Nov 14
Atheist Bus Campaigns
Last month, the British Humanist Association began a campaign to raise £5,500 in order to advertise on the sides of London buses. The amount, up to £5,500 would be matched by author Richard Dawkins. It took them only 10 hours to meet that goal, and money kept pouring in. The official total is £119,439 so far, and is enough to extend the campaign all across the UK.
Why advertise on buses? This campaign was in response to a very religious ad that was previously displayed on the buses, linking to a website promising eternal hellfire and brimstone to all non-believers. The BHA sought to portray a more humanist message.
I’ve just learned that due to the London Bus Campaign success, the American Humanist Association will be running a similar bus campaign in the Washington DC area. Their add will cost $40,000 and links to a website with more information.
FoxNews finds the situation laughable.
Personally, i find it laughable that people like those asshole FoxNews commentators seem to know absolutely nothing about the history of this country. People came to the colonies in part to escape religious oppression. It was so important that when we revolutionized, we made a big fucking deal out of separation of church and state. Because we believed people had an inalienable right to their beliefs or non-beliefs. And that implies respect. Basic respect for a fellow human being. And there is absolutely nothing respectful about those asshole news commentators’ attitudes. Their display completely disgusts me. Can you watch that, and imagine that instead of saying “atheists” they are saying “gays,” “Jews” or “blacks”?
November 14th, 2008 at 10:40 am
Good writing. Keep up the good work. I just added your RSS feed my Google News Reader..
Matt Hanson
November 28th, 2008 at 12:33 am
Hey! I like your post “Atheist Bus Campaigns” so well that I like to ask you whether I should translate into German and linking back. Greetings Engel