?PhillyChiefhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03355892225956705948noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36453833.post-5267584427373002402008-11-25T16:37:00.000-05:002008-11-25T16:37:00.000-05:00Just want to jump in about the whole vegetarianism...Just want to jump in about the whole vegetarianism/nudist thing. Just because you are personally annoyed by vegetarianism/veganism/vegetarians/vegans/etc., doesn't mean it is a religion. I would agree that there are dogmatic vegetarians/vegans, but not all are. Please, don't group it all together! There are plenty of non-dogmatic vegetarians, vegans, or in my case, pescatarians, who simply made a personal choice and will join you in rolling your eyes at the lecturers. In the same way that I find it annoying when people find out that I am a vegetarian and start lecturing me about protein, or descibing in detail the juciest steak they have ever had or how they could never give up chicken and here is an in depth description of their favorite recipe. Let's just skip it, alright?<BR/><BR/>rant-like thing over.<BR/><BR/>in other news, this is pretty damn brilliant.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36453833.post-19007948678311446932008-04-20T19:11:00.000-04:002008-04-20T19:11:00.000-04:00better late than never, I guess.Very clever and fu...better late than never, I guess.<BR/><BR/>Very clever and funnyAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36453833.post-8167437129241350062008-03-16T15:36:00.000-04:002008-03-16T15:36:00.000-04:00You're a creative chap, aren't you. Fantastic! L...You're a creative chap, aren't you. Fantastic! Loved it.AphroditeRisinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09170674015730193478noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36453833.post-32114259498086766562008-03-06T05:31:00.000-05:002008-03-06T05:31:00.000-05:00Just because you put "Who" in front of everything ...Just because you put "Who" in front of everything doesn't make it less painful!Nathanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11889169796759342598noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36453833.post-36702238754699330052008-03-05T23:47:00.000-05:002008-03-05T23:47:00.000-05:00tina:Yes, thank you, I'd love two. And please incl...<B>tina</B>:<BR/>Yes, thank you, I'd love two. And please include those two question marks, as well; they can join Psychodiva's two exclamation points. Now I have one of each kind of punctuation per award. I think my wife will have an easier time auctioning off a pair with matched extras.The Exterminatorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14452054124550486048noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36453833.post-51327999632407861902008-03-05T21:57:00.000-05:002008-03-05T21:57:00.000-05:00Aw oh, I gave you an award too! Well, do you want ...Aw oh, I gave you an award too! Well, do you want two?? :)tina FCDhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10037896362034609151noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36453833.post-41002557930132980212008-03-05T17:43:00.000-05:002008-03-05T17:43:00.000-05:00Psycho:As I said at your blog:Thanks for the award...<B>Psycho</B>:<BR/>As I said at your blog:<BR/><I>Thanks for the award. I'll cherish it for eternity -- if Satan allows me to bring it along to hell. </I><BR/><BR/>If not, I guess my wife will auction it off on eBay when I'm dead.The Exterminatorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14452054124550486048noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36453833.post-90195957480264001062008-03-05T17:04:00.000-05:002008-03-05T17:04:00.000-05:00bloody wonderful!!I have given you a 'you make my ...bloody wonderful!!<BR/>I have given you a 'you make my day award' - pick up the pic at my blog- if you care to :)Psychodivahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11915834209325453776noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36453833.post-87516869482313675492008-03-04T03:08:00.000-05:002008-03-04T03:08:00.000-05:00Ummo, Lynet:Thanks for the compliments. SI:Then, w...<B>Ummo, Lynet</B>:<BR/>Thanks for the compliments. <BR/><BR/><B>SI</B>:<BR/><I>Then, when I have grandchildren, I could read it to them.</I><BR/>"Please, Grandpa, read us that story written by the guy who got pelted to death by a gang of fundamentalist vegans armed with cabbages."<BR/><BR/><B>Lynet</B>:<BR/><I>And I'm vegetarian, too.</I><BR/>Shucks. I was kinda hoping you'd announce that you were a nudist.The Exterminatorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14452054124550486048noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36453833.post-71866459755650752232008-03-04T02:25:00.000-05:002008-03-04T02:25:00.000-05:00Brilliant. Approaching the Seuss-master himself i...Brilliant. Approaching the Seuss-master himself in cuteness and message.