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Kirk Cameron-Don't drink the koolaid and think Christmas had pagan origins.
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RE: Kirk Cameron-Don't drink the koolaid and think Christmas had pagan origins.
November 17, 2014 at 4:51 pm (This post was last modified: November 17, 2014 at 4:56 pm by Lek.)
(November 17, 2014 at 3:07 pm)Parkers Tan Wrote: What do you call them?

Porn shops. It reminds me of strip places in Reno that call themselves "gentlemen's clubs".
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RE: Kirk Cameron-Don't drink the koolaid and think Christmas had pagan origins.
November 17, 2014 at 4:54 pm
(November 12, 2014 at 4:21 pm)downbeatplumb Wrote: "Actor" Kirk Cameron thinks ...

Maybe all this time...he's been um...acting? Thinking

If so, he's a lot better than given credit. lol To portray Christianity with such douchebaggery...that takes some skill.
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RE: Kirk Cameron-Don't drink the koolaid and think Christmas had pagan origins.
November 17, 2014 at 4:56 pm
(November 17, 2014 at 4:54 pm)Deidre32 Wrote: If so, he's a lot better than given credit. lol To portray Christianity with such douchebaggery...that takes some skill.

Just think Pat Robertson. He's way more skilled in the art of douchebaggery.
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RE: Kirk Cameron-Don't drink the koolaid and think Christmas had pagan origins.
November 17, 2014 at 4:57 pm
(November 17, 2014 at 4:56 pm)abaris Wrote:
(November 17, 2014 at 4:54 pm)Deidre32 Wrote: If so, he's a lot better than given credit. lol To portray Christianity with such douchebaggery...that takes some skill.

Just think Pat Robertson. He's way more skilled in the art of douchebaggery.

Oh, you said the 'P' word...Angry
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RE: Kirk Cameron-Don't drink the koolaid and think Christmas had pagan origins.
November 17, 2014 at 5:06 pm
(November 17, 2014 at 4:51 pm)Lek Wrote:
(November 17, 2014 at 3:07 pm)Parkers Tan Wrote: What do you call them?

Porn shops. It reminds me of strip places in Reno that call themselves "gentlemen's clubs".

Well, we called ourselves that, too. But speaking as a businessman -- which I was for a couple of decades -- that language is informal. You don't advertise yourself that way. You don't list it on your resume that way.

Is it a euphemism? Perhaps ... but I don't think so in this case, because I'm not trying to convey any message other than what I conveyed.

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RE: Kirk Cameron-Don't drink the koolaid and think Christmas had pagan origins.
November 17, 2014 at 5:09 pm
(November 17, 2014 at 5:06 pm)Parkers Tan Wrote: Well, we called ourselves that, too. But speaking as a businessman -- which I was for a couple of decades -- that language is informal. You don't advertise yourself that way. You don't list it on your resume that way.

Probably because Gentlemen's club sounds more appealing to the general audience than wanker's paradise. Although I'd love to see something like that in large illuminated letters advertised for everyone to see.
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RE: Kirk Cameron-Don't drink the koolaid and think Christmas had pagan origins.
November 17, 2014 at 7:46 pm
(November 17, 2014 at 5:09 pm)abaris Wrote:
(November 17, 2014 at 5:06 pm)Parkers Tan Wrote: Well, we called ourselves that, too. But speaking as a businessman -- which I was for a couple of decades -- that language is informal. You don't advertise yourself that way. You don't list it on your resume that way.

Probably because Gentlemen's club sounds more appealing to the general audience than wanker's paradise. Although I'd love to see something like that in large illuminated letters advertised for everyone to see.

I was unclear. We called ourselves an "adult shop", not a "gentleman's club", because we rented movies and sold sex toys, but didn't feature live performers. Every so often, the occasional starlet would come through on her tour, signing Polaroids for five bucks a pop, but mostly it was people in the neighborhood businesses on their lunch breaks or days off who asked you to say nothing about them being there.

We weren't shy about our identification. But in America, "wanking" is a bit off-color, and bound to lose you business from the Christians who don't want to confess being Onanists -- or be seen patronizing shops selling their favorite porns.

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RE: Kirk Cameron-Don't drink the koolaid and think Christmas had pagan origins.
November 17, 2014 at 7:55 pm
(November 17, 2014 at 7:46 pm)Parkers Tan Wrote: We weren't shy about our identification. But in America, "wanking" is a bit off-color, and bound to lose you business from the Christians who don't want to confess being Onanists -- or be seen patronizing shops selling their favorite porns.

Did you ask the customers what their religious preferences were?
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RE: Kirk Cameron-Don't drink the koolaid and think Christmas had pagan origins.
November 17, 2014 at 8:03 pm
You can generally go by the paraphernalia proudly displayed about the chest, neck, wrists - etc.
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RE: Kirk Cameron-Don't drink the koolaid and think Christmas had pagan origins.
November 17, 2014 at 8:14 pm (This post was last modified: November 17, 2014 at 8:16 pm by Thumpalumpacus.)
(November 17, 2014 at 7:55 pm)Lek Wrote:
(November 17, 2014 at 7:46 pm)Parkers Tan Wrote: We weren't shy about our identification. But in America, "wanking" is a bit off-color, and bound to lose you business from the Christians who don't want to confess being Onanists -- or be seen patronizing shops selling their favorite porns.

Did you ask the customers what their religious preferences were?

No, not at all. Religion and business don't mix.

But they often advertised them, by way of a crucifix on a necklace, or a fish on their car.

And to be perfectly clear: most of my employees were Christian theists.

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