'Do your homework!', or the Birth of the Christian Zombies

That first part of the title, that would be me shouting at my screen when I catch some silliness on the Internet (I've got a handful of pet peeves - guilty).

There's a lot of silliness out there, but the one thing that's beginning to get higher and higher on my list of "grrr" things is a misused symbol.

Now... I know that languages change, that they're mutating sponges that could move in Bedlam and look at home. I know that if things weren't changing, we'd still be using Celtic, or Latin, or Greek... or a form of Indo-European - or something. I know. Believe me, I know.

And yet... I must admit it quite bugs me when I see more and more devout, militant, in-your-face Christians place a cross after their names in order to show the world that they are faithful zealots (I have yet to find one person doing this and showing actual Christian goodness and tolerance). 

It's not the first time I growl about that, but I find the phenomenon spreading a bit like a nutty fad in Bigotry-land.

I see where they're going with their pretty obeli; it's their badge. It shows they proudly belong to the club.

But I can't help seeing that sign as a 'symbol (†) used as a reference mark in printed matter, or to indicate that a person is deceased'. And then... my imagination, constantly on warp drive, momentarily stopped seeing these people as silly bunnies who are recycling a symbol, and I started wondering if we may be dealing with a sub-group of zombies who want to recognize one another..................... or warn the world that they're amongst us.

Perhaps we should keep an eye on the recycling Christian zombies... 

[Pockets the plot bunny for potential future use]