# ha ha ha, Christianist dimwits, yes, "open forum" doesn't mean "Christianity only" **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [December 7, 2006, 6:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ha-ha-ha-christianist-dimwits-yes-open-forum-doesnt-mean-christianity-only/383244 "2006-12-07T18:19:14Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 19\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Biggirl](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/biggirl/32/3294_2.png) [@Biggirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biggirl)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2006, 12:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ha-ha-ha-christianist-dimwits-yes-open-forum-doesnt-mean-christianity-only/383244/41 "2006-12-08T12:03:11Z")
When I went to Brooklyn College, inside the ceiling tiles is where we kept our liquor. ---
**Author:** ![jjimm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba8739/32.png) [@jjimm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jjimm)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2006, 12:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ha-ha-ha-christianist-dimwits-yes-open-forum-doesnt-mean-christianity-only/383244/42 "2006-12-08T12:20:26Z")
[QUOTE=hawksgirl] Holy cow, with those rules, we’d get expelled for what we do at band practice! [/QUOTE] I’m not surprised! “This one time, at band practice…” ---
**Author:** ![Jurph](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/50afbb/32.png) [@Jurph](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jurph)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2006, 12:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ha-ha-ha-christianist-dimwits-yes-open-forum-doesnt-mean-christianity-only/383244/43 "2006-12-08T12:20:44Z")
[QUOTE=Waenara] I suspect some enterprising student tried to get around the rule just above that:Probably someone tried to find a loophole by saying that if you’re above the ceiling tiles, you’re not “in” the residence hallway. 😃 [/QUOTE] Well, when I was in the Air Force, whenever we’d come across a totally bizarre rule, we’d shrug and blame it on “Airman Snuffy,” the catch-all nickname for the airman who didn’t know his ass from third base. If there’s a rule that you can’t use your government credit card to purchase the company of a local escort for the evening, then you can bet that someone was dumb enough to do it before someone spelled out explicitly that it was forbidden. ---
**Author:** ![Muffin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/muffin/32/4341_2.png) [@Muffin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Muffin)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2006, 12:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ha-ha-ha-christianist-dimwits-yes-open-forum-doesnt-mean-christianity-only/383244/44 "2006-12-08T12:33:23Z")
Once Canada finishes its mission against the religious extremists in Afghanistan, we’ll pop on down to deal with the problem in the USA. ---
**Author:** ![Muffin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/muffin/32/4341_2.png) [@Muffin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Muffin)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2006, 12:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ha-ha-ha-christianist-dimwits-yes-open-forum-doesnt-mean-christianity-only/383244/45 "2006-12-08T12:38:06Z")
[QUOTE=Mangetout] So it’s OK to ‘enter the entryway’ of someone who is the same sex? Remarkable. [/QUOTE] Or entering the exit way. ---
**Author:** ![athelas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/5e9695/32.png) [@athelas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/athelas)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2006, 1:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ha-ha-ha-christianist-dimwits-yes-open-forum-doesnt-mean-christianity-only/383244/46 "2006-12-08T13:43:32Z")
[QUOTE=MsRobyn] I know Bob Jones isn’t. Liberty, OTOH, [is](http://www.liberty.edu/administration/index.cfm?PID=284). [/QUOTE] Not quite: Bob Jones initially did not _want_ accreditation because of potential outside influence or somesuch. More recently, people there reconsidered and decided to get accreditation anyway; so now, it [[Bob Jones University - Wikipedia](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bob_Jones_University#Accreditation)]is\* too. ---
**Author:** ![Evil\_Captor](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/f17d59/32.png) [@Evil\_Captor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Evil_Captor)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2006, 1:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ha-ha-ha-christianist-dimwits-yes-open-forum-doesnt-mean-christianity-only/383244/47 "2006-12-08T13:48:36Z")
[QUOTE=Sweetums] Okay the one I love: - Entering the space above ceiling tiles = 12 Reprimands + $50 Fine\* Has Liberty really had that big a problem with students crawling around above the ceiling that they had to make a rule about it? [/QUOTE] These kids are clearly Not Getting Any, or Even Close To Getting Any. And a well-known symptom of Not Getting Any is ‘crawling the walls.’ Case closed. ---
**Author:** ![look\_ninjas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/b2d939/32.png) [@look\_ninjas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/look_ninjas)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2006, 2:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ha-ha-ha-christianist-dimwits-yes-open-forum-doesnt-mean-christianity-only/383244/48 "2006-12-08T14:09:40Z")
I’ve been browsing around the Liberty University codes of conduct, and this little bit caught my eye: > [@Academic/Computing Ethics](#): > > Academic Dishonesty > During examinations, academic dishonesty shall include the following: > > ``` > * Referring to information not specifically condoned by the instructor. > > ``` Erm… Information not _condoned_ by the instructor? What does that mean, exactly? If you mention evolution (sorry, EVILution) on your biology test, you flunk the course and get a bunch of reprimands? From [here](http://www.liberty.edu/index.cfm?PID=1324) ---
**Author:** ![Evil\_Captor](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/f17d59/32.png) [@Evil\_Captor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Evil_Captor)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2006, 2:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ha-ha-ha-christianist-dimwits-yes-open-forum-doesnt-mean-christianity-only/383244/49 "2006-12-08T14:13:04Z")
I guarantee you, Liberty University will turn out adults by the boatload who make Jenna Jameson look like a nun and Der Trihs look like a paleoconservative. ---
