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	<title>Church of the Flying Spaghetti Monster &#187; Bobby Henderson</title>
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		<title>Spooky Night</title>
		<link>http://www.venganza.org/2010/03/17/spooky-night/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 17 Mar 2010 08:41:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bobby Henderson</dc:creator>
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I pass the time at the daycare I work at by reading the &#8220;I Spy&#8221; books.  I spotted His Divine Noodliness in &#8220;I Spy Spooky Night.&#8221; Glad to see He makes it into children&#8217;s literature.  RAmen!
Katie
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<blockquote><p>I pass the time at the daycare I work at by reading the &#8220;I Spy&#8221; books.  I spotted His Divine Noodliness in &#8220;I Spy Spooky Night.&#8221; Glad to see He makes it into children&#8217;s literature.  RAmen!</p>
<p>Katie</p></blockquote>
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		<title>He&#8217;s in our blood</title>
		<link>http://www.venganza.org/2010/03/15/hes-in-our-blood/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 15 Mar 2010 11:18:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bobby Henderson</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[General FSM news]]></category>
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This is a hemoglobin structure; it is what carries oxygen in blood. It very closely resembles His Noodliness, which proves that His Noodliness is in us all, supplying our cells with oxygen and divinity.
RAmen
-Tom
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<blockquote><p>This is a hemoglobin structure; it is what carries oxygen in blood. It very closely resembles His Noodliness, which proves that His Noodliness is in us all, supplying our cells with oxygen and divinity.</p>
<p>RAmen<br />
-Tom</p></blockquote>
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		<title>You poke fun at God</title>
		<link>http://www.venganza.org/2010/03/13/you-poke-fun-at-god/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 13 Mar 2010 13:06:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bobby Henderson</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[You poke fun at God and are a disgrace to him and religion. You need to repent and ask for his forgiveness. You should be ashamed of the trash you write and your completely unfunny cartoons.  What you call religion, looks like something for four and five year olds. God has reserved a special [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<blockquote><p>You poke fun at God and are a disgrace to him and religion. You need to repent and ask for his forgiveness. You should be ashamed of the trash you write and your completely unfunny cartoons.  What you call religion, looks like something for four and five year olds. God has reserved a special place for people like you and it is in a very warm climate, and you will be on vacation for eternity. You will have allot of company with you and that is your so called fans. May God have mercy on all of your souls !<br />
-Annie</p></blockquote>
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		<title>Pirate coffee</title>
		<link>http://www.venganza.org/2010/03/12/pirate-coffee/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 12 Mar 2010 12:17:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bobby Henderson</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[food]]></category>
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While enjoying coffee, I noticed that I had been touched by his noodliness.
RAmen,
Tyler &#8211; Spokane, WA
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<blockquote><p>While enjoying coffee, I noticed that I had been touched by his noodliness.<br />
RAmen,<br />
Tyler &#8211; Spokane, WA</p></blockquote>
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		<title>Cult of Greed</title>
		<link>http://www.venganza.org/2010/03/12/cult-of-greed/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 12 Mar 2010 10:46:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bobby Henderson</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Time Magazine just put up many years ago published a great article about The Church of Scientology:  The Thriving Cult of Greed and Power.  It&#8217;s interesting, read if you have time.
Props to Richard Behar for having the courage to write the article, and to Time for publishing it.  The Church of Scientology [...]]]></description>
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<p>Time Magazine <strike>just put up</strike> many years ago published a great article about The Church of Scientology:  <a href="http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,972865-1,00.html">The Thriving Cult of Greed and Power</a>.  It&#8217;s interesting, read if you have time.</p>
<p>Props to Richard Behar for having the courage to write the article, and to Time for publishing it.  The Church of Scientology has for a long time been giving cults a bad name.</p>
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		<title>Talented Child</title>
		<link>http://www.venganza.org/2010/03/10/talented-child/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 10 Mar 2010 11:36:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bobby Henderson</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[General FSM news]]></category>
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I only stumbled across your site a few weeks ago, but am pleased to report that my daughter, Ember, who is 18 months old, appears to have found His Noodliness on her own.  She recently brought her first drawing home from daycare, and who should feature right in the centre but FSM Himself!
