quote:Originally posted by RaevynFaerie:
we can call it GOOBERS
#@*%in' ROFL!
Oh, self-righteous Florentines! Worried about a sex shop/head shop in close proximity to churches! Oh! The horrors!
Crap. I can't even turn around in this town without tripping over a flippin' church.
That's all well and good, though...The churches have a monopoly here. Fine. What about folks who don't want to go to church? I mean, seriously? If I had a nickel for every time I got asked since the day I moved here "have I found a church I'd like to attend?", I'd have a sock fulla nickels. I have no desire to attend church, and I'm not necessarily a heathen.
Sure, there's the argument that porn and alcohol and gambling can lead to "crimes of moral turpitude...", (A side-note: I applied for a job driving a garbage truck shortly after I moved back here-and the first question on the application asked "Have I ever been convicted of a crime involving moral turpitude?" I actually had to go home and get online to look up just what the heck that meant.
I found out that it's an archaic term that covers pretty much everyting from littering to bombing. Well, of course I have never been convicted of anything of that nature. I follow the same rules everybody else has to, And THEN some.) But more often than not-all those things provide some momentary entertainment or diversion from all the 'up-tightedness' of the religious atmosphere around here. And some of ya could really use a belt and a smoke and somethin' to play with once in a while-cause from what I've seen-some of ya are wound up tighter'n a skeeter's tweeter.
"The devil' usually doesn't come looking for you. Usually ya gotta go looking for him. If you think the devil is hiding around every corner-you have paranoia issues-cause he's right out in the open every day- Ya ain't gonna get rid of him. Most of us just choose not to associate with him. Life is short, time is quick, and dead is dead. Enjoy the time you're here. Live and let live. Just sayin'.