# Why Chick Tracts in the Pit? **URL:** \ **Category:** About This Message Board\ **Created:** [July 12, 2005, 8:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-chick-tracts-in-the-pit/312317 "2005-07-12T20:12:21Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 19\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![The\_Asbestos\_Mango](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/edb3f5/32.png) [@The\_Asbestos\_Mango](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Asbestos_Mango)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2005, 8:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-chick-tracts-in-the-pit/312317/1 "2005-07-12T20:12:21Z")
There’s another one there now!!! Why? Sure, most of us find Jack Chick’s (if that is his real name, if he is still alive, if he’s an actual person and not an amalgam of bad cartoonists) hate-mongering to be repugnant, we also recognize that his poorly-written and badly drawn comic-booky thingies have a certain amount of entertainment value. I also note that Chick Tract threads seem remarkably free of invective, this despite the aforementioned hate-mongering. So, why do they always seem to be started in the Pit? I think Cafe Society would be a more appropriate forum. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Asbestos\_Mango](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/edb3f5/32.png) [@The\_Asbestos\_Mango](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Asbestos_Mango)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2005, 8:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-chick-tracts-in-the-pit/312317/2 "2005-07-12T20:26:44Z")
Oh, hell, I could have sworn I had gotten back to the forum page and clicked “New Thread”. Moderator? Moderator!?! ---
**Author:** ![FisherQueen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/58f4c7/32.png) [@FisherQueen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FisherQueen)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2005, 3:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-chick-tracts-in-the-pit/312317/3 "2005-07-13T03:32:27Z")
> [@The Asbestos Mango](#): > > So, why do they always seem to be started in the Pit? I think Cafe Society would be a more appropriate forum. I think it’s so we can go ahead and say ‘fuck’ as much as we want to. Sometimes, with Jack Chick, that’s important. ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2005, 3:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-chick-tracts-in-the-pit/312317/4 "2005-07-13T15:21:53Z")
> [@The Asbestos Mango](#): > > Oh, hell, I could have sworn I had gotten back to the forum page and clicked “New Thread”. Haw! Haw! Haw! ---
**Author:** ![Binarydrone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/3da27b/32.png) [@Binarydrone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Binarydrone)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2005, 9:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-chick-tracts-in-the-pit/312317/5 "2005-07-14T21:39:12Z")
> [@The Asbestos Mango](#): > > …So, why do they always seem to be started in the Pit? I think Cafe Society would be a more appropriate forum. It is a long held and honored tradition. Might as well ask why Sata wears red, or if the Tooth-Fairy really lives in a castle made of teeth. ---
**Author:** ![Queen\_Bruin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/e274bd/32.png) [@Queen\_Bruin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Queen_Bruin)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2005, 9:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-chick-tracts-in-the-pit/312317/6 "2005-07-14T21:44:40Z")
Putting Chick in Cafe Society implies that he has some sort of talent outside of hatemongering. ---
**Author:** ![Charlie\_Tan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/charlie_tan/32/12582_2.png) [@Charlie\_Tan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Charlie_Tan)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2005, 8:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-chick-tracts-in-the-pit/312317/7 "2005-07-15T08:53:54Z")
We discuss many crappy forms of art and entertainment in CS. And using expletives is fine, as long as we’re not directing them at other posters. I think Chick belongs in CS. ---
**Author:** ![Liberal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/848f3c/32.png) [@Liberal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Liberal)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2005, 10:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-chick-tracts-in-the-pit/312317/8 "2005-07-15T10:03:06Z")
Hate-mongering? Good lord. ---
**Author:** ![Zabali\_Clawbane](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/ecd19e/32.png) [@Zabali\_Clawbane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zabali_Clawbane)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2005, 10:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-chick-tracts-in-the-pit/312317/9 "2005-07-15T10:29:44Z")
I don’t, because what he does is in no way, shape or form, art. It’s like requesting people to put threads about Fred Phelp’s latest flier in CS IMO. YMMV. ---
**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:** [July 15, 2005, 1:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-chick-tracts-in-the-pit/312317/10 "2005-07-15T13:42:38Z")
> [@Binarydrone](#): > > Might as well ask why Sata wears red Satan? ---
**Author:** ![The\_Asbestos\_Mango](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/edb3f5/32.png) [@The\_Asbestos\_Mango](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Asbestos_Mango)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2005, 2:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-chick-tracts-in-the-pit/312317/11 "2005-07-16T02:28:02Z")
I really don’t think it’s fair to bring **Satan** into this, since he was banned and isn’t around to defend himself. ---
**Author:** ![BlueKangaroo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/3d9bf3/32.png) [@BlueKangaroo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BlueKangaroo)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2005, 3:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-chick-tracts-in-the-pit/312317/12 "2005-07-16T03:07:09Z")
I think **Binarydrone** meant Santa, given that it’s more like Satan is red rather than wears red. ---
**Author:** ![AskNott](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/asknott/32/5790_2.png) [@AskNott](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AskNott)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2005, 4:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-chick-tracts-in-the-pit/312317/13 "2005-07-16T04:33:24Z")
Maybe **Binarydrone** meant Stan, who wore white with red numbers, with the bird-on-the-bat. ---
**Author:** ![Lord\_Ashtar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ea924/32.png) [@Lord\_Ashtar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lord_Ashtar)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2005, 7:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-chick-tracts-in-the-pit/312317/14 "2005-07-22T19:34:26Z")
> [@AskNott](#): > > Maybe **Binarydrone** meant Stan, who wore white with red numbers, with the bird-on-the-bat. Maybe, but I thought he was obsessed with Eminem and drove off a bridge with his girlfriend in the trunk. ---
**Author:** ![dougie\_monty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/439d5e/32.png) [@dougie\_monty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dougie_monty)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2005, 10:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-chick-tracts-in-the-pit/312317/15 "2005-07-22T22:11:41Z")
Jack Chick is old-fashioned Southern Baptist. He gives the denomination a bad name. ☹ ---
**Author:** ![ouryL](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ouryl/32/6067_2.png) [@ouryL](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ouryL)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2005, 3:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-chick-tracts-in-the-pit/312317/16 "2005-07-26T15:58:13Z")
> [@Ukulele Ike](#): > > Satan? satin, red satin tres chic 😃 ---
**Author:** ![vetbridge](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/b5e925/32.png) [@vetbridge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vetbridge)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2005, 5:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-chick-tracts-in-the-pit/312317/17 "2005-08-10T17:32:14Z")
> [@Binarydrone](#): > > if the Tooth-Fairy really lives in a castle made of teeth. Wouldn’t a castle made of deciduous teeth smell of rot? ---
**Author:** ![dougie\_monty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/439d5e/32.png) [@dougie\_monty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dougie_monty)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2005, 12:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-chick-tracts-in-the-pit/312317/18 "2005-08-11T00:12:34Z")
> [@vetbridge](#): > > Wouldn’t a castle made of deciduous teeth smell of rot? I don’t know; if you have tooth decay does that give YOU bad breath? ---
**Author:** ![Jake](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f475e1/32.png) [@Jake](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jake)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2005, 6:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-chick-tracts-in-the-pit/312317/19 "2005-08-12T18:15:26Z")
> [@The Asbestos Mango](#): > > I really don’t think it’s fair to bring **Satan** into this, since he was banned and isn’t around to defend himself. Kinda miss him though…