Date: Sun, 21 Dec 2008 14:37:21 -0800 (PST) From: Carvalho <[email protected]>
I think I am experiencing forced conversions here in the UK. Every time I am on a bus or walking to my favourite butcher to buy mutton (Muslim butchers sell the best mutton here), I have these Jamaican ladies who come running up to me, guaranteeing eternal salvation through Jesus Christ. No amount of telling them that I am already Catholic seems to dissuade them. They insist I must read the Bible. Maybe there is something about me that says I can't possibly be Christian, like that Madonna T-shirt I keep wearing :-) Mario observes: These Jamaican women obviously Googled "Strange Indian woman with Madonna T-shirt" which led them to you on Goanet where you have loudly and frequently proclaimed yourself to be an agnostic, i.e. fence-sitter, which makes you a perfect target for those who want to pull people to their side of the fence. Just ask them where you can get the best Jamaican jerk chicken or goat curry. Selma wrote: Stop forced conversions in the UK, especially on the Red Bus, since there is absolutely no chance of me getting my British driving license and I have to keep using that bus. Say no to forced conversions :-) Mario responds: Now this is embarrassing - for you to say that you cannot earn a driver's license in a country with the most benign and polite drivers on earth where everyone religiously follows the rules - at least they used to. And, after suggesting how freedom of religion should work and sending both Dr. Barad, a hardworking defender of Hindutva, and the equally hardworking defender of Christianity, Marshall, off on the same constitutional tangent, you are now insisting that people cannot preach and advertise their religion, thereby impeding their freedom of religion:-)) Selma wrote: Wishing everyone a Wonderful Christmas and New Year! Mario adds: Here's adding the same wishes to all Goanetters.
