# This Place Is So Close To Being Great, But Instead Is Filled With Hate **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [November 1, 2001, 12:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-place-is-so-close-to-being-great-but-instead-is-filled-with-hate/90814 "2001-11-01T00:05:02Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Reeder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c6cbf5/32.png) [@Reeder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Reeder)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2001, 1:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-place-is-so-close-to-being-great-but-instead-is-filled-with-hate/90814/41 "2001-11-01T01:23:52Z")
I know that smell…It’s Left Behind isn’t it? ---
**Author:** ![MrVisible](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/46a35a/32.png) [@MrVisible](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrVisible)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2001, 1:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-place-is-so-close-to-being-great-but-instead-is-filled-with-hate/90814/42 "2001-11-01T01:32:11Z")
Agressive Homosexual, checking in! Kamandi! Gimme candy! …err… hey, that’s kinda catchy… Kamandi, gimme candy! I want some candy, Kamandi, He said as he chugalugged brandy, And danced with Armando Asante, Gimme some candy, Kamandi! or I’ll sing Barry Manilow’s Mandy, and start posting nonsense like Handy… Oh. Sorry… I got distracted. That damned disco gene. Er… where was I? Being agressive. Right. Okay. Um… Gr! ---
**Author:** ![Max\_Harvey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ac8455/32.png) [@Max\_Harvey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Max_Harvey)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2001, 1:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-place-is-so-close-to-being-great-but-instead-is-filled-with-hate/90814/43 "2001-11-01T01:33:26Z")
_This place is so close to being great But instead is filled with hate Smug self-righteous fundies Getting twists in their undies And trolls who can’t get a date_ ---
**Author:** ![Arden\_Ranger](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/b487fb/32.png) [@Arden\_Ranger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Arden_Ranger)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2001, 1:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-place-is-so-close-to-being-great-but-instead-is-filled-with-hate/90814/44 "2001-11-01T01:40:00Z")
I wish to be a Dark Priestess in the Church of **Collounsbury** ---
**Author:** ![andygirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/a9adbd/32.png) [@andygirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/andygirl)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2001, 1:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-place-is-so-close-to-being-great-but-instead-is-filled-with-hate/90814/45 "2001-11-01T01:40:03Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by SavedByJesus \* > \*\*Also, the number of very aggressively homosexual posters concerns me. \*\* I’m so glad that my halloween costume this year is as a cheerleader. \*\*\*B! E! A-G-G! Rrrr E-S-S-I-V-E! B! E! A-G-G! Rrrr E-S-S-I-V-E! GO HOMOS! YEAH HOMOS! GO GET 'EM! Go-go boots and sensible shoes circut parties, lots of booze oral sex and sodomy queer is just the way to be! Flannel, poppers, big sex toys girls with girls and boys with boys! Burn your Bibles, fornicate Satan hates you when you’re straight! GOOOOO TEAM! * * * _::Sprinkle fingers and pom pom waving into the night::_ ---
**Author:** ![Tyklfe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/3e96dc/32.png) [@Tyklfe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tyklfe)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2001, 1:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-place-is-so-close-to-being-great-but-instead-is-filled-with-hate/90814/46 "2001-11-01T01:40:44Z")
Hmmm, well I think that we all agree - **SBJ** is an Idiot. But I do want to chime in with my $.02 My family has never celebrated Halloween. I grew up in a highly conservitive, right wing, typical-Christian-values kinda place and I’ve only been trick-or-treating once, when I was about eight years old. Now I understand that the bible doesn’t condem Holloween outright or anything and I don’t have any problem with anybody else enjoying themselves on “All Hollows Eve”, but I still don’t celebrate it and chances are that my kids won’t either… Just my $.02 ---
**Author:** ![DarkJudicator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/da6949/32.png) [@DarkJudicator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DarkJudicator)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2001, 1:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-place-is-so-close-to-being-great-but-instead-is-filled-with-hate/90814/47 "2001-11-01T01:43:41Z")
Owwwwww… I think I just burst something laughing. That was brilliant, **andy** , just brilliant. Words fail me. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Mercutio](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/51bf81/32.png) [@Mercutio](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mercutio)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2001, 1:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-place-is-so-close-to-being-great-but-instead-is-filled-with-hate/90814/48 "2001-11-01T01:43:54Z")
Look at these lyrics bythe bron-again band **The [Christian] Mifits** > [@](#): > > Bonfires burning bright > Pumpkin faces in the night > I remember Halloween > Dead cats hanging from poles > Little dead are out in droves > I remember Halloween > Brown leafed vertigo > Where skeletal life is known I remember Halloween > This day anything goes > Burning bodies hanging from poles > I remember Halloween Halloween, Halloween, Halloween, Halloween > Candy apples and razor blades > Little dead are soon in graves > I remember Halloween > This day anything goes > Burning bodies hanging from poles > I remember > Halloween, Halloween, Halloween, Halloween Halloween, Halloween, Halloween, Halloween They speak nothing but the truth! [sub]saved[/sub] **BY** [sub]jesus[/sub] ---
**Author:** ![Dijon\_Warlock](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a9a28c/32.png) [@Dijon\_Warlock](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dijon_Warlock)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2001, 1:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-place-is-so-close-to-being-great-but-instead-is-filled-with-hate/90814/49 "2001-11-01T01:44:33Z")
I like bunnies. ---
