Though at Jonestown they in fact drank Flavor Aid.

Then you are giving it way more thought than it merits.

You have painted a strange picture of me in your head based on pretty much no evidence whatsoever. Do you live your whole life like this? Like, do you go around making bizarre, groundless judgments about everyone you interact with for even a fraction of a second? Because that seems like it would be exhausting and…

My wife had more free time than I did in the months leading up to our wedding, so she handled more of the nitty-gritty practical concerns, but all of the decision making about what would happen when and how was done jointly, and I can't imagine why it would ever be otherwise. We went through a lengthy, meticulous…

Oh, whereas your totally tone-deaf responses are in no way an indication of stupidity, right? You, sir, are bad at the internet, and you might want to stop trying.

Well, it's really a comment to wearing any kind of cycling "gear." But, frankly, you seem to be taking my comment a lot more seriously than you have any business doing, and - law-abiding or not - you're probably exactly the kind of person who drove me away from cycling entirely for fear of being associated with you.

I mean, I agree when it comes to asshole trendy cyclists in spandex who run lights and ride two or more abreast. They’re the reason I stopped riding a bike. Like, anyone who rides an expensive bike, reads cycling magazines, or uses cycling jargon should probably be jailed just for the general good of humanity.

I spent decades as a law abiding cyclist (this was before cycling became the “in thing,” or whatthefuckever it is now), and it seemed like yuppie motorists were frequently going out of their way to try to kill me. I gave up cycling when it because the “in thing” or whatthefuckever it is now, because I am perpetually…

What about the religious liberties of people who want to ride their bikes to church?

So, you'd like to ban something that eases the tension between cyclists and motorists and clarifies the rules? That seems counter-productive.

Yay for the mention of Happy Together! I was just recommending that one to my wife the other day!

Honestly though if I had to pick one I had to sit through again, I’d pick Elizabethtown over Almost Famous. Sweet Jesus, I hated that movie.

He seems to be saying that non-white people also coincidentally happen to be of low moral character. But it’s totally not racist if he says the root cause of it isn’t their pigmentation!

And we’ve gotten to the point of groundless ad hominem attack. Lovely. I believe this will be my last reply to you.

But this isn’t about making your own decisions

Parents make decisions for their children. A newborn baby has whichever religion, or lack thereof, the parents decide it has.

The other day, we were screening our recent work in my film production class. My last piece got unanimous - but fairly superficial - praise, while my wife’s got a mixed response, but both the praise and the criticisms were much deeper than the comments I got, and I was SO JEALOUS.

But this isn’t about making your own decisions, this is about making decisions for people who are not yet able to make their own. This is the basic, “Your right to swing your fist ends where my face begins” point. Religious freedom ends when your religion is advocating that you harm others or deprive them of their…

In fact, that's one of the first skills that one is encouraged to developed when writing for the theater or the screen. Shocking, isn't it?

The response I’m always tempted to give: