@PandaMagicFTW No, "OMG" is semantic satiation. "Heavenly father" and "Amen" refer directly to the Judeo/Christian God. The banner's message is full of pride and symbolic of school spirit, but a major connotation is founded deep in religious faith, specifically Christianity. It doesn't have as much to do with discrimination as it does with ostracism. Sure this is a very small incident, but it's unconstitutional nevertheless.
@wutdaFU3K There's a difference in your example because your example discriminates against a group. Maybe it's just me but when I see phrases like that I don't think of them as being its literal meaning, thus separating religious from non religious, but rather being a figure of speech to add some flavor or characteristic to a passage. Same as saying "Oh my god!", there is no discrimination or any real meaning other than to add character to that exclamation.
@PandaMagicFTW You should read....I was gonna think of one particular writer/ philosopher, but then I realized you could pretty much pick ANYONE who's ever written a sentence on the topic of justice or civic virtue. But maybe MLK could sum it up: "Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere..." What if the school had separate pencil sharpener for colored students. They're just pencil sharpeners, calm down!
@PandaMagicFTW No, "OMG" is semantic satiation. "Heavenly father" and "Amen" refer directly to the Judeo/Christian God. The banner's message is full of pride and symbolic of school spirit, but a major connotation is founded deep in religious faith, specifically Christianity. It doesn't have as much to do with discrimination as it does with ostracism. Sure this is a very small incident, but it's unconstitutional nevertheless.
wutdaFU3K 55 minutes ago
@wutdaFU3K There's a difference in your example because your example discriminates against a group. Maybe it's just me but when I see phrases like that I don't think of them as being its literal meaning, thus separating religious from non religious, but rather being a figure of speech to add some flavor or characteristic to a passage. Same as saying "Oh my god!", there is no discrimination or any real meaning other than to add character to that exclamation.
PandaMagicFTW 2 hours ago
@FlintSparkedStudios Sure no problem, for the same reasons why Zeus the god of thunder is obviously false.
PandaMagicFTW 2 hours ago
@PandaMagicFTW You should read....I was gonna think of one particular writer/ philosopher, but then I realized you could pretty much pick ANYONE who's ever written a sentence on the topic of justice or civic virtue. But maybe MLK could sum it up: "Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere..." What if the school had separate pencil sharpener for colored students. They're just pencil sharpeners, calm down!
wutdaFU3K 4 hours ago
You go girl
babbzz 11 hours ago
@PandaMagicFTW
Just curious here, no hostilities. What makes it obviously false?
FlintSparkedStudios 15 hours ago
I'm not religious either, but this bitch is just being a cunt.
Hoooooooar 17 hours ago
@bp444701 I know people who go there and there planning on making a whole bunch of t shirt with the banner on it and wearing them around school
CodFan95 18 hours ago
Everyone at the school who believes in God go Tebow in front of the banner. Do something Cranston West!
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bp444701 23 hours ago
@PandaMagicFTW Voice of reason. Thank You
bp444701 23 hours ago