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Religion being forced on us by An Post

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  • #62
    Biggins
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 34,567 ✭✭✭✭Biggins


    the groutch wrote: »
    there's apparently new stamps being brought out because of that Catholic love-in in the RDS

    http://www.anpost.ie/AnPost/News+and+Information/IEC+2012.htm

    so now if I want to send a letter, I'm going to have it look like I'm a Catholic.
    one step too far imo.

    Just be thankful its one of the few things Jedward hasn't gotten on to yet! :D

    ...But give it time! :pac:


  • #63
    ejmaztec
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 24,369 ✭✭✭✭ejmaztec


    padd b1975 wrote: »
    Pretty sure the OP thinks you can.


    Where is the OP???

    I think he's deserted his post.


  • #64
    marty1985
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 788 ✭✭✭marty1985


    Probably a good troll. But the fact that we can't be sure kinda shows how pathetic Irish atheists are in their anti-Catholicism and desperation to be persecuted to give them something to whinge about.


  • #65
    krudler
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    pick your battles OP, have zero love for catholicism but this is a non issue


  • #66
    endacl
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    marty1985 wrote: »
    Probably a good troll. But the fact that we can't be sure kinda shows how pathetic Irish atheists are in their anti-Catholicism and desperation to be persecuted to give them something to whinge about.
    Oi! As an Irish atheist, who doesn't feel in the least bit persecuted, and who tends not to whinge, I beg to differ.

    I simply saw the op for what it was, namely an opportunity to take the piss with a smartarsed comment.

    Don't judge me, dude! ;-)


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  • #67
    Capt'n Midnight
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    Just a reminder to all. Philately will get you nowhere.


  • #68
    Overheal
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 86,683 ✭✭✭✭Overheal


    So when USPS issued a limited edition run of Star Wars stamps they were trying to convert people into the Jedi order?

    Cop on. You don't have to buy the special stamps if you dont want to. Plenty of regs to go around.


  • #69
    Feathers
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    Master of Nothing wrote: »
    Why do people in religion-bashing threads always assume that the OP is atheist? You must think there is only catholicism and atheism right? :rolleyes:

    It's not that there is only Catholicism and antheism, it's that generally the people who complain about any little harmless sign of Catholicism in modern Ireland are atheists.

    If it was about religion is schools, I'd say the OP could be atheist or any religion, including Catholic.

    But complaining because religion is mentioned (stamps/RTÉ website having a tab on it :confused: / Angelus), usually atheist.


  • #70
    aaronjumper
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    I haven't sent a letter in years. I thought we were all going digital now.

    Doesn't bother me in the least. Though I would like to see a release of a funny stamps collection. Just in case I ever do need to send a letter.


  • #71
    alphabeat
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 514 ✭✭✭alphabeat


    who the hell licks stamps anymore ?


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  • #72
    KKkitty
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    Don't post offices have that damp sponge stuff on the counter now so you don't have to lick the stamp anymore?? Who cares what's on a stamp anyway!!


  • #73
    facemelter
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    the groutch wrote: »
    there's apparently new stamps being brought out because of that Catholic love-in in the RDS

    http://www.anpost.ie/AnPost/News+and+Information/IEC+2012.htm



    so now if I want to send a letter, I'm going to have it look like I'm a Catholic.
    one step too far imo.

    I once bought a big box of stamps around Christmas time. by your logic I must look like santa . the only ones who bother to look at stamps are the post office and they use machines


  • #74
    mathepac
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    KKkitty wrote: »
    Don't post offices have that damp sponge stuff on the counter now so you don't have to lick the stamp anymore?? Who cares what's on a stamp anyway!!
    They're all self-adhesive now, just like Catholicism if OP's staggeringly stupid post is to be believed.


  • #75
    Mance Rayder
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,007 ✭✭✭Mance Rayder


    MagicSean wrote: »
    I used one with a plane on it. Doesn't make me a pilot. Cop on.

    Your not a pilot?.......:(


  • #76
    Mance Rayder
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,007 ✭✭✭Mance Rayder


    mikemac1 wrote: »
    Some people look for things to be offended by

    How rude!:mad:


  • #77
    KKkitty
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    mathepac wrote: »
    KKkitty wrote: »
    Don't post offices have that damp sponge stuff on the counter now so you don't have to lick the stamp anymore?? Who cares what's on a stamp anyway!!
    They're all self-adhesive now, just like Catholicism if OP's staggeringly stupid post is to be believed.
    OP step away from the stamps :pac:


  • #78
    endacl
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 22,443 ✭✭✭✭endacl


    CiscoStudent wrote: »
    MagicSean wrote: »
    I used one with a plane on it. Doesn't make me a pilot. Cop on.

    Your not a pilot?.......:(
    Nope. But he did use one with a picture of Paul Daniels once, when he was just plain Sean...


  • #79
    Pushtrak
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    If I were a type to send letters with some frequency I'd have a stockpile of stamps. So, I couldn't give two fucks what stamps are on sale.

    It isn't like you'll get post traumatic stress disorder or something.


  • #80
    Feelgood
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    Maybe these stamps are dipped in LSD.

    Body of Christ, nom nom nom :pac:


  • #81
    Vicxas
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    Kinda running parallel to this, W.T.F is the 50th International Eucharistic Congress!?

    All i know is that it was on right before the Poland/Greece Match on friday...


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  • #82
    jonsoc33
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    Its great having ur very own partner but some people get left and then theres those who cheat on their partners and of course these people get away with it. Lovely juvly


  • #83
    Pushtrak
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    ^ wrong thread.


  • #84
    up for anything
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    jonsoc33 wrote: »
    Its great having ur very own partner but some people get left and then theres those who cheat on their partners and of course these people get away with it. Lovely juvly
    Pushtrak wrote: »
    ^ wrong thread.

    No. He's just a stamp junkie. He licked one too many last night.


  • #85
    sbsquarepants
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    alphabeat wrote: »
    who the hell licks stamps anymore ?

    Don't judge me - i like the taste:)


  • #86
    Ellis Dee
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,510 ✭✭✭Ellis Dee


    That stamp doesn't offend even my staunchly atheist sensibilities and I don't think it paints us all as Catholics on Rome's strings. :):)

    After all, an Post issued one with Bram Stoker on it last month, and that hardly make us all look like vampires, does it? :rolleyes::rolleyes:

    http://lh5.ggpht.com/-_jdSIazYleQ/T5WBh0sAe6I/AAAAAAAAem0/dQuKtHBiiV8/Dracula%252520stamp%25255B4%25255D.jpg


  • #87
    Plazaman
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    I too bought one of these stamps and was instantly transformed into a Catholic without my approval. FFS, I've nowhere to store shoes never mind altarboys. It's a disgrace.


  • #88
    Mr.Crinklewood
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    Plazaman wrote: »
    I too bought one of these stamps and was instantly transformed into a Catholic without my approval. FFS, I've nowhere to store shoes never mind altarboys. It's a disgrace.

    Put the stamp on backwards, say "Snick Snick", make sausages in the microwave and the transformation will be reversed.


  • #89
    Duggy747
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    It's a stamp, for fùck sake.


  • #90
    General Relativity
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    Hank_Jones wrote: »
    Something like 80% of people are listed in the census as Roman Catholic.
    I don't really think they are out of order doing this, whether some of us want it or not.

    No skin off my nose, won't affect me in the slightest.

    LOL. This is reflected in the 4000 Irish people that attended the opening of the IEC. Down a whopping 996,000 since the last time it was here.

    A Government owned company shouldn't be endorsing a religion.


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  • #91
    Irish Guitarist
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    They should make stamps with nothing on them for atheists.


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