Comments on: Not finding much of anything in subway ads

By: MTA buses to feature anti-Islam Center ads :: Second Ave. Sagas

MTA buses to feature anti-Islam Center ads :: Second Ave. Sagas — Tue, 10 Aug 2010 05:04:14 +0000

[...] and every time a controversy crops up — whether it’s over a pro-atheism ad that few people even notice or some racy romance novel with a suggestive cover — transit riders ignore it. We hear the [...]

By: Cen-Sin

Cen-Sin — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 21:20:02 +0000

It’s funny you say that. I feel the same kind of outrage the Christians feel towards Atheism when I see pro-Christian ads.

By: Matthew

Matthew — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 01:54:37 +0000

I think exactly the same thing. To the mother… If your parenting skills are so poor that your kids question your judgment by an ad posted in the subway, take this opportunity to have a discussion about critical thinking.

By: Adam

Adam — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 22:38:52 +0000

No, Hannity is proud to drive his giant SUV and will only fly in a private jet. He’s got the biggest sense of entitlement of any of Fox’s chickenhawks.

By: cfb

cfb — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 20:16:37 +0000

To the mother in the story who “teaches her children to believe in God”: The ad doesn’t say God doesn’t exist, just that not everyone believes in one. Your family can believe what you want, but perhaps understanding the world around you would be useful instruction for your children as well.

By: Alon Levy

Alon Levy — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 19:43:24 +0000

What’s rational idealism?

By: Adam

Adam — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 17:59:40 +0000

Hannity must not ride the subway; it’s full of Christian ads. I can think of at least two different Christian ad campaigns right now. And they are a lot more visible than these atheist ads will be, since I saw them in the cars, where people arguably spend more time looking at the ads than they do in the stations.

By: Christopher

Christopher — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 17:44:21 +0000

I’m fairly agnostic (both religiously and about the proliferation of advertising), but atheists and humanists bug me in the same way that libertarians and communists bug me — rational idealism is anti-culture. And therefor I see as a personal attack against people and our power to conjure.

By: City Council Candidate Leads Pagan Religious Group - City Room Blog - NYTimes.com

Tue, 27 Oct 2009 17:30:37 +0000

[...] you missed the comments on an earlier City Room post about atheist advertisements on the subway, here is an even broader response. [2nd Avenue [...]

By: AlexB

AlexB — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 17:12:05 +0000

Riding the subway is a religious experience.