Comments on: If Only He Were Driving an Atheist Bus… http://www.patheos.com/blogs/friendlyatheist/2009/11/07/if-only-he-were-driving-an-atheist-bus/ by Hemant Mehta Mon, 28 May 2012 11:22:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.3 By: Phillip Vector http://www.patheos.com/blogs/friendlyatheist/2009/11/07/if-only-he-were-driving-an-atheist-bus/#comment-416865 Phillip Vector Fri, 01 Jan 2010 23:49:07 +0000 http://friendlyatheist.com/?p=18082#comment-416865 Bus companies are more powerful then you may realize. I once got run over by one (seriously) and *I* had to pay *THEM* for the window I broke as I was getting run over. No, I didn't get any kind of settlement or anything. Once the lawyers I talked to found out it was the local bus company (Tri-Met), they backed off and wouldn't touch the case. Bus companies have power because the city needs them to transport people. So it's unlikely that any suit brought against them would ever get a verdict in the persons favor. Bus companies are more powerful then you may realize. I once got run over by one (seriously) and *I* had to pay *THEM* for the window I broke as I was getting run over.

No, I didn’t get any kind of settlement or anything. Once the lawyers I talked to found out it was the local bus company (Tri-Met), they backed off and wouldn’t touch the case.

Bus companies have power because the city needs them to transport people. So it’s unlikely that any suit brought against them would ever get a verdict in the persons favor.

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I would have insisted that charges be filed and I would have demanded the county prosecutor’s office press those charges. If they declined, I would have escalated the issue as far as it took to see real justice done.

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These actions only prove what idiots these people are.

Maybe he can start his own bus company that only allows Christians on board.

]]> By: Joffan http://www.patheos.com/blogs/friendlyatheist/2009/11/07/if-only-he-were-driving-an-atheist-bus/#comment-393277 Joffan Mon, 09 Nov 2009 21:33:27 +0000 http://friendlyatheist.com/?p=18082#comment-393277 It wasn't just "Thankyou Jesus for bringing us safe to this stop" - it was <em>four to five minutes</em> of supernatural babbling. I would have had the emergency exit window open after thirty seconds, and the engine cut-off (if any) would have been my next stop. It wasn’t just “Thankyou Jesus for bringing us safe to this stop” – it was four to five minutes of supernatural babbling. I would have had the emergency exit window open after thirty seconds, and the engine cut-off (if any) would have been my next stop.

]]> By: Lost Left Coaster http://www.patheos.com/blogs/friendlyatheist/2009/11/07/if-only-he-were-driving-an-atheist-bus/#comment-393185 Lost Left Coaster Mon, 09 Nov 2009 17:32:06 +0000 http://friendlyatheist.com/?p=18082#comment-393185 I live in Washington, DC, and a bus driver here was recently charged with kidnapping for refusing to let a particular passenger (with whom he had had a disagreement, no religion involved) disembark when he wanted to. He was also, I'm pretty sure, fired, which is the least of what they should do to this bus driver, who held all of his passengers hostage. I live in Washington, DC, and a bus driver here was recently charged with kidnapping for refusing to let a particular passenger (with whom he had had a disagreement, no religion involved) disembark when he wanted to. He was also, I’m pretty sure, fired, which is the least of what they should do to this bus driver, who held all of his passengers hostage.

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Seriously, does this guy have a history of religious delusion, or is this a recent convert trying to impress people with his piety?

]]> By: Richard Wade http://www.patheos.com/blogs/friendlyatheist/2009/11/07/if-only-he-were-driving-an-atheist-bus/#comment-392497 Richard Wade Sun, 08 Nov 2009 03:32:19 +0000 http://friendlyatheist.com/?p=18082#comment-392497 He's probably 30 years younger than me, but I know if he had tried to keep me from leaving, my foot would be in his chest and his ass would be sticking through the windshield. He’s probably 30 years younger than me, but I know if he had tried to keep me from leaving, my foot would be in his chest and his ass would be sticking through the windshield.

]]> By: Erisian http://www.patheos.com/blogs/friendlyatheist/2009/11/07/if-only-he-were-driving-an-atheist-bus/#comment-392490 Erisian Sun, 08 Nov 2009 02:29:23 +0000 http://friendlyatheist.com/?p=18082#comment-392490 I'm a polytheist who worships the gods of strife and discord and my parents are Catholics who rarely, if ever, go to church. Even my mom went "HUH? Why did he (the bus driver) do that?" when I told her about this. You can bet if I had been on that bus, I would have antagonised him to no end. But then, I *am* a priestess of strife ;-) Hehehe! When he's finished his forced prayer group, I would have begun an invocation of Eris and her children. And if he objected to it, I would then call him on his hypocrisy! I’m a polytheist who worships the gods of strife and discord and my parents are Catholics who rarely, if ever, go to church. Even my mom went “HUH? Why did he (the bus driver) do that?” when I told her about this.

You can bet if I had been on that bus, I would have antagonised him to no end. But then, I *am* a priestess of strife ;-)

Hehehe! When he’s finished his forced prayer group, I would have begun an invocation of Eris and her children. And if he objected to it, I would then call him on his hypocrisy!

]]> By: Jonas http://www.patheos.com/blogs/friendlyatheist/2009/11/07/if-only-he-were-driving-an-atheist-bus/#comment-392421 Jonas Sat, 07 Nov 2009 23:51:57 +0000 http://friendlyatheist.com/?p=18082#comment-392421 I think if I were trapped in this situation, I'd : 1. Insist on praying to the Flying Spagetti Monster 1a. To be safe, pray to the Invisible Pink Uniciorn 1b. Pray to Allah, Zeus, Athena Thor, RA -- No wait correction: suggest I can just shoot RA with gun, because that's 'What Jack Oneill would do?' 2. Ask why, Should I pray you are not DUI, or DWI ? 3. Be sure to get his name, operator license time & bus number, so I could report him. I think if I were trapped in this situation, I’d :
1. Insist on praying to the Flying Spagetti Monster
1a. To be safe, pray to the Invisible Pink Uniciorn

1b. Pray to Allah, Zeus, Athena Thor, RA — No wait correction: suggest I can just shoot RA with gun, because that’s ‘What Jack Oneill would do?’

2. Ask why, Should I pray you are not DUI, or DWI ?
3. Be sure to get his name, operator license time & bus number, so I could report him.

]]> By: Pseudonym http://www.patheos.com/blogs/friendlyatheist/2009/11/07/if-only-he-were-driving-an-atheist-bus/#comment-392411 Pseudonym Sat, 07 Nov 2009 23:19:40 +0000 http://friendlyatheist.com/?p=18082#comment-392411 OK, let me preface this by agreeing that this guy should have been sacked. But... what in in the name of His Noodly Appendage is an "Atheist Bus"? OK, let me preface this by agreeing that this guy should have been sacked.

But… what in in the name of His Noodly Appendage is an “Atheist Bus”?

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