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Gorgo
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 Posted - 11/11/2008 : 07:34:13
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American Humanist Association to announce its "Godless Holiday Campaign" on Tuesday.
WASHINGTON, DC (WUSA) --
9NEWS NOW has confirmed the wording of a new bus ad that is expected to be controversial. The American Humanist Association, located in Washington, will announce its "Godless Holiday Campaign" on Tuesday with ads on Metro buses and in newspapers. The slogan for the campaign is "Why Believe In a God? Just Be Good for Goodness Sakes".
The campaign coincides with bus ads by the British Humanist Association. The British ad reads, "There's Probably No God. Now Stop Worrying and Enjoy Your Life." |
Pretty good, but is 'Sakes' grammatically correct? Isn't 'Goodness' singular and 'Sakes' plural?
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Edited by - Gorgo on 11/11/2008 07:34:56
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Dave W.
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Posted - 11/11/2008 : 09:03:50 [Permalink]
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I think it's worse than that, because "Goodness" should also be possessive. In other words, it should be:| Why Believe In a God? Just Be Good for Goodness' Sake. |
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Gorgo
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Posted - 11/11/2008 : 09:12:32 [Permalink]
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I think you're correct, but I didn't bring that up as I think there is some support for not using an apostrophe.
In idiomatic expressions similar to for heavens' sake (also for heaven's sake or for heavens sake) wherein the modifier—goodness', mercy's, righteousness', or the like—ends in one of the sounds of the letter s, use an apostrophe or not, as you wish. 1
The Columbia Guide to Standard American English. Copyright © 1993 Columbia University Press.
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I think it's probably one of those instances of misheard lyrics from the Christmas song, "Santa Claus is Coming To Town."
Maybe we can get a bus that says, "scuse me, while I kiss this guy." |
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Simon
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Posted - 11/11/2008 : 10:22:24 [Permalink]
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I like it.
Of course, the Religious Right will hate it vocally but, hopefully, it will reveal them as the hypocritical assholes they are to the general public; always talking about good and moral but really only interested in bringing defenceless victims to their own version of their cult. |
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Dave W.
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Posted - 11/11/2008 : 11:08:29 [Permalink]
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Originally posted by Gorgo
I think you're correct, but I didn't bring that up as I think there is some support for not using an apostrophe. |
Sure, from those godless liberals at a university. They're making a mockery of the moral grounding we all have for the proper use of right single-quote marks. |
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Gorgo
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Posted - 11/11/2008 : 12:37:17 [Permalink]
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Evidently the newspeople didn't go to Columbia, but maybe the Humanists did:
http://www.americanhumanist.org/press/BusAds.php
"Why believe in a god? Just be good for goodness' sake," proclaims a new holiday ad from the American Humanist Association. Already appearing today in the New York Times and Washington Post, the message will soon be blazoned on the sides, taillights, and interiors of over 200 Washington DC Metro buses. |
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Gorgo
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Dave W.
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Posted - 11/11/2008 : 17:15:10 [Permalink]
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Yup, they nailed it on the ad itself:
Either Dave Statter screwed up his own article, or an editor tried to "fix" it. |
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The Rat
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Posted - 11/11/2008 : 19:13:34 [Permalink]
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Originally posted by Dave W.
Originally posted by Gorgo
I think you're correct, but I didn't bring that up as I think there is some support for not using an apostrophe. |
Sure, from those godless liberals at a university. They're making a mockery of the moral grounding we all have for the proper use of right single-quote marks.
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Sure, and now they're forcing their beliefs on us! Can we get a proposition on the next ballot? |
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bngbuck
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Posted - 11/12/2008 : 01:07:08 [Permalink]
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| Goodness sakes, you people! Don't you know a colloquialism when you hear one? For crissake(s), anything goes when you're mangling the language anyway! Heavensake, Our Sarah could set you straight on this, you betcha! |
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Dave W.
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Posted - 11/14/2008 : 05:12:18 [Permalink]
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| Bill Donohue's reaction (remember him?) to the atheistic messages was rather predictable, but perhaps not in just how far over-the-top he went. He's brought the definition of "terrorist" to a new low standard, and he seems to agree with marketing departments around the world that Christmas begins in early November. |
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moakley
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Posted - 11/14/2008 : 05:46:23 [Permalink]
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| Bill's reaction seemed more like a stump speech. A few words changed to fit the current topic. Besides why target such ads around a muslim holiday, Bill clearly stated that this is a Christian nation founded on Judeo-Christian values. |
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Posted - 11/14/2008 : 08:58:44 [Permalink]
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| Bill Donohue looks like Tweety Pie. "Ohhhhh... I tawt I taw an ateist..." |
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For Goodness Sakes
