Brazos Valley Atheist Vuvuzela Band, Followup

I admire the marchers and I was pleased that they participated, I just have some advice for next year.

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Education

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• Brazos
• Valley
• Atheist
• Vuvuzela
• Band
• christmas
• parade
• c0nc0rdance

[leorcc]

I understand what you are saying, but I disagree. If the members of this march had fun doing it, then the mission is accomplished. There is no need to promote some "higher cause".

Out atheists pub crawl doesn't have some deeper purpose, its about a group of people having a good time. We've got plenty of different events to do that.

[C0nc0rdance]

@leorcc

I'd like to challenge you a little to clarify your position:

1. Is there any relevant difference between marching in a community parade and a private social function explicitly for atheists?

2. What purpose do you think a parade serves in a community? Why go to the expense and hassle?

3. For what purpose do you think other groups marched? For example, why do the Aggie Band spend hours practicing, waiting, etc?

[kyebean]

who doesn't hate vuvuzelas? the world cup took care of the last fence sitters.

[purplegumibear]

I definitely agree, this is exactly the trouble i was having with it, i didn't find that they conveyed their message well... It is definitely admirable that they did the work to set this up, it takes alot of initiative to do this.. but dunno, i'm not the expert on this.

[thestarstuff]

There is no way to play the Vuvuzela "well".

[Astrobrant2]

I hadn't thought of it as being a conservative group mocking atheists. Probably not, though.

Yes they were playing Jingle Bells, and there are lots of other secular Christmas songs, but here's the irony: The A&M band was playing the Army's fight song! (The Caisson Song). Not very Christmasy.

[daddyleon]

For many people: disgust is all there is.

And about their message: they're students, right? 1st time?

Having a blank message just by being there, might be better. Letting people getting used to them, with out telling what you want, etc.

Let a lone a joke that might fall quite bad :s

[ArchNME]

wah wah wah... you think you have something to contribute get involved

[Leadman1989]

@TritonAlias

they're college students they don't have anytime... they aren't a band so they don't have uniforms and they all probably don't play instruments i don't see how they could have done better unless they EXCLUDED people they didn't have already to make it more homogeneous plus trying to herd atheist is like trying to herd cats it just doesn't work :P

[TritonAlias]

@Leadman1989 Without knowing more I couldn't say with any certainty, but I suspect they could have found more time (assuming they found any as it was) to practice marching and playing in sync, for one. Despite being free and only taking a few hours of everyone's time, this would probably have had the most impact on the quality of their performance, as well.

[WeekendTuber]

@tammyscotland

:D