Pastafarian wins right to wear strainer in driving licence photo

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Brazen

July 13, 2011, 09:22:03 AM
QuoteAustrian driver's religious headgear strains credulity

An Austrian atheist has won the right to be shown on his driving-licence photo wearing a pasta strainer as "religious headgear".

Niko Alm first applied for the licence three years ago after reading that headgear was allowed in official pictures only for confessional reasons.

Mr Alm said the sieve was a requirement of his religion, pastafarianism.

The Austrian authorities required him to obtain a doctor's certificate that he was "psychologically fit" to drive.

The idea came into Mr Alm's noodle three years ago as a way of making a serious, if ironic, point.

A self-confessed atheist, Mr Alm says he belongs to the Church of the Flying Spaghetti Monster, a light-hearted faith whose members call themselves pastafarians.

The group's website states that "the only dogma allowed in the Church of the Flying Spaghetti Monster is the rejection of dogma".

In response to pressure for American schools to teach the Christian theory known as intelligent design, as an alternative to natural selection, the Church of the Flying Spaghetti Monster wrote to the Kansas School Board asking for the pastafarian version of intelligent design to be taught to schoolchildren, as an alternative to the Christian theory.
Mental fitness check

In the same spirit, Mr Alm's pastafarian-style application for a driving licence was a response to the Austrian recognition of confessional headgear in official photographs.

The licence took three years to come through and, according to Mr Alm, he was asked to submit to a medical interview to check on his mental fitness to drive but - straining credulity - his efforts have finally paid off.

It is the police who issue driving licences in Austria, and they have duly issued a laminated card showing Mr Alm in his unorthodox item of religious headgear.

The next step, Mr Alm told the Austrian news agency APA, is to apply to the Austrian authorities for pastafarianism to become an officially recognised faith.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-14135523

I bet he's feeling drained after that.

Viking

#1
July 13, 2011, 09:26:29 AM
Religious people are stupid, film at 23.

Next, idiots are going to insist that they get to wear facemasks for id photos. Oh, wait, they already do...

http://muslimvillage.com/2011/07/06/australian-islamic-leaders-give-qualified-support-to-niqab-id-law/
First Maxim - "There are only two amounts, too few and enough."
First Corollary - "You cannot have too many soldiers, only too few supplies."
Second Maxim - "Be willing to exchange a bad idea for a good one."
Second Corollary - "You can only be wrong or agree with me."

A terrorist which starts a slaughter quoting Locke, Burke and Mill has completely missed the point.
The fact remains that the only person or group to applaud the Norway massacre are random Islamists.

Slargos

#2
July 13, 2011, 09:33:06 AM
Quote from: Viking on July 13, 2011, 09:26:29 AM
Religious people are stupid, film at 23.

Next, idiots are going to insist that they get to wear facemasks for id photos. Oh, wait, they already do...

http://muslimvillage.com/2011/07/06/australian-islamic-leaders-give-qualified-support-to-niqab-id-law/

Doesn't really matter. They all look alike anyway.

Richard Hakluyt

#3
July 13, 2011, 09:38:02 AM
Muslim Australians.........what wonderful people they must be  :P

Grey Fox

#4
July 13, 2011, 09:44:53 AM
Quote from: Richard Hakluyt on July 13, 2011, 09:38:02 AM
Muslim Australians.........what wonderful people they must be  :P

Indonesians, I guess?
Colonel Caliga is Awesome.

The Brain

#5
July 13, 2011, 09:46:10 AM
Quote from: Grey Fox on July 13, 2011, 09:44:53 AM
Quote from: Richard Hakluyt on July 13, 2011, 09:38:02 AM
Muslim Australians.........what wonderful people they must be  :P

Indonesians, I guess?

Australians.
Women want me. Men want to be with me.

Grey Fox

#6
July 13, 2011, 09:46:45 AM
Quote from: The Brain on July 13, 2011, 09:46:10 AM
Quote from: Grey Fox on July 13, 2011, 09:44:53 AM
Quote from: Richard Hakluyt on July 13, 2011, 09:38:02 AM
Muslim Australians.........what wonderful people they must be  :P

Indonesians, I guess?

Australians.

Indonesians.
Colonel Caliga is Awesome.

Richard Hakluyt

#8
July 13, 2011, 09:48:01 AM
Indonesians don't bother with that sort of thing  :huh:

Grey Fox

#9
July 13, 2011, 10:02:22 AM
Quote from: Richard Hakluyt on July 13, 2011, 09:48:01 AM
Indonesians don't bother with that sort of thing  :huh:

Who are the Muslims in Australia then? Arabs can't swim.
Colonel Caliga is Awesome.

Viking

#10
July 13, 2011, 10:05:42 AM
Muslim Australians mostly are Lebanese.
First Maxim - "There are only two amounts, too few and enough."
First Corollary - "You cannot have too many soldiers, only too few supplies."
Second Maxim - "Be willing to exchange a bad idea for a good one."
Second Corollary - "You can only be wrong or agree with me."

A terrorist which starts a slaughter quoting Locke, Burke and Mill has completely missed the point.
The fact remains that the only person or group to applaud the Norway massacre are random Islamists.

Grey Fox

#11
July 13, 2011, 10:06:46 AM
Eh. The Lebanese here are usually christians.
Colonel Caliga is Awesome.

Richard Hakluyt

#12
July 13, 2011, 10:09:34 AM
Here's some stuff from the Aussie government :

http://www.dfat.gov.au/facts/muslims_in_australia.html

Quite a mix.

Viking

#13
July 13, 2011, 10:12:06 AM
Quote from: Grey Fox on July 13, 2011, 10:06:46 AM
Eh. The Lebanese here are usually christians.

Sophistry!!

Most cats may be black, but most black things are not necessarily cats.
First Maxim - "There are only two amounts, too few and enough."
First Corollary - "You cannot have too many soldiers, only too few supplies."
Second Maxim - "Be willing to exchange a bad idea for a good one."
Second Corollary - "You can only be wrong or agree with me."

A terrorist which starts a slaughter quoting Locke, Burke and Mill has completely missed the point.
The fact remains that the only person or group to applaud the Norway massacre are random Islamists.

Grey Fox

#14
July 13, 2011, 10:23:07 AM
Quote from: Viking on July 13, 2011, 10:12:06 AM
Quote from: Grey Fox on July 13, 2011, 10:06:46 AM
Eh. The Lebanese here are usually christians.

Sophistry!!

Most cats may be black, but most black things are not necessarily cats.

A black cat is a black cat.
Colonel Caliga is Awesome.
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