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Pastafarian Wins Right To Wear Colander In License Photo

Posted by samzenpus on from the may-his-noodles-guide-you dept.

gregmon writes "An Austrian follower of the Flying Spaghetti Monster has finally won the right to don the religious headgear of his choosing (a spaghetti strainer) in his driving license photo. After a three year battle with the un-enlightened Austrian authorities, Niko Aim can now wear his colander in all official photos."

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  1. Why not? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Insightful

    If Muslims and Jews can get away with cutting up the genitalia of their completely healthy sons, why can't anybody wear the most preposterous adornments for a license photo?

    1. Re:Why not? by AbRASiON · · Score: 5, Insightful

      Ooooh do I spend my mod points to moderate this guy up or do I reply to him?!?

      Your harsh post will no doubt have critics, not just religious ones too! There are 'cut men' who have no medical problems who will defend circumcision simply because "hey I have that, how dare you mock my penis!?"

      As someone who DOES have penis damage thanks to an UN-NECESSARY operation that I didn't opt in to, I'd like to bring everyones attention to this
      http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Reimer
      http://www.circumstitions.com/Complic.html - NOT FOR THE SQUEEMISH
      Take note of "Necrotising fasciitis (Galloping gangrene)"

      Just because YOUR circumcision didn't fuck up, that doesn't change the fact that besides antiquated, stupid fucking reasons, literally 99.99% of circumcisions are UN-NECESSARY.

      If I've convinced one, just one man or woman today, to fucking think twice before dicing up their future childs junk, then I've done my job.

    2. Re:Why not? by zwarte+piet · · Score: 5, Insightful

      Yeah, everyone can do what they want with their OWN body once they reached 18. Cutting up babies like that is a violation of basic human rights.

  2. Re:Meh by LandDolphin · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Do you feel that a driving an automobile does not require a license that shows at least minimum capacity to actually operate said vehicle?

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  3. Re:Wrong by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Insightful

    thats the point. by making it so ridiculous people may figure that out.
    if you are telling people religious symbols should not be on the picture, they gonna tell you you are a hater. if you do like this guy and go fuck around a bit, they may have to remove them because its impossible to do otherwise.

  4. Re:Wrong by fuzzyfuzzyfungus · · Score: 5, Insightful

    That is exactly the sentiment he was expressing(and the sentiment that Pastafarianism was originally founded to express: to came into being during the "teach the controversy" creationism period in the US, to demand that its own creation myth be included in official curricula, if other people's were, in order to show how ridiculous going down that path is...)

    The law already makes the pandering exception for religious headwear in ID photos. This fellow chose a (quite successful, it's garnered headlines across the western world, if not further) protest-by-absurdity by demanding that his alleged precious religious sensibilities be respected, no matter how apparently ridiculous.

    The same logic is behind his attempt to have Pastafarianism added to the list of officially recognized faiths in Austria. He isn't actually trying to ensure that His Noodlyness will see fit to allocate him a spot in the afterlife closer to the beer volcano, he is trying to demonstrate what happens when a civil society cowtows to any crazy shit that somebody declares to be an oh-so-important matter of 'faith'...

  5. Re:Heresy by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Insightful

    A heretic is someone who shares almost all of your beliefs. Kill him.
      -- Paranoia