**Author:** ![Carl\_Corey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/8e8cbc/32.png) [@Carl\_Corey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Carl_Corey)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2006, 2:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ha-ha-ha-christianist-dimwits-yes-open-forum-doesnt-mean-christianity-only/383244/50 "2006-12-08T14:25:47Z")
Why would they need these rules, anyway? Aren’t these kids from upstanding moral homes? Weren’t they raised “right”? :rolleyes: ---
**Author:** ![Patty\_O\_Furniture](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/96bed5/32.png) [@Patty\_O\_Furniture](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Patty_O_Furniture)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2006, 2:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ha-ha-ha-christianist-dimwits-yes-open-forum-doesnt-mean-christianity-only/383244/51 "2006-12-08T14:36:52Z")
> [@](#): > > Doesn’t seem right that they have reprimands, but not commendations. Do they have a unit conversion page? You know, something like: 12 finger-waggings = 1 reprimand 50 reprimands = 1 commendation 25 condemnations = 1 excommunication ---
**Author:** ![Eonwe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eonwe/32/240_2.png) [@Eonwe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eonwe)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2006, 2:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ha-ha-ha-christianist-dimwits-yes-open-forum-doesnt-mean-christianity-only/383244/52 "2006-12-08T14:44:13Z")
[QUOTE=John Mace] Yeah, that’s _exactly_ what I was thinking. Liberty from… what??? [/QUOTE] [hijack] Is that proper use of the word “Liberty”? I know you can have freedom from something, but can you have liberty from something? I’ve never heard the word used in that construction before. [/hijack] [QUOTE=Slithy Tove] Interesting that the Pagans were from the local Unitarian Universalists; small revenge for the (perhaps apocryphal) time when a group on stealth fundamentalist Christians joined a UU congregation until they had a voting block large enough to sell the church for a trivial amount and close it down. [/QUOTE] Fascinating. Is there a cite for that somewhere; I’ve never heard that story. ---
**Author:** ![Johanna](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johanna/32/8318_2.png) [@Johanna](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johanna)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2006, 6:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ha-ha-ha-christianist-dimwits-yes-open-forum-doesnt-mean-christianity-only/383244/53 "2006-12-08T18:24:21Z")
[QUOTE=Dumbguy] How do you get a petition authorized? By filing a petition? [/QUOTE] Catch-2_3!_ ---
**Author:** ![Spiratu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/47e85d/32.png) [@Spiratu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spiratu)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2006, 8:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ha-ha-ha-christianist-dimwits-yes-open-forum-doesnt-mean-christianity-only/383244/54 "2006-12-08T20:30:09Z")
[QUOTE=look!ninjas] I’ve been browsing around the Liberty University codes of conduct, and this little bit caught my eye: [Quote=Academic/Computing Ethics] Academic Dishonesty During examinations, academic dishonesty shall include the following: - Referring to information not specifically condoned by the instructor. [/quote] Erm… Information not _condoned_ by the instructor? What does that mean, exactly? If you mention evolution (sorry, EVILution) on your biology test, you flunk the course and get a bunch of reprimands? From [here](http://www.liberty.edu/index.cfm?PID=1324) [/QUOTE] I imagine it means looking at your textbook or at your notes when you’re not taking an open-book or open-note test. Talking about evolution probably just gets you marked off as being wrong, not as cheating. :rolleyes: ---
**Author:** ![Troy\_McClure\_SF](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/troy_mcclure_sf/32/4150_2.png) [@Troy\_McClure\_SF](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Troy_McClure_SF)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2006, 10:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ha-ha-ha-christianist-dimwits-yes-open-forum-doesnt-mean-christianity-only/383244/55 "2006-12-08T22:33:24Z")
> [@](#): > > 12 Reprimands + $50 Fine > > - Attendance at, possession or viewing of, an “R,” “NC-17” or “X”-rated movie Whew. Good thing all my hardcore porn is unrated by the MPAA. ---
**Author:** ![Jackmannii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jackmannii/32/311_2.png) [@Jackmannii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jackmannii)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2006, 10:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ha-ha-ha-christianist-dimwits-yes-open-forum-doesnt-mean-christianity-only/383244/56 "2006-12-08T22:40:16Z")
> [@Apos](#): > > ha ha ha, Christianist dimwits Have you thought of putting this on a bumper sticker? ---
**Author:** ![wonky](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wonky/32/393_2.png) [@wonky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wonky)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2006, 1:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ha-ha-ha-christianist-dimwits-yes-open-forum-doesnt-mean-christianity-only/383244/57 "2006-12-09T01:37:05Z")
[QUOTE=Jurph] If there’s a rule that you can’t use your government credit card to purchase the company of a local escort for the evening, then you can bet that someone was dumb enough to do it before someone spelled out explicitly that it was forbidden. [/QUOTE] Yep. At my workplace, that’s a Todd rule, named for Todd, who bought lap dances with the company credit card. ---
**Author:** ![hawksgirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/ed655f/32.png) [@hawksgirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hawksgirl)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2006, 1:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ha-ha-ha-christianist-dimwits-yes-open-forum-doesnt-mean-christianity-only/383244/58 "2006-12-09T01:57:58Z")
[QUOTE=jsgoddess] Yep. At my workplace, that’s a Todd rule, named for Todd, who bought lap dances with the company credit card. [/QUOTE] _The_ Todd? ---
**Author:** ![Manduck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/manduck/32/256_2.png) [@Manduck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Manduck)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2006, 2:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ha-ha-ha-christianist-dimwits-yes-open-forum-doesnt-mean-christianity-only/383244/59 "2006-12-09T02:43:13Z")
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