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If You Don't Like It
May 25, 2016 at 1:51 pm
take your sorry asses back to the desert.

http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-36382596

Quote:Muslim students in Switzerland must shake their teacher's hand at the beginning and end of lessons, a regional authority has ruled.

A controversial exemption from the tradition had been granted for two teenage brothers whose interpretation of the Koran meant they were unwilling to touch a member of the opposite sex.
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RE: If You Don't Like It
May 25, 2016 at 1:53 pm
Why should it be a requirement to shake someone's hand before and after class?
Poe's Law: "Without a winking smiley or other blatant display of humor, it is impossible to create a parody of Fundamentalism that SOMEONE won't mistake for the real thing."

10 Christ-like figures that predate Jesus. Link shortened to Chris ate Jesus for some reason...
http://listverse.com/2009/04/13/10-chris...ate-jesus/

Good video to watch, if you want to know how common the Jesus story really is.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=88GTUXvp-50

A list of biblical contradictions from the infallible word of Yahweh.
http://infidels.org/library/modern/jim_m...tions.html

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May 25, 2016 at 2:08 pm
I think it should be required that they lick the bottom of the teacher's shoe.
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RE: If You Don't Like It
May 25, 2016 at 2:10 pm
(May 25, 2016 at 1:53 pm)Chad32 Wrote: Why should it be a requirement to shake someone's hand before and after class?

It seems to be a local tradition.  Again, if they don't like it, LEAVE.
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RE: If You Don't Like It
May 25, 2016 at 11:00 pm
When in Rome, do as the Romans...
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RE: If You Don't Like It
May 26, 2016 at 10:04 am (This post was last modified: May 26, 2016 at 10:09 am by Chad32.)
(May 25, 2016 at 2:08 pm)KUSA Wrote: I think it should be required that they lick the bottom of the teacher's shoe.

How many shoes did you lick in school?

It just strikes me as kind of weird, and I can think of several reasons why people wouldn't want to shake stranger's hands twice a day.
Poe's Law: "Without a winking smiley or other blatant display of humor, it is impossible to create a parody of Fundamentalism that SOMEONE won't mistake for the real thing."

10 Christ-like figures that predate Jesus. Link shortened to Chris ate Jesus for some reason...
http://listverse.com/2009/04/13/10-chris...ate-jesus/

Good video to watch, if you want to know how common the Jesus story really is.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=88GTUXvp-50

A list of biblical contradictions from the infallible word of Yahweh.
http://infidels.org/library/modern/jim_m...tions.html

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RE: If You Don't Like It
May 26, 2016 at 10:12 am (This post was last modified: May 26, 2016 at 10:13 am by Mister Agenda.)
Minimalist Wrote:
Chad32 Wrote:Why should it be a requirement to shake someone's hand before and after class?

It seems to be a local tradition.  Again, if they don't like it, LEAVE.

Right! It's like when people don't want to say the American Pledge of Allegiance, or want to leave out the 'under God' part. If they don't like it, LEAVE!
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RE: If You Don't Like It
May 26, 2016 at 10:20 am
(May 26, 2016 at 10:12 am)Mister Agenda Wrote:
Minimalist Wrote:It seems to be a local tradition.  Again, if they don't like it, LEAVE.

Right! It's like when people don't want to say the American Pledge of Allegiance, or want to leave out the 'under God' part. If they don't like it, LEAVE!

Well..I think there's a small difference there because nobody can be forced to say the Pledge of Allegiance, nor can they be forced to say any specific part of it.
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RE: If You Don't Like It
May 26, 2016 at 10:23 am
WTF does shaking hands has anything to do with education? If it's a local formality, then it is still just a formality and not a requirement. Enforcing such silliness is absurd
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RE: If You Don't Like It
May 26, 2016 at 12:06 pm
(May 26, 2016 at 10:12 am)Mister Agenda Wrote:
Minimalist Wrote:It seems to be a local tradition.  Again, if they don't like it, LEAVE.

Right! It's like when people don't want to say the American Pledge of Allegiance, or want to leave out the 'under God' part. If they don't like it, LEAVE!

Actually, they don't have to.  I haven't said the "under god" shit since grammar school.  No one cared.
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