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Re: 'Choose Life' license plates
This is exactly why I can't summon any outrage about the plates.
So other special plates like gay rights, etc., will be considered. Not accepted, but considered.
Anyone want to bet me cold hard cash that in the above listed case, considered is just a code word for "make it appear that we actually care about the open minded and non judgemental people, but we really don't and will reject it when it comes through." ?
Bumper sticker == government issued license plate. Specialty plate =/= vanity plate.
Government issued specialty license plates aren't to "change minds." They are to raise money for causes.
So basically what's happening here is the government is licensing a political action organization to raise money on government issued property.
Just want to make sure we are all clear here.
I see this sticker on tons of cars everyday. Gag. Yay Louisiana. I'm totally chill, but this makes me stabby, too. My H & I spend a considerable amount of our commute trying to come up with pro-abortion, pro-gay bumper sticker ideas.
Oh please. I'm willing to bet the "Choose Life" plates were once "considered".
I'm sure the word considered is there so they have some recourse when a dumb trick or twelve tries to get a heritage, not hate license plate approved.
Click me, click me!
Well, in that case, I guess we shouldn't have pro-euthanasia plates either (which some seem to be pushing). I mean there are plenty of people who choose not to terminate the life of their loved one and that too could have been an agonizing decision...knowing their loved one may have suffered those last moments of life.
The point Hab was making was about whether one thought those plates were forcing their beliefs on others. Those that do feel that way will only feel that way if it is something they disagree with. You happen to disagree with these plates in general...so not apples to apples.
There's a Flyers one. You could probably personalize it, though I'm sure most variations of THANKS FOR NOTHING LINDROS have been taken.
I have a vanity plate for my alma mater, which doesn't promote anything other than I am a big nerd.
I don't have a problem with a choose life plate, for some reason I judge bumper stickers more harshly. Maybe because I judge bumper stickers in general.
and i agree with HAB's point, which apparently means i disagree with yours. so yes, it is "apples to apples".
Haha! I snorted. And I agree. WHO CARES? The older I get, the less I care what causes people put on their car. You're pro-life. Meh. Good for you. You still drive like a tool.
I'd never do it for the same reason I wouldn't put a bumper sticker on my car, for the same reason my dad never does. If a cop pulls you over, you don't want to remotely give them any ammo to be hardasses. Who's to say the cop wouldn't let you off without a warning, but then he saw your bumper stickers and totally disagrees with you so he makes judgments and tickets you anyway. I also don't want my car to be a target for vandalism, etc.
Oh, and this too. I mean, put what you want on your car, but your bigot ass can also wait.
Actually, it's kind of nice that I get to know who is a asshat and who is okay.
huh...and I thought I was agreeing with HAB. Whatever.
No I don't think we should have pro-euthanasia plates either. I don't think they currently exist or likely ever will.
Jimmy Buffet plate frames p*ss me off too, but because I think his fans should NOT get to claim the title "parrothead." I do not like his music. I have three parrots. I kiss them every day. One of them calls me "mama." I have donated money to various parrot-related causes. I genuinely love parrots (especially mine). Most of the Buffet fans I have met don't give a sh*t about actual parrots, though, and when I had a plate frame with parrots on it, I kept getting honked at by people who would roll down the window and shout, "It's 5:00 somewhere!"
BARF.
I should get the parrot plate frame! Not you margarita-swilling non-bird-lovers!
/petty rant
Fvckings LOL. Did it wake you up?
A litte off topic:
I can't stand those stupid stick figure people that you see on cars.
(the only thing I may put on my car is a Darwin Fish, because I
carcked up the first time I saw one))