I shall [...]]]></description>
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<blockquote><p>I only stumbled across your site a few weeks ago, but am pleased to report that my daughter, Ember, who is 18 months old, appears to have found His Noodliness on her own.  She recently brought her first drawing home from daycare, and who should feature right in the centre but FSM Himself!</p>
<p>I shall of course encourage her continued faith and bring her up as a good, decent, Pastafarian.</p>
<p>Regards,</p>
<p>Renée<br />
Pastafarian in Training</p></blockquote>
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		<title>Beautiful painting</title>
		<link>http://www.venganza.org/2010/03/08/beautiful-painting/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 08 Mar 2010 13:26:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bobby Henderson</dc:creator>
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This painting was made by Karla. I think it&#8217;s amazing.
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<p>This painting was made by Karla. I think it&#8217;s amazing.</p>
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		<title>splitting logs</title>
		<link>http://www.venganza.org/2010/03/04/splitting-logs/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 05 Mar 2010 05:08:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bobby Henderson</dc:creator>
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I was splitting logs for the fireplace this Sunday morning, and the FSM appeared to me in the bark of the tree.  I am truly blessed!
-Dan
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<blockquote><p>I was splitting logs for the fireplace this Sunday morning, and the FSM appeared to me in the bark of the tree.  I am truly blessed!<br />
-Dan</p></blockquote>
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		<title>FSM Shrine at University of North Carolina</title>
		<link>http://www.venganza.org/2010/03/04/fsm-shrine-at-university-of-north-carolina/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 04 Mar 2010 13:54:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bobby Henderson</dc:creator>
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We discovered the first spaghetti monster shrine on the University of North Carolina at Asheville campus.
-Jim 
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<blockquote><p>We discovered the first spaghetti monster shrine on the University of North Carolina at Asheville campus.<br />
-Jim </p></blockquote>
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		<title>noodle drawings</title>
		<link>http://www.venganza.org/2010/03/02/noodle-drawings/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 02 Mar 2010 12:05:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bobby Henderson</dc:creator>
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I just discovered your website and I think it&#8217;s great &#8211; I did some drawings three years ago I guess you&#8217;d like to see.
-Henry Jarlow

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<p><img src="http://www.venganza.org/wp-content/uploads/2010/03/n3.jpg" alt="" title="look like plants" width="458" height="453" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-2965" /></p>
<p><img src="http://www.venganza.org/wp-content/uploads/2010/03/n2.jpg" alt="" title="please please" width="446" height="403" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-2964" /></p>
<blockquote><p>I just discovered your website and I think it&#8217;s great &#8211; I did some drawings three years ago I guess you&#8217;d like to see.</p>
<p>-Henry Jarlow
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		<title>I want u to sit down and think</title>
		<link>http://www.venganza.org/2010/02/28/i-want-u-to-sit-down-and-think/</link>
		<comments>http://www.venganza.org/2010/02/28/i-want-u-to-sit-down-and-think/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 28 Feb 2010 08:57:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bobby Henderson</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I want u to sit down and think. how in the world is a food supposed to create everyone in the world? its just spaghetti and 2 meatballs. not a god. I can understand that u may like to eat the food. but it didn’t create us. oh and by the way I find ur [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<blockquote><p>I want u to sit down and think. how in the world is a food supposed to create everyone in the world? its just spaghetti and 2 meatballs. not a god. I can understand that u may like to eat the food. but it didn’t create us. oh and by the way I find ur site and religion incredibly hilarious whether your serious or not. which someything tells me u just mite be that crazy. no offense. </p>
<p>-Mitchell</p></blockquote>
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		<title>Sighting at Old Pueblo mountain bike race</title>
		<link>http://www.venganza.org/2010/02/25/tucson-sighting/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 25 Feb 2010 09:52:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bobby Henderson</dc:creator>
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While preparing the night before the 24-hours in the Old Pueblo mountain bike race in Tucson, AZ we asked for our bikes to be blessed by the FSM&#8217;s Noodly Appendage, and behold!!! Living proof of the FSM&#8217;s presence was caught on camera! We performed well that weekend, undoubtedly because of His divine intervention.  See [...]]]></description>
