A few years ago, a certain bus company refused to run atheist adds on their buses. The ads were too controversial for them and they wanted to stay out of the religion debate. Today while traveling on the #1 to Mumford I look up and what do I see… an ad from Halifax Adventist church talking about the end of the world and the second coming. How the fuck is this staying out of religion and not being controversial? I not only find the stupid bullshit ad offensive as an atheist but also as a logical human being. —Sick of Double Standards
This article appears in Oct 6-12, 2011.
I believe the Halifax ads are to refute the claims of that American whackjob whose “Apocalypse
Whenevah” warnings provide fodder for late nite talk show hosts and fuck all else . Like the recruitment ads for call centers (a far greater evil ,IMO) you do have the option of ignoring them when on public transit.
sadly the ads do work.. I can think of a ton of them offhand.
a perfect picture in my mind….
from the skyn condoms to the africentric degree…. the wanted sour candies to D-Tox shirts…
I wonder what it would cost to take out an ad dans l’autobus….
http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-wGWDiait0c0/TVnS…
I’d recommend it to the roommate fucker…
Yeah I noticed this the other day as well. Whether the ads are pro-apocalypse or not I don’t really care. It’s the double standard/change of heart that irks me. (Disclaimer: I am not the OP.)
http://progressivechristianity.ca/prc/wp-c…
http://nomosquesatgroundzero.files.wordpre…
http://disruptist.com/wp-content/uploads/2…
they should run every ad that comes their way. I support the circus.
It’s much bigger than the busses. More ppls are offended by the atheist adds than the religious ones. Just business.
neither one really bothers me but i know something you don’t^^ in fact, i’m really enjoying the shitstorm with *the mormonism is a cult*…hahaha, they’re all fecking cults
I don’t really care about the ads on the bus. I often stare out the window and listen to my music. Mormons….my parents dog hates them hahha. They tried to convert me once while I was walking the dog and the dog wouldn’t let them come within 5 feet of me lol.
dogs know misspinky, they know http://chzmemebase.files.wordpress.com/201…
They also had agnostic posters on our buses if i’m not mistaken. Let the crazies be crazy, OP.
One poster isn’t going to stop be from being a godless atheist.. but it will amuse me.
yeah, but bread lady…
http://27.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_l1vcelsP…
I’m sorry. I’m a dyslexic atheist. I don’t believe in Dog.
Atheists of the world UNTIE!
I can kinda understand aethiests because they dont believe in anything, but I never did understand satanism, because in order to believe in satanism, you need to believe in christianity yet not support it. talk about effen retarded in my books.
so you freak out when it comes to the end of every meal?
(stressed = desserts if it’s sdrawkcab)
OB, if you’re using public transit, it is the end of the world….for your social life. Go lease a 2012.
What do you expect? There’s lots of stupid Christians that probably think atheists worship satan. And on top of that some atheists are fucktards and make the rest of us look bad. You know, the Nazi dickwad atheists that try to ban Christmas trees in public or Christmas concerts at school? Yep, uninformed religious people AND idiot atheists combine their forces to make atheism look retarded.
Religious ads be damned, I’m surprised at some of the horribly out of date ads on the bus insides, mainly contests that ran last year. Earlier this year, I saw an ad dated for 2006.
Nobody actually pays attention or remembers the ads on the bus. I just look at them so I don’t make eye contact with poor people.
“OB, if you’re using public transit, it is the end of the world….for your social life.”
AwwJeez I so flippin’ hate it when he’s funny……and correct.
FML.
The D-Toxx ads on the bus are amazing. Sooo funny.
Just how is being subjected to more social encounters the END of your social life???
There are few social encounters on the bus in my experience…everyone ignores everyone else for the most part. Unless listening to that lady on the 80 who yells ‘chopsticks!’ and ‘crack sandwiches!’ counts
that’s it, I’m takin the 80!
This I gotta see.