Would I do all this otherwise? Plus it still really is fucked up, And I'm still really am right. There will be beef until its gone, and probably into the indefinate future because of peoples reaction. I mean do you not see how its harmfull? And if you do, Why spend the energy telling me to lighten up instead of telling tribe you agree with me so they'll take it off? Why when the actual name for the religion is Flying Spaghetti Monsterism and its becomes obvious that the term Pastafarian in context is upsetting Rastafarians would people not offer to make the change if it really were all a good natured joke? Seems like sadism to me. And again racist attitudes of false privlege, and what seems like the common narcissism of atheists. I thought tribe was a place that cared about the rights of others and didnt support bigotry. Turns out, as if there was any question, your average Hippiecrite holier than thou new age "enlightened" "Progressive" one's the most backwards of all.

Eli-jah;
First off, I think it's important to separate facts from
assumptions.
"Pastafarian" was NOT created at tribe - it goes along with
the whole schtick of FSM.
So, AT WORST, the people on tribe involved with FSM
did no more than transfer the word to tribe. They did NOT
invent it here.
In all of your posts you portray Rastas as victims -
that may, in fact, be the case in some parts of the world -
you claim to be from panama - that may in fact, be the case.
Here, the Rastas that I have met, worked with and dealt with here -
they do not behave as an oppressed minority - they allow their
true brilliance to show in all of it's varied flavors.
Sure, they may get grief from the C-O-P-PIGS; but that's not new, and here,
even a college degree white male can be abused and harrassed by the
police. I KNOW, It's happened to me more than once, and I have the
PTSD and destroyed property to prove it.
Something else about Rastas I know here - they tend to be loving,
layed-back, open-minded people- people who can appreciate a good laugh.

Are Rastas so insecure that they cannot take a single, not even
specifically aimed at them - joke?
If they are, then it will not be a single joke that brings the Rastas down,
nor even the PIGS - it will be their own insecurity and lack of backbone.

I'm trying to be compassionate towards you - maybe where you are,
things ARE as you portray them. But that's where YOU are.
Tribe has about 50,000 current users, and of those, probably
about 3,000 who actually log in a couple times a week.
Tribe is a diverse place. When I first got here, I signed up for
alot of tribes that sounded intreguing or interesting...
I've left over a dozen tribes because I'm not a toddler, and I don't
need to deal with grown men who act like 5th grade boys,
constantly swearing and trying to abuse one another
in an endless quest for dominance. I'm not a gorilla anymore,
I don't hang out with the apes.
you have a valid point, but the passion and fire you exhibit
about it is disproportionate.
You say that you "do not take it personally"...
but you've written like 8 LONG, passionate posts,
that discount this claim.
Either this is something that has "stuck in your craw"
for some reason, and you feel the need to fight about it
passionately, or you're a troll who is trying to insight ...
well, to do what trolls do. If you want to troll, there
are specific tribes for that, and you should go there instead
(or maybe that's why you're here, you can't take it
in the tribes with the big boys)

I will close with what my counselor once told me:
(paraphrased)
in a free society, people "bump up against one another",
and this is not always a pleasent experience,
but maintaining oneself after such an experience is important,
because if you always over-react to every bump and slight,
you'll be a hyper-active pinball, and you will never know peace.
People offend each other, (often unintentionally) ALL the time -
gang members have not learned how to act maturely when this happens,
that's why they shoot people who have offended them.
When someone offends you, keep things in perspective,
remember you have value as a person, even if the other does not see that
in you; try to consider they may have not intended disrespect;
and focus on more important things.

If you feel so strongly, report it to tribe corporate, and drop the issue.
Otherwise, realize it's a joke - not even specifcally aimed at Rastas,
and develop a callous or two like the rest of the people in the world.
If it offends you *SO* strongly, then leave this tribe. That's what I have
done in more than one instance where I felt the abuse to intelligent discourse
ratio was skewed.