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<blockquote><p>While preparing the night before the 24-hours in the Old Pueblo mountain bike race in Tucson, AZ we asked for our bikes to be blessed by the FSM&#8217;s Noodly Appendage, and behold!!! Living proof of the FSM&#8217;s presence was caught on camera! We performed well that weekend, undoubtedly because of His divine intervention.  See attached photo.</p>
<p>Jason<br />
Tucson, AZ</p></blockquote>
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		<title>traveling</title>
		<link>http://www.venganza.org/2010/02/21/traveling/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 21 Feb 2010 16:31:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bobby Henderson</dc:creator>
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Same adorable lil FSM from chrifsmas time, but he is now OUT of the office and traveling!  If you were hanging from my rearview, you&#8217;d be a little freaked out too.  Expect more pics from the travels of Noodly Jr. :)
Leah , Cape Coral FL
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<blockquote><p>Same adorable lil FSM from chrifsmas time, but he is now OUT of the office and traveling!  If you were hanging from my rearview, you&#8217;d be a little freaked out too.  Expect more pics from the travels of Noodly Jr. :)</p>
<p>Leah , Cape Coral FL</p></blockquote>
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		<title>Team FSM on Kiva surpasses $200k</title>
		<link>http://www.venganza.org/2010/02/18/kiva-200/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 18 Feb 2010 12:25:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bobby Henderson</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Our kiva team has raised over $200k, most of that in the last year.  That is pretty amazing, all things considered.  It&#8217;s interesting to see the Religious Congregation teams sorted by total amount loaned.  Team FSM is ranked above the Mormons, Catholics, Muslims, Buddhists, and others &#8211; and below only the Baha&#8217;is. [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><a href="http://www.kiva.org/team/fsm">Our kiva team</a> has raised over $200k, most of that in the last year.  That is pretty amazing, all things considered.  It&#8217;s interesting to see the Religious Congregation teams sorted by total amount loaned.  Team FSM is ranked above the Mormons, Catholics, Muslims, Buddhists, and others &#8211; and below only the Baha&#8217;is.  </p>
<p>Please <a href="http://www.kiva.org/team/fsm">join our team</a> if you&#8217;re interested. </p>
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		<title>Zombie Jesus tattoo</title>
		<link>http://www.venganza.org/2010/02/13/zombie-jesus-tattoo/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 13 Feb 2010 09:18:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bobby Henderson</dc:creator>
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Wade shared his Zombie Jesus tattoo with us.  Very nice. 
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<p><img src="http://www.venganza.org/wp-content/uploads/2010/02/zombie2.jpg" alt="" title="creation of zombie jesus" width="600" height="450" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-2943" /></p>
<p>Wade shared his Zombie Jesus tattoo with us.  Very nice. </p>
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		<title>Amazing tattoo</title>
		<link>http://www.venganza.org/2010/02/10/amazing-tattoo/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 10 Feb 2010 14:38:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bobby Henderson</dc:creator>
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Greetings. I am a college instructor who teaches public speaking, film, and religious studies. I wanted to get a tattoo that expressed my dedication to the 1st Amendment. I am not a theologian, but a historian of religions, and my area of expertise is the Medieval Church. So, my tattoo artist and I came up [...]]]></description>
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<blockquote><p>Greetings. I am a college instructor who teaches public speaking, film, and religious studies. I wanted to get a tattoo that expressed my dedication to the 1st Amendment. I am not a theologian, but a historian of religions, and my area of expertise is the Medieval Church. So, my tattoo artist and I came up with this design. I think it effectively demonstrates freedom of expression, speech, and religion. And, I wanted to share it with you. May you be blessed by his Noodly Appendage!</p>
<p>RAmen,<br />
Kelly
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		<title>Hälsningar från Sverige</title>
		<link>http://www.venganza.org/2010/02/08/halsningar-fran-sverige/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 08 Feb 2010 13:44:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bobby Henderson</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Translated, that is approximately &#8220;Hello from Sweden&#8221;

The FSM server is now at its new home in Sweden courtesy of Serious Tubes Networks.  Huge thanks goes to Emil at Serious Tubes for his expert assistance in getting everything hooked up.   I could not be more pleased with the service, they&#8217;re a top-notch organization.