<BR/><BR/>And I'm vegetarian, too, but I can't be bothered being offended :-)Lynethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06357023675142716573noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36453833.post-10032275513302953262008-03-03T14:20:00.000-05:002008-03-03T14:20:00.000-05:00Coming late to the party here. That really needs m...Coming late to the party here. <BR/><BR/>That really needs more than the one illustration. Perhaps there's someone you know with computer skills and some artistic talent that would have the time to illustrate a book version? You know, someone who has great illustrations on his own blog. I'm wracking my brains but can't seem to think of anyone. <BR/><BR/>Anyway, I know it could never be published, but it would be fun to circulate around the atheosphere. Then, when I have grandchildren, I could read it to them.Spanish Inquisitorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05261181794832002207noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36453833.post-26266804144442944632008-03-03T02:34:00.000-05:002008-03-03T02:34:00.000-05:00Holy cats that was brilliant. I intend to share it...Holy cats that was brilliant. I intend to share it with everyone.<BR/><BR/>To Adrian and others who took offense at the "vegetarians, Wiccans and nudists" line, I challenge you to come up with an alternative line that fits the topic, meter and rhyme scheme.UmmoSiriushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05353719561806836672noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36453833.post-53331159286541215202008-03-02T23:18:00.000-05:002008-03-02T23:18:00.000-05:00Both vegetarianism and nudism are lifestyle choice...<I>Both vegetarianism and nudism are lifestyle choices and as such are neither rational nor irrational</I><BR/>That's nice. I hear Paris is nice in the Spring. Why do I bring this up? I don't know, but it makes about as much sense and bring as much to the table as this comment. <BR/><BR/>What I spoke of were the beliefs associated with these things, which include some of the reasons for the choice and claimed benefits from it as well as, of course, it's superiority as a choice.<BR/><BR/><I>Your reasons for being a vegetarian can be rational, and they can be irrational. Surely this isn't hard to accept.</I><BR/><BR/>Not at all. Since once again I see no apparent point to yet another statement of yours, I'm going to have to fish for one and guess that you think I was claiming all their beliefs are irrational and unsubstantiated. I don't claim that. However, there are substantial claims made by both nudists and vegans that have little if any evidence behind them, and that's what I was referring to.<BR/><BR/><I>many atheists can be irrational and make unsubstantiated claims</I><BR/><BR/>Bullshit. Cite me at least 5 examples. That should be easy if many atheists do in fact exhibit these traits. <BR/><BR/>But of course you cheekily put in "can", as in "it's possible they could" or "it's not impossible they could" which of course is technically correct in the way one might say I can be President, I can win the lottery or I can stop eating so many sweets, but of course we know the probability of those things actually happening is slim to none. So of course why say them? Well either to be funny or to imply they're likely things, and you don't strike me as having a sense of humor Adrian, so I have to conclude you're implying atheists are likely to be irrational and make unsubstantiated claims, which is why I charged you with bullshit, because that is bullshit. <BR/><BR/>Now it's true that it's a common colloquial to call one's passion for something their religion, but it's tongue-in-cheek. This is a far cry from christian motivations for referring to atheism as a religion, which are quite insidious. I for one have said my motivation for referring to nudists and vegans this way was predicated on their many irrational and unsubstantiated claims and their proselytizing, not on their passion. Ex, on the other hand, has a better and more active sense of humor than I do (and apparently you as well) so it's highly probable that he was using the tongue-in-cheek reference. I find it hard to believe that in an ode to Dr. Seuss and Horten Hears a Who, Ex was laying down a serious charge of vegetarianism actually being a bona fide religion, so to continue to post serious objections to that is not only a mistaken endeavor, but is largely not funny, which was the whole fucking point of this wonderful blog post, to be funny.PhillyChiefhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03355892225956705948noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36453833.post-4219419094503417412008-03-02T20:33:00.000-05:002008-03-02T20:33:00.000-05:00Adrian:You're starting to sound pretty wacko here....