micro 0 #126 August 24, 2006 QuoteQuoteAs for my sig line, it's a shame that the only way you can interpret it is as offensive. I guess that's the lense through which you see. There is actually a much different way to read that statement. I'm sorry you don't see it. It isn't at all meant to offend. C'mon man, pity? Thats right up there with contempt. In fact I'm not sure if there is any other word so good at conveying a sense of superiority. Now imagine if, say, kallend said he pitied people who don't have the benefits of his extensive education? He'd get buried and you know it. Should I change the word "pity" to "have compassion on" or "feel sorry for?" I miss Lee. And JP. And Chris. And... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
EricTheRed 0 #127 September 29, 2006 Just a bump to an old thread. I just recieved this in an email. Another virgin mary sighting... http://www.divine-interventions.com/mary.html illegible usually Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
pirana 0 #128 September 29, 2006 QuoteJust a bump to an old thread. I just recieved this in an email. Another virgin mary sighting... http://www.divine-interventions.com/mary.html Thank goodness the web-Nazi's have that one blocked here at work. Otherwise I'd have to go off on some rant or another." . . . the lust for power can be just as completely satisfied by suggesting people into loving their servitude as by flogging them and kicking them into obedience." -- Aldous Huxley Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
freethefly 6 #129 September 30, 2006 Here is a picture that I took deep down in Mexico along the rail line. Deeply religous people come to pray to it believing that God will make them fertile enough to have a child. Overly religous people are just funny. (Not a slam on religous folks but, don't you think that praying to a rock that looks like a dick is just abit odd?)"...And once you're gone, you can't come back When you're out of the blue and into the black." Neil Young Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
EricTheRed 0 #130 October 2, 2006 Quote(Not a slam on religous folks but, don't you think that praying to a rock that looks like a dick is just abit odd?) Yeah, shouldn't it be the other way 'round?illegible usually Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites