Comments on: Atheist Bus Ads in Italy Are Back… Again http://friendlyatheist.com/2009/01/30/atheist-bus-ads-in-italy-are-back-again/ Atheism with Positivity Fri, 12 Mar 2010 17:37:58 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: blackskeptic http://friendlyatheist.com/2009/01/30/atheist-bus-ads-in-italy-are-back-again/comment-page-1/#comment-265978 blackskeptic Sun, 01 Feb 2009 01:38:54 +0000 http://friendlyatheist.com/?p=8393#comment-265978 very brilliant and tongue in cheek. i didn't get it at first, so i thought it was lame and sterile, but once i realized that it's a jab against them not being able to put up their original ad, i thought "AWESOME!!!" very brilliant and tongue in cheek. i didn’t get it at first, so i thought it was lame and sterile, but once i realized that it’s a jab against them not being able to put up their original ad, i thought “AWESOME!!!”

]]> By: «bønez_brigade» http://friendlyatheist.com/2009/01/30/atheist-bus-ads-in-italy-are-back-again/comment-page-1/#comment-265760 «bønez_brigade» Sat, 31 Jan 2009 10:56:52 +0000 http://friendlyatheist.com/?p=8393#comment-265760 The "They" in the 2nd half should be underlined or boldified. (in their ad, that is; not necessarily in the blog post) The “They” in the 2nd half should be underlined or boldified. (in their ad, that is; not necessarily in the blog post)

]]> By: Claudia http://friendlyatheist.com/2009/01/30/atheist-bus-ads-in-italy-are-back-again/comment-page-1/#comment-265614 Claudia Fri, 30 Jan 2009 23:26:30 +0000 http://friendlyatheist.com/?p=8393#comment-265614 I think the church has, once again, fallen flat on it's face on how to handle this issue. If they had utterly ignored it and not made a fuss, many <em>many</em> fewer people would have seen the ads and very likely there would have been fewer of them. They made a fuss, and hence the media saw a story, and so the story, and the ads, got to millions of people whereas the bus ads would have only reached thousands. In Spain the story of the ads made it on to our highest-traffic news sites and when the archbishop called the ads a "blasphemy" they only became more famous. Additionally, atheists who might not know about it or have cared were induced to donate towards the ads as a way of fighting the shutting down of our free speech. The same thing happened with the DaVinci Code and that horrible movie, the golden compass. The church made a huge fuss and made the movies that much more popular. I think the church has, once again, fallen flat on it’s face on how to handle this issue. If they had utterly ignored it and not made a fuss, many many fewer people would have seen the ads and very likely there would have been fewer of them.

They made a fuss, and hence the media saw a story, and so the story, and the ads, got to millions of people whereas the bus ads would have only reached thousands. In Spain the story of the ads made it on to our highest-traffic news sites and when the archbishop called the ads a “blasphemy” they only became more famous. Additionally, atheists who might not know about it or have cared were induced to donate towards the ads as a way of fighting the shutting down of our free speech.

The same thing happened with the DaVinci Code and that horrible movie, the golden compass. The church made a huge fuss and made the movies that much more popular.

]]> By: Felicia Gilljam http://friendlyatheist.com/2009/01/30/atheist-bus-ads-in-italy-are-back-again/comment-page-1/#comment-265610 Felicia Gilljam Fri, 30 Jan 2009 23:17:33 +0000 http://friendlyatheist.com/?p=8393#comment-265610 Haha. That reads as a barb against the people who nixed the first ad. I guess that's the point, considering Carcano's words. Haha. That reads as a barb against the people who nixed the first ad. I guess that’s the point, considering Carcano’s words.

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