Door to door religion peddlers

toexpress wrote: »

I get Jehovas (sic?) now and then there is a commune of them around here somewhere.

I just say things like "sorry I am setting up my own religion, Gay Witches for Abortion, would you be interested?"

Usually sees them off fast enough

to be fair my motivation is the tax free status that setting up a religion enjoys

I'd totally sign up for your religion!!!!

token101 wrote: »

You got two well hung black lads at the door on international womens' day, I think you should be grateful. Just saying.

Now that is racist, just because they are black doesn't mean they have big angry looking cocks, does it?

forfuxsake wrote: »

Ah don't try and tell me you've never seen an angry looking cock!ye know - sweaty with the bulging veins and all

How can you see the veins under all the feathers.

angry kitten wrote: »

I think the fact that people automatically assuming that I was racist because I used the word black is very sad. It's a huge leap. My rant is about having religion brought to my door. The fact that the men were foreigners annoyed me because I perceive it as arrogance. Being annoyed at a persons arrogance does not make me a bigot. For me the colour of someones skin is completely irrelevant. It was merely part of a story.

Well said, my wife is a foreigner and I too perceive being a foreigner as a sign of arrogance.

Nicolas Sarkozy, Adolf Hitler, The Queen, Americans - all arrogant and all foreigners - coincidence?

I always give a person's skin colour when telling a story, it just help aid a better visual perspective.

Toby Take a Bow wrote: »

I fear that's an image which will stay with me until my dying days.

Really, I find it very easy not to think about cock

angry kitten wrote: »

My husband is a foreigner and is not a Christian he also has a black grandfather, Jeebus I must definitely be a racist bigot so. Funny how I never noticed that. When I said arrogance I meant that I think it is arrogant of people to go to a country and try to persuade others in that country that their own religious beliefs are wrong. Its an opinion of people going door to door with religion not a blanket criticism of foreigners in Ireland.

So why mention his skin colour? It really is racist to believe that a black man going door-to-door peddling fantastical nonsense is any different than a white man doing likewise.

Personally I would shoo the black Christians and the white priests with equal vigour.

I'm not saying your a bad person, just a product of your environment. If we confront our racism then it is easier to address it.

You want to be careful, I knew this guy who got offered religion in the local carpark of his supermarket. Turned out he purchased a carton of milk instead.

angry kitten wrote: »

I recounted a story of 2 black gentlemen, whom I assume are foreigners, calling to my home to try to convert me to their religion. To me the fact that they are black is nothing more than a part of the story. I am not biased against their religion, I don't even know what their religion is. I would find it arrogant of anyone calling to people's homes to convert them. I just think that it is particularly arrogant to move to a country or visit it, and feel that you have the right to try to convert people.
If people disagree with my opinion that fine, but it is childish to assume that everybody who mentions somebody's colour or religion is either racist or bigoted.

There was no assumption made. I was merely pointing out that in the context of the post, their skin colour, or the fact that you identified them as 'foreign' has no place. Even going to the lengths of making the point of moving to a country and trying to convert people as very often those attempting the converting are from the USA or Canada and are white I have also encountered my fair share of Irish people door stepping...

FWIW I personally think that everyone is innately racist, its part of nature to be that way and everyone, me included makes assumptions based upon skin colour, appearance etc. We go to great lengths to be aware of this and modify our behaviour accordingly but for me anyway, sometimes I make a statement or assumption that to others may appear racially prejudiced.

I'm not calling you racist and I never mentioned bigotry, as for me being childish, or assuming ? Hardly...

fatboypee wrote: »

There was no assumption made. I was merely pointing out that in the context of the post, their skin colour, or the fact that you identified them as 'foreign' has no place. Even going to the lengths of making the point of moving to a country and trying to convert people as very often those attempting the converting are from the USA or Canada and are white I have also encountered my fair share of Irish people door stepping...

FWIW I personally think that everyone is innately racist, its part of nature to be that way and everyone, me included makes assumptions based upon skin colour, appearance etc. We go to great lengths to be aware of this and modify our behaviour accordingly but for me anyway, sometimes I make a statement or assumption that to others may appear racially prejudiced.

I'm not calling you racist and I never mentioned bigotry, as for me being childish, or assuming ? Hardly...

Is it a learned behaviour? When my sister was 4 or 5 she was having her birthday and my Mum, who taught at the school, was asking her who she wanted to invite from her class. She made a list of about 10 girls and couldn't remember the name of the last girl. My Mum was asking questions like "What colour is her hair? Where does she live? Does she have any sisters?" etc Eventually, after 30 mins of interrogaion, she found out the girl she meant was the only black girl in the school, but it never occurred to my sister that the colour of skin differentiated her pal from everyone else.