and you know squirrellx is trying to buy her way into heaven with all those banners
August 24, 2003, 11:10 pm

There are Jesus banners on Diaryland. You've seen them too, I gather.

I clicked one out of sheer curiosity of the type of diary that hid beneath. Was it an elaborate ruse to have everyone click on it in the name of irony and then find some heathen-anarchist diary underneath? What would it be?

So I clicked, and I wasn't surprised. A journal of someone who is very devoted to his religious beliefs and has created a diary to display those beliefs.

There is absolutely nothing wrong with that.

I clicked on the user's notes to see what people had written; there were lots of friends and supporters and side conversations, but let's be honest, I was looking for a nasty note to harp on. I found one. It said something about taking down the banners because it made this person sick, blah blah blah, and he didn't want to hear a sermon on diaryland and blah blah blah.

Seriously people, don't you have anything else to do with your time? I mean, you could scour other people's diaries for negative comments to harp on those people like me. Look how much fun I'M having!

Anyway, this is what ticks me off about the whole dude with the Jesus banner situation...that people are mad about it. I'm glad those banners are still up, not because I even agree with a third of what's on the guy's webpage, but because it's nice to know that people are using diaryland to release whatever stuff they have inside of them.

I mean, if I have to fall victim to all of Leslie-Irene's shitty banners and do so without complaint, really folks, we can all quietly go about our business here. If I want to write about my drunk liaisons in the beds of pickup trucks with (unbeknownst to me) married guys, well, that's my right, too. You don't have to approve of my behavior or my journal, and you have a right to disagree, but don't tell me I'm not allowed to write about it. The most precious right we have in this country is our freedom of speech, dammit.

I'm off to make a banner that says, "I love a big hard cock!" I'm sure no one will complain about that one!