<B>Adrian</B>:<BR/>You're starting to sound pretty wacko here. I'm guessing you're a vegan or near-vegan, and you've gotten your nose bent out of shape by being classed in with some other champions of the irrational. In any case, you're uncannily beginning to remind me of a troll. (That "uncannily" was a bow to fresh produce.) <BR/><BR/>So what are you looking for from me, exactly? An admission that I secretly have faith in vegetarianism? I don't. I've looked at my teeth from an evolutionary perspective, and I see that some pretty heavy-duty omnivorous dining went on for quite a few generations back. <BR/><BR/>I remind you, <I>for the last time</I> (because I won't engage in this nonsensical repartee with you any further): You're responding to a parody of a children's story about an elephant from the Jungle of Nool and some characters who live on a speck of dust. If you ate some meat once in a while, you might be a bit more clear-headed.The Exterminatorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14452054124550486048noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36453833.post-20208542796474369452008-03-02T20:09:00.000-05:002008-03-02T20:09:00.000-05:00PhillyChiefI believe it's the combo of irrational ...PhillyChief<BR/><BR/><I>I believe it's the combo of irrational and/or unsubstantiated beliefs and the need to proselytize that prompts the comparison to religion</I><BR/><BR/>Both vegetarianism and nudism are lifestyle choices and as such are neither rational nor irrational, any more than wine drinkers are. Your reasons for being a vegetarian can be rational, and they can be irrational. Surely this isn't hard to accept.<BR/><BR/>Christians like to call atheism a religion because atheists can be so passionate, and many atheists can be irrational and make unsubstantiated claims. It's still wrong to say it's a religion, just because some individuals take it too far.<BR/><BR/><BR/>@Exterminator<BR/><BR/><I>First of all, it's a poem about a fucking talking elephant. You noticed that, right?</I><BR/>I'm with you. If you'd leave it at that instead of trying to argue that vegetarianism was a religion, we wouldn't be having this conversation.<BR/><BR/><I>Third, there are plenty of nudists and extremist vegetarians who treat their passions with almost religious fervor.</I><BR/><BR/>I agree, and I'm sure we both know that some animal rights militias will go so far as to harm humans in order to protect animals. That seems to me to be genuine delusion.<BR/><BR/>But atheists can and do act with similar levels of passion and almost religious fervor (though I don't know any who've hurt anyone). So? Does that make atheists a crypto-religious movement? It's a claim that's leveled against atheists a lot and I'd bet you'd get upset, yet here you are making the same mistake.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36453833.post-65992409672893081502008-03-02T18:33:00.000-05:002008-03-02T18:33:00.000-05:00Absolutely brilliant!Absolutely brilliant!Baal's Bumhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15840398225561197895noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36453833.post-3798883264054985942008-03-02T17:16:00.000-05:002008-03-02T17:16:00.000-05:00Adrian:Philly's explanation should suffice, but I'...<B>Adrian</B>:<BR/>Philly's explanation should suffice, but I'll add a few points:<BR/><BR/>First of all, it's a poem about a fucking talking elephant. You noticed that, right? <BR/><BR/>Second, maybe you'd better look up the definition of "crypto," before you come back with any further silly arguments. OK?<BR/><BR/>Third, there are plenty of nudists and extremist vegetarians who treat their passions with almost religious fervor. If you don't know those people, good for you. But if you go to any "raw food" restaurant in New York City, you'll hear folks at the next table discussing their latest high-colonic as if the procedure was a sacrament. No one but a crypto-religious nut would think that his or her bowel movements are appropriate dinner conversation.<BR/><BR/>Fourth, "Horton Hears an Evangelical" is a satirical joke. I suspect you're a scientist and take <I>everything</I> literally, so I thought I'd better make that clear -- before you start asking me for evidence to prove that Whos exist.The Exterminatorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14452054124550486048noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36453833.post-44166073126907895522008-03-02T17:05:00.000-05:002008-03-02T17:05:00.000-05:00I believe it's the combo of irrational and/or unsu...I believe it's the combo of irrational and/or unsubstantiated beliefs and the need to proselytize that prompts the comparison to religion, Adrian; therefore, the comparison of charging atheism as a religion and charging nudism or veganism as religions are not comparable.PhillyChiefhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03355892225956705948noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36453833.post-15656450339710792782008-03-02T16:46:00.000-05:002008-03-02T16:46:00.000-05:00But, seriously, you must not know some of the vege...<I>But, seriously, you must not know some of the vegetarians and nudists that I do. Those folks are crypto-religious fanatics.</I><BR/><BR/>Which is the exact same claim that Creationists level against Evolutionists, or Christians against atheists with as much support.<BR/><BR/>Believing that it is wrong to eat meat or that it's nice to be nude are not religions, any more than atheism is a religion. You may be passionate and some may carry it too far, but they aren't religions, and saying they are is incorrect no matter who says it.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com