Skull Bearer 10, Jehovas' Witnesses 0
Sep. 29th, 2007 12:06 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
skull_bearer A moment that will live on forever, beloved and cherished in my memory.
Sooo, the intrepid Skull Bearer leaves the house at 10, on her interpid way to the Fresher's Fayre, which is a poncy word for 'a day when all the local companies gather in our sports hall to fleece new and inexperienced students'. Having been to one previously, I knew what I was up against and brought no money. I regretted this when I found a very nice writing club with £3 membership fee, but they'll be coming round our class later this week anyway. I laid the smackdown on a few people, including one guy trying to see a £90 gym membership disguised as 20p, and a frightening amount of Christian missionaries, trying to convert impressionable students away from a life of sin (I don't even need to comment on that one).
Anyway, around the end of my wander, I ran into one of the aformentioned Christian stalls, which had various copies of a magazine on display. The punchline was "IS GOD RESPONSIBLE FOR NATURAL DISASTERS?" with a smaller title of 'Are condoms morally wrong?'
Having preformed the compulsary W.T.F. expression. I picked it up out of morbid curiousity, and was immediately mobbed by the members of the stand. I told them what I thought of their 'Are condoms morally wrong?' idea (seriously, they were practically the only stall not handing them out), they agreeded it was stupid, and I suspecting they were Catholic (they were actually Jehovas' Witnesses, my bad) told them what I thought about the AIDS crisis and that we had more than enough people on the world as it was.
The agreed, and said that AIDS was caused by people living in sin, all the sins of our modern sociaty, homosexuality-
This was as far as they got, because I, with a rapturous look, raised my hands to the ceiling (I kid you not) and cried "AND SO, this was the moment I will know as that when I wanted to STRANGLE you!" All delivered with a broad, dazzling grin. I laid the absolute smackdown on those homophobes, they were two stalls down from the gay rights desk for fucks sake, I don't want to imagine what they must have been going through seated next to these maniacs. "What did you do to those poor people, throw eggs, firebombs? You people sicken me, you absolutely disgust me. You are vile, despicable specimens of human beings and you make me ashamed of being of the same species." Or something of that nature. By the end they were cringing and apologising endlessly. Not the 'I'm-sorry-let's-agree-to-disagree' kind of sorry, but the 'I'msorryI'msorrypleasedon'tbitemyfaceoffpleeeaaase' kind of sorry, which is far more satisfying.
I left feeling rather dizzy but absolutely fantastic, knowing those bastards would think twice before trotting out their prejudices to anyone else. Good mood for the rest of the day.
I know, I'm a bitch, but grief, does it ever feel good to let rip at bigots.
Sooo, the intrepid Skull Bearer leaves the house at 10, on her interpid way to the Fresher's Fayre, which is a poncy word for 'a day when all the local companies gather in our sports hall to fleece new and inexperienced students'. Having been to one previously, I knew what I was up against and brought no money. I regretted this when I found a very nice writing club with £3 membership fee, but they'll be coming round our class later this week anyway. I laid the smackdown on a few people, including one guy trying to see a £90 gym membership disguised as 20p, and a frightening amount of Christian missionaries, trying to convert impressionable students away from a life of sin (I don't even need to comment on that one).
Anyway, around the end of my wander, I ran into one of the aformentioned Christian stalls, which had various copies of a magazine on display. The punchline was "IS GOD RESPONSIBLE FOR NATURAL DISASTERS?" with a smaller title of 'Are condoms morally wrong?'
Having preformed the compulsary W.T.F. expression. I picked it up out of morbid curiousity, and was immediately mobbed by the members of the stand. I told them what I thought of their 'Are condoms morally wrong?' idea (seriously, they were practically the only stall not handing them out), they agreeded it was stupid, and I suspecting they were Catholic (they were actually Jehovas' Witnesses, my bad) told them what I thought about the AIDS crisis and that we had more than enough people on the world as it was.
The agreed, and said that AIDS was caused by people living in sin, all the sins of our modern sociaty, homosexuality-
This was as far as they got, because I, with a rapturous look, raised my hands to the ceiling (I kid you not) and cried "AND SO, this was the moment I will know as that when I wanted to STRANGLE you!" All delivered with a broad, dazzling grin. I laid the absolute smackdown on those homophobes, they were two stalls down from the gay rights desk for fucks sake, I don't want to imagine what they must have been going through seated next to these maniacs. "What did you do to those poor people, throw eggs, firebombs? You people sicken me, you absolutely disgust me. You are vile, despicable specimens of human beings and you make me ashamed of being of the same species." Or something of that nature. By the end they were cringing and apologising endlessly. Not the 'I'm-sorry-let's-agree-to-disagree' kind of sorry, but the 'I'msorryI'msorrypleasedon'tbitemyfaceoffpleeeaaase' kind of sorry, which is far more satisfying.
I left feeling rather dizzy but absolutely fantastic, knowing those bastards would think twice before trotting out their prejudices to anyone else. Good mood for the rest of the day.
I know, I'm a bitch, but grief, does it ever feel good to let rip at bigots.