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Translated, that is approximately &#8220;Hello from Sweden&#8221;</p>
<p><a href="http://www.venganza.org/wp-content/uploads/2010/02/swedenserver.jpg"><img src="http://www.venganza.org/wp-content/uploads/2010/02/swedenserver.jpg" alt="" title="I drew that with a marker" width="600" height="364" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-2935" /></a></p>
<p>The FSM server is now at its new home in Sweden courtesy of <a href="http://serioustubes.org/">Serious Tubes Networks</a>.  Huge thanks goes to Emil at Serious Tubes for his expert assistance in getting everything hooked up.   I could not be more pleased with the service, they&#8217;re a top-notch organization.</p>
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		<title>You are the most sick</title>
		<link>http://www.venganza.org/2010/02/04/you-are-the-most-sick/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 04 Feb 2010 14:34:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bobby Henderson</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[You are the most sick, fucked up, twisted, inbreed, stupid son of a fucking whore bitch I have ever seen in my entire life. You need to seek mental help. I think you have smoked to much crack and done to much acid. Although you do have a right to religion, BUT, your religion is [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<blockquote><p>You are the most sick, fucked up, twisted, inbreed, stupid son of a fucking whore bitch I have ever seen in my entire life. You need to seek mental help. I think you have smoked to much crack and done to much acid. Although you do have a right to religion, BUT, your religion is not recognized by the government simply because it is purely fucking stupidity. You will burn in fucking hell the rest of your god damn life you piece of shit fucking inbreed fuck!</p>
<p>Cody [xxxxxxx]<br />
[xxxxxxxx  xxxxxxxx] College
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<p>Note &#8211; As a rule, I don&#8217;t post the identities of the hate-mailers but this guy was all for it &#8212; <em>&#8220;Please do because my peers are on level with me on how fucking stupid you non sense bull shit is.&#8221;</em></p>
<p>Fair enough.  </p>
<p><strong>Update 2/4</strong> &#8211; I found another message Cody sent me on Facebook:</p>
<blockquote><p>Wow dude you have to be one of the gayest fucking faggots in the world. FSM is not a religion. Get off you lazy ass, wash your pits and bum hole you stinky fucking acid dropping hippie. And quit fucking your sister and the goats you kidnap so you can stop filling the world with smelly fucking hippie retards like yourself. have a nice day:)<br />
[Cody]</p></blockquote>
<p>I was not disappointed by Cody&#8217;s facebook page [Link Removed *].  An excerpt, </p>
<blockquote><p>I&#8217;ve made great achievements and done many great things with my life and traveled the world. I can&#8217;t fit all my awards, achievements, and credentials on all four walls of my room. I dont mean to brag but with all that under my belt, who wouldn&#8217;t. I enjoy helping people and changing lives. I guess I seem to worry about others before I do myself. But thats another thing for God to look upon for me.</p></blockquote>
<p><strong>Update 2/5</strong> &#8211; I woke up to find a pile of emails from Cody.  Most angry and threatening.  Legal threats, mainly.  Let me just say this, to Cody:  If you send a screaming rant to a stranger, be aware they have the right to publish those rants.  I didn&#8217;t pluck your nonsense messages out of the ether, <strong>you sent them to me</strong>.  I&#8217;m well within my rights to post those messages for the world to see. </p>
<p>However, in amongst those emails I found an apology, so I believe there is some humanity in Cody, and I do have some pity.  I have no wish to publicly out him for the intolerant things he said.  For that reason, I&#8217;m going to anonymize his last name and remove the name of his school.  The post will remain but his identity will be obscured for his own protection.  </p>
<p>Internet, perhaps you can give Cody another chance. </p>
<p><strong>Update 2/5, 7pm</strong> &#8211; Wow, I&#8217;ve received a lot of emails about this post.  I&#8217;ll see if I can answer some questions. </p>
<p>First, let me add some more messages from Cody.  I assume he sent this one after he saw this post:</p>
<blockquote><p>Hell no. Do you realize how much trouble you can be in for using my name on a website like you have or publicly identifying me?<br />
[Cody]</p></blockquote>
<p>And then:</p>
