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Atheist Penelope
norcekri:
Evander, your sweeping generalizations detract from your overall credibility. I know otherwise from personal experience, so I find I have to take anything else you state with a large degree of skepticism. Back up and try again? I think the personal opinions and points are sound, but your attempts to transfer certain feelings onto the rest of the world are ... fallacious. Back up and try again?
I, too, weary of the overbearing commercialism. I quietly complain to store officials when their Christmas merchandise appears in late October: when did Advent stretch to 10 weeks? I also have fun asking how they can have an after-Christmas sale during Christmas (which is 25 Dec - 06 Jan). Most important, I underscore that their commercial abuse of the holiday means that I severely curtail the money I spend there. Even though our household observances are a laid-back mixture of Christmas, Hannukah, and Solstice, I adopt a responsibility to the traditions in the face of commercial opportunism.
Jeff7:
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I quietly complain to store officials when their Christmas merchandise appears in late October: when did Advent stretch to 10 weeks?
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I worked retail for a few years, and Christmas stuff starts arriving in the stockroom sometime in August.
ChippyD:
Holy crap. Since when did QC have to be PC? I think Jeff's been pretty cool. Especialy when he handled Martin's Boss as being a homosexual. Its actually very comforting to see a character reference I can relate to. Martin's boss isn't a flamboyant queen, and neither am I. And I often feel like I'm in a minority. There ARE a lot of flamboyant gay guys out there. Just because I feel that, should I expect Martin's boss to swizzle about with a limp wrist?
Penelope is Penelope. She's defensive to the point of being hostile. Regardless of what view she has, she's being pretty much a jerk to her date (whose name has been stolen from my mind by the Eggnog Monster). Just because people have a different world view, doesn't mean they should keep apart. She's pretty much projecting her anger at her parents on him, when he doesn't seem to be forcing his beliefs on her at all. "How can I date someone who's worldview I fundementaly dissagree with" is a big enough proof that she's seriously doubting his credibility and worth. Its not militant, but it is short sighted and very xenophobic.
Its a jerky character trait, and thats fine. God knows everyone else in this comic has their fair share of schisms and quirks. "
My boyfriend is a devout Jew. He's reform, but he still will not touch non-koshir food. Drives me up a wall, but I'm sure as heck not going to let that ruin my relationship with him. So I'm going to sit back and hope Jeff guides Penelope to a good, maturing outcome. If he's good at anything, its character developement.
Tyler:
Honestly I am surprised anyone would take any level of offense at a comic strip that mentions religion once every 2 years, especially when the beliefs are those of a fictional character to project depth. I do not think Jeph meant anything more than just that. If it makes you in turn question whether hard lined viewpoints in either direction can be abrasive, then all the better.
norcekri:
Tyler & ChippyD:
Well struck! I would have taken about twice the space to express compatible sentiments.
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