Take it from me; among those who honor the name of Jesus, this particular combination of terms is the written equivalent to a slap in the face.

Sigh. See, this is exactly the problem I have with the easily-offended:

  1. The post in question never actually uses the name "Jesus"
  2. The word "christ" is just anglicized Greek for "annointed one"
  3. You've assumed that every person who honors Jesus Christ (that is, every Christian) agrees with you
  4. You've assumed that something offensive isn't still funny

I'm not Christian anymore, but still have a great respect for the religion (after all, I used to be an ordained minister) and for the teachings of Christ. I found the phrase "galloping gay christ" to be hilarious.

A quick informal poll among my friends (many of whom are devout Christians) revealed that 80% thought the phrase was funny; of those who thought it wasn't funny, none cited "offensive" as even part of the reason.

This is now horribly off-topic (sorry, folks), but I think it's important to understand that posting "offensive" material -- especially when it's clearly intended to be humorous, doesn't mean the poster has a "lack of respect for others".

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In reply to Re^3: RFC: Acme::BottomsUp by radiantmatrix
in thread RFC: Acme::BottomsUp by davidrw

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