**Author:** ![Kamandi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/5daacb/32.png) [@Kamandi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kamandi)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2001, 1:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-place-is-so-close-to-being-great-but-instead-is-filled-with-hate/90814/50 "2001-11-01T01:47:48Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by MrVisible \* > \*\*Kamandi! Gimme candy! > > …err… hey, that’s kinda catchy… > > Kamandi, gimme candy! > I want some candy, Kamandi, > He said as he chugalugged brandy, > And danced with Armando Asante, > Gimme some candy, Kamandi! > or I’ll sing Barry Manilow’s Mandy, > and start posting nonsense like Handy…\*\* 🆒 [sub]And gawt-damn, **andygirl** , that was funny. ---
**Author:** ![cornflakes](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/9d8465/32.png) [@cornflakes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cornflakes)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2001, 1:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-place-is-so-close-to-being-great-but-instead-is-filled-with-hate/90814/51 "2001-11-01T01:53:07Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Fenris \* > **Why I bet he can’t count the number of times you (yes, YOU! Esprix), Gobear, Andygirl and all the other gay dopers have oppressed me, personally.** And you like this? Look out, **Fenris** , I think they’re converting you! ---
**Author:** ![Ukulele\_Ike](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/df788c/32.png) [@Ukulele\_Ike](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ukulele_Ike)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2001, 1:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-place-is-so-close-to-being-great-but-instead-is-filled-with-hate/90814/52 "2001-11-01T01:54:02Z")
This place is so close To being great But Instead Is filled with HATE! This place is so close To being great But Instead Is filled with HATE! Cha cha cha! ---
**Author:** ![DarkJudicator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/da6949/32.png) [@DarkJudicator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DarkJudicator)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2001, 1:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-place-is-so-close-to-being-great-but-instead-is-filled-with-hate/90814/53 "2001-11-01T01:55:59Z")
**Uke’s** right, it has a beat and you can dance to it… Man, I’m so lame sometimes. ---
**Author:** ![Poonther](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/6a8cbe/32.png) [@Poonther](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Poonther)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2001, 2:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-place-is-so-close-to-being-great-but-instead-is-filled-with-hate/90814/54 "2001-11-01T02:08:35Z")
It’s the passive heteorsexual posters that have always concerned me. ---
**Author:** ![system](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/original/2X/e/e489c3b7d8fce19c4b355dd4fc3f88cc39c34b87.png) [@system](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2001, 2:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-place-is-so-close-to-being-great-but-instead-is-filled-with-hate/90814/55 "2001-11-01T02:21:51Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Arden Ranger \* > I wish to be a Dark Priestess in the Church of **Collounsbury** Why certainly, welcome. Of course we’re not really so much of a Church per se as a limited liability partnership (LLP) with the Shiatan Corporation as the main partner. Since he’s “off-shore” so to speak, it helps shelter our assets from all those unfortunate inquiries. Really moved away from the Church concept in the last restructuring as the non-profit thing got in the way. Now of course you realize that there are certain contractual obligations, but you know the scroll down thingy on the click through thingy doesn’t actually work until after you click. Working on that bug, but my Devil-Master assures me everything valid. Every once in a while I’m made aware of certain riders and the like, the whole no praising God thing, Blood of Infants (flat rate for all denominations so I’m led to understand.) But we do make payroll! ---
**Author:** ![andygirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/a9adbd/32.png) [@andygirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/andygirl)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2001, 2:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-place-is-so-close-to-being-great-but-instead-is-filled-with-hate/90814/56 "2001-11-01T02:25:37Z")
[http://www.youdamnkid.com](http://www.youdamnkid.com) You’re going to love today’s, SBJ. ---
**Author:** ![Cap\_n\_Crude](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/b9e5f3/32.png) [@Cap\_n\_Crude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cap_n_Crude)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2001, 2:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-place-is-so-close-to-being-great-but-instead-is-filled-with-hate/90814/57 "2001-11-01T02:53:02Z")
> [@](#): > > …the Shiatan Corporation Hmm, any relation to Mr. Hilter? He has such a cute mustache. This is a truly amazing pile-on, even for the pit. We’re already into the 2nd page, and **SBJ** hasn’t even been back once! I’m guessing instant martyrdom was bestowed by his Pizza Parlor pals. ---
**Author:** ![TVeblen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/4bbf92/32.png) [@TVeblen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TVeblen)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2001, 3:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-place-is-so-close-to-being-great-but-instead-is-filled-with-hate/90814/58 "2001-11-01T03:05:04Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Cap’n Crude \* > \*\* > This is a truly amazing pile-on, even for the pit. We’re already into the 2nd page, and **SBJ** hasn’t even been back once! \*\* Oh dear, what if the aggressive homosexuals got him? Now you put **SBJ** back down right this instant, you hear? You KNOW better than to play with your food. ---
**Author:** ![andygirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/a9adbd/32.png) [@andygirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/andygirl)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2001, 3:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-place-is-so-close-to-being-great-but-instead-is-filled-with-hate/90814/59 "2001-11-01T03:17:08Z")
Aww. Veb, you’re no fun. [sub]Is this a good time to mention my librarian fetish? Grrrowl.[/sub] Oh, sorry, that was me being agressive… ---
**Author:** ![Scylla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a5b964/32.png) [@Scylla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scylla)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2001, 3:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-place-is-so-close-to-being-great-but-instead-is-filled-with-hate/90814/60 "2001-11-01T03:19:54Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by SavedByJesus \* > \*\*How is it that such a group of smart, well educated people as the frequent readers of the straight dope can be so filled with intolerance?.. > > You hate the Christians and our lifestyles. You are supposed to be well enough educated to have different opinions, rather than PC ones. > > You should be ashamed of yourselves. > SBJ \*\* Why is this surprising? Why should we be ashamed. The Romans were smart and educated and they liked to feed Christians to the lions. We have historical precedent on our side. Why can’t we? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-place-is-so-close-to-being-great-but-instead-is-filled-with-hate/90814.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-place-is-so-close-to-being-great-but-instead-is-filled-with-hate/90814.md?page=4)