Another E-Mail Debunked

[BJean 16]

Oh, you must mean that the ones that were already in circulation are selling from individuals, like on EBay, right? Not that the government is selling them. That would be a good way for them to make a little extra money on us, huh?

[myfoursons 0]

and I heard 50,000 of the misprinted coins were released into circulation.

[Iluvharleys 15]

Yes, that was what I was talking about.

[Tired_Old_Man 1]

Where the heck am I every time one of these dadblamed mistakes happens! Those coins will be worth a whole lot more than $50 one day! I am surprised they sold them, they usually gather them all back in, don't they?

Liberal atheists can have them for $50 a piece. Conservative Christians can't give them away.:faint:

[bitteroldhag 0]

Lord, my purse already is a lethal weapon due to the number of coins in my billfold. I like paper money. It's light! We used to get silver dollars in Wyoming when I was a kid. They weighed a ton. I just got through paying a whole lot of tax money to the government and the least they can do is try to keep my purse lighter. Ah have spoken as someone used to say in Lil Abner cartoons.

[musicalmomma 1]

When someone starts boycotting money because it doesn't have "In God We Trust" on it, that is making a religious statement and it is more that showing that they are not ashamed to stand up for what they believe in. It is destroying the commerce of the country in order to get their way.

What are they saying that they are standing up for?

That they believe in God?

They can carry a Bible or wear a crucifix to stand up for that.

I believe people have to right to stand for what they believe...if they choose to boycott a coin that removes a certain phrase, it's up to them...they have the right not to use currency they find offensive.

If you are not an advocate of a particular groups stance, you can hardly tell that group HOW to make a stand for it. You can only state what kind of stand would be palatable to you personally.

Limiting conservative Christians to carrying a bible or crucifix to stand against removal of a Christian phrase on a coin...would be like limiting GLAD to wearing a Rainbow ribbon or T-shirt to stand for their equal rights. Just because you may feel that the 'equal rights' issue has more credibility and importance doesn't mean conservatives don't take their issues and threats to their rights just as seriously. Conservatives have the same rights to voice opinions and boycott what they find offensive as any liberal. Liberals aren't the only ones with voices and just because liberals would like conservatives to roll over and shut up, doesn't mean they will.

I hardly believe that boycotting a coin would destroy commerce of the country. sheeesh... WOW, just perhaps it MIGHT cause the government to...oh I don't know...apologize and put the phrase back on the coin?? WOW, wouldn't that be something...someone stands for what they believe and gets results? Imagin that! :success1:

Either way, I wouldn't have been surprised if they did remove it from the coin and I wouldn't have boycotted the currency had they done that. I would have accepted it as an inevitable sign of the times.

[BJean 16]

How is leaving off the phrase "In God We Trust" threatening anyone's rights? I can understand how some people find it distasteful to make that kind of change, especially nowadays when there is such a right-wing movement to fight against anything that doesn't pledge that God is part of the United States Government. But I don't understand how it does anything to abridge anyone's rights.

I thought this was all settled and everyone knew that it was an error that has resulted in a recall of those coins? I have one of these new dollar coins and it clearly has "In God We Trust" on it.

[Wheetsin 714]

...they have the right not to use currency they find offensive.

I wonder if objects that don't have religious inferences on them are really offensive to any group that would protest the currency.

[Wheetsin 714]

No, that's not a challenge, it's truly just a wonder. It got me thinking.

[Tired_Old_Man 1]

I believe people have to right to stand for what they believe...if they choose to boycott a coin that removes a certain phrase, it's up to them...they have the right not to use currency they find offensive.

If you are not an advocate of a particular groups stance, you can hardly tell that group HOW to make a stand for it. You can only state what kind of stand would be palatable to you personally.

Limiting conservative Christians to carrying a bible or crucifix to stand against removal of a Christian phrase on a coin...would be like limiting GLAD to wearing a Rainbow ribbon or T-shirt to stand for their equal rights. Just because you may feel that the 'equal rights' issue has more credibility and importance doesn't mean conservatives don't take their issues and threats to their rights just as seriously. Conservatives have the same rights to voice opinions and boycott what they find offensive as any liberal. Liberals aren't the only ones with voices and just because liberals would like conservatives to roll over and shut up, doesn't mean they will.

I hardly believe that boycotting a coin would destroy commerce of the country. sheeesh... WOW, just perhaps it MIGHT cause the government to...oh I don't know...apologize and put the phrase back on the coin?? WOW, wouldn't that be something...someone stands for what they believe and gets results? Imagin that! :success1:

Either way, I wouldn't have been surprised if they did remove it from the coin and I wouldn't have boycotted the currency had they done that. I would have accepted it as an inevitable sign of the times.

When I said, "When someone starts boycotting money because it doesn't have "In God We Trust" on it, that is making a religious statement and it is more that showing that they are not ashamed to stand up for what they believe in. It is destroying the commerce of the country in order to get their way", I didn't say boycotting that one coin. I said money and I meant "all money".

I was responding to the suggestion in the e-mail and was making the reference because all our money has religious words on it, so atheists for example, can't boycott money with religious statements, so we would have to take "In God we trust" off of all the money to get an equal situation.

I guess I didn't explain myself as clearly as I wanted to.

[Lap_dancer 8]

I love Snopes.com I check out urban legends there often.

Those dollars are indeed missing the logo but it was a mint error. They are going on eBay for upwards of $200. The re-issue has the correction.

[musicalmomma 1]

When I said, "When someone starts boycotting money because it doesn't have "In God We Trust" on it, that is making a religious statement and it is more that showing that they are not ashamed to stand up for what they believe in. It is destroying the commerce of the country in order to get their way", I didn't say boycotting that one coin. I said money and I meant "all money".

OOOOOHHH OK...I gotcha now. Yes I would agree that boycotting using all money would be a rediculous response. I misunderstood you. Thanks for clearing that up for me TOM