Did that get your attention? Good. Maybe I’ll bring in more readers; albeit maybe not the type I’m looking for. (Yeah, I’m talking to you, you pervert.)

Point being: I strolled down to the Strozier library on my lunchbreak to get some coffee (Thank you, Jebus, for Starbucks kiosks) and as is a relative norm on this here campus, there was a bible thumping Missourian, father of six crazy man ranting and a-raving about how Jesus is the Lord, the righteous path, and all of us standing about this man were headed down the wrong path – the path of false idols and sin and basically, on the fast track to the depths of hell.

One girl, casually dressed but not slutty, was called out for “asking for it” from men. She continued to question this lunatic, who only talked at her instead of answering her questions. She asked what church he went to. He didn’t go to a church; Jesus is the way. She asked what church Jesus would go to if he were alive today. The man started to call out gay people instead. The best part about these little pow wows that happen on Landis Green: is that people gather around and shout out things, rude things, funny and crude things. But they also project a good bit of insight. Suddenly, this slightly overweight red-headed kid showed up and greeted his friends already there. Clearly the class clown, this guy gave bible thumper a run for his money. Claiming to be gay, they went back and forth on all kinds of subjects until finally it ended in the kid and his friends taking a picture with crazy man to put on their Myspace pages. Sigh.

I forgot just how entertaining that sort of freedom of speech can be. Any psycho can walk onto this campus, true. And that’s a scary thought. But we also, then, get to exercise our right to talk out topics that bombard our lives all the time. We express our very beliefs right there, with everyone and it creates a sort of camaraderie, even amongst strangers. These people band together to fight against a man who stands up and tells them that what they stand for and believe in is wrong. It was a very refreshing way to spend 40 minutes.

*Crazy man preached that even women who have anal sex with their boyfriends are gay. How does that make sense? I have no idea. The world is a crazy place, my friends.