<blockquote><p>A complaint has been filed with the Federal Trade Commission on your violation of internet privacy laws.<br />
[Cody]</p></blockquote>
<p>And then after that:</p>
<blockquote><p>So I just found out that youre a french fucking jew. Thats why you live on an island because youre a coward. Thats what french are known for pussy ass cowards.<br />
[Cody]</p></blockquote>
<p>Ok, some answers.  I don&#8217;t know whether Cody knows I removed his last name and school from his messages, and I don&#8217;t think it matters.  </p>
<p>I post hate-mails mainly because it&#8217;s of interest and relevant to the Pastafarian community.  And a lot of us are entertained by them. </p>
<p>I generally don&#8217;t post the full identify of the hate-mailers.  I don&#8217;t think it accomplishes much.  When I do, it&#8217;s often because they&#8217;ve told me to do it.  </p>
<p>Inevitably after that, they demand their message be removed, and usually there&#8217;s a legal threat of some type.  Legal threats don&#8217;t bother me, but something else does &#8211; this belief that the world owes it to them to look the other way.</p>
<p>I want to say this to the hate-mailers:  You&#8217;re not anonymous.  When you attack us with hate and threats, we have the right to tell the world.  We don&#8217;t have to protect your identity, we don&#8217;t owe you a thing.  When we grant you mercy, when we hide your identity because you are rightly ashamed of what you&#8217;ve said, it&#8217;s a respect that you haven&#8217;t earned; it&#8217;s just an act of mercy.  As to your wrongly assumed right to privacy, maybe an analogy will help:  If I see you kicking a dog on the street and tell the world, your reputation will likely be injured by that information becoming public, your livelihood may face serious consequences.  But understand this: your act was the cause.</p>
<p>I guess that&#8217;s all.  Oh, regarding his last message &#8211; I&#8217;m neither French nor Jewish, but I do live on an island, not that it matters.</p>
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		<title>The Western Nostril</title>
		<link>http://www.venganza.org/2010/02/03/the-western-nostril/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 04 Feb 2010 02:03:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bobby Henderson</dc:creator>
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The Western Nostril is a cartoon published in South Africa by brothers Patrick &#038; Alex Latimer. This is a cartoon I commissioned in 2008 for friends of mine in Cape Town that are total fans.
-Julian
Canada / South Africa
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<blockquote><p><a href="http://www.thewesternnostril.co.za/">The Western Nostril</a> is a cartoon published in South Africa by brothers Patrick &#038; Alex Latimer. This is a cartoon I commissioned in 2008 for friends of mine in Cape Town that are total fans.</p>
<p>-Julian<br />
Canada / South Africa</p></blockquote>
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		<title>Melbourne tree sighting</title>
		<link>http://www.venganza.org/2010/02/01/melbourne-tree-sighting/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 01 Feb 2010 12:30:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bobby Henderson</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[General FSM news]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[sightings]]></category>

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My wife and I recently moved to Melbourne, Australia, and today we went down to let our two elementary school age children meet the teachers at their new school.  After that we went out to the school playground and I was delighted to spot the FSM, apparently wearing some sort of formal robe or [...]]]></description>
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<p><img src="http://www.venganza.org/wp-content/uploads/2010/02/tree2_sm.jpg" alt="" title="Closeup" width="600" height="519" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-2910" /></p>
<blockquote><p>My wife and I recently moved to Melbourne, Australia, and today we went down to let our two elementary school age children meet the teachers at their new school.  After that we went out to the school playground and I was delighted to spot the FSM, apparently wearing some sort of formal robe or gown, prominently carved into one of the children&#8217;s play structures.  If any other FSM devotees want to check it out when they&#8217;re down under, it&#8217;s at St Kilda Park Primary School at the bottom of Albert Park.  </p>
<p>Benjamin</p></blockquote>
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