Comments on: I Knew I Should’ve Trademarked the “Friendly” Brand

By: db0

db0 — Mon, 03 Sep 2007 11:31:24 +0000

I thought I’d let you know that the Church of Scientology was not amused by this remark, and a lawsuit is pending.

From the Friendly Lawyer?

other interesting friendlies we could see
The Friendly Nazi
The Friendly Fascist
The Friendly Cannibal
The Friendly Athiest (eh? eh? Thank you, I’ll be here all week)

By: Andy

Andy — Sun, 02 Sep 2007 15:53:29 +0000

I’m still awaiting the Friendly Scientologist blog.

I thought I’d let you know that the Church of Scientology was not amused by this remark, and a lawsuit is pending.

By: Richard Wade

Richard Wade — Sat, 01 Sep 2007 17:59:09 +0000

Was “friendly neighborhood X” a common meme before Stan Lee associated it with Spiderman?

Yes, from the 1950’s I remember the phrase, “Your friendly neighborhood (something)” but I can’t remember what that something was. Milkman, perhaps.

While I’m glad the idea of friendliness is spreading, I can foresee some applications that might take some time for people to believe, or would see as being oxymorons. The Friendly Muslim. The Friendly Satanist. The Friendly Pedophile (Google “Jack McClellan”). The Friendly Klansman. The Friendly Crip. The Friendly Terrorist.
Oh, we’re all so friendly!

By: NYCatheist

NYCatheist — Sat, 01 Sep 2007 16:27:14 +0000

Before the “friendly atheist” there was Dan Barker’s call sign “friendly neighborhood atheist”, which might be based on “friendly neighborhood spiderman”. Was “friendly neighborhood X” a common meme before Stan Lee associated it with Spiderman?

By: monkeymind

monkeymind — Sat, 01 Sep 2007 06:58:48 +0000

Can’t wait for a Quaker to start a “Friendly Friend” blog.

By: Tao Jones

Tao Jones — Sat, 01 Sep 2007 05:35:40 +0000

Can I start the Friendly Secularist blog and be cool because I’m Canadian?

I actually found this blog by searching for “friendly atheist” on Google because I wondered if there were any atheists promoting a friendly approach rather than the Blasphemy Challenge nonsense of the Rapid Response Squad.

By: Mikel

Mikel — Sat, 01 Sep 2007 03:23:54 +0000

LOL Hemant. Looks like you’ve started something here

By: Tim Mills

Tim Mills — Sat, 01 Sep 2007 02:41:54 +0000

Aj,

I’m afraid the blog you mention fizzled when we discovered Facebook – a much better way to manage the student society’s social calendar.

And now we have a website hosted by the university. Perhaps we should just move all the content over and delete the blog so nobody gets misled. (Can you tell that I’m completely new to all this web-presence stuff?)

Hemant,

Thanks for linking to me. You really are a model for the kind of humanist face I want to present to the world. Keep up the great work.

By: Aj

Aj — Sat, 01 Sep 2007 02:15:14 +0000

It seems the Friendly Humanist already runs a good blog.

I don’t quite understand why Christianity needed a friendly advocate. People don’t like Atheists, we kill cats after all. When people think others are vile, they call them godless, which was the original meaning of Atheos, where Atheist comes from. People associate Christianity with charity, ethics, and all things good.

The Dandy Warhols – Godless

Hey I said you’re godless and
it seems like you’re a souless friend
as heartless as you were back then
I swear that you are godless
hey I guess you’re lonely when
I gave you all it took so then
a stranger there is ever been
I guess, it’s what you wanted
it seems lonely I would be
I begged, I plead
but this is all that I have gotten
hey as for the day my friend
to hope that you could ever bend
I swear you are, I swear you are
I swear, that you are godless
hey I said you’re godless
hey and you’re a souless friend
hey I said you’re heartless
and I swear, I swear
godless
godless
you’re godless