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    An unoriginal moral dilemma

    Or they were both tied to a RR track. And you only had time to cut one free with your nail file.
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    An unoriginal moral dilemma

    Well what if they were both on fire then. And you only had one wet blanket.
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    "Student's 'Jesus' shirt sparks feud with school"

    The problem is, schools can use the "it's a disruption" excuse for anything they want, even if the thing REALLY is not a disruption at all. In some cases this can infringe on a student's BASIC rights even outside of school. I really am thankful to be raising my kids in a liberal area, where...
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    Happy Birthday Circle_One!

    Maybe.... but I was fashionably late. :beach: (I heard you were here earlier in plaid golf shorts and unmatched socks.) *shudders*
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    What do you do when you know someone is lying?

    Some specific examples of what you're talking about would be helpful to the discussion.
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    Happy Birthday Circle_One!

    OOp! I'm late! No worries. I'll make it up to you. :flirt: *B-Day Kisses'n'Spanks*! How many again? ;)
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    What do you do when you know someone is lying?

    If the subject being danced around doesn't directly effect you, why do you really care? If it doesn't directly effect you- simply mind your own business. People have all kinds of reasons for doing and saying whatever they do. We all have the right to not have to explain ourSelves and our lives...
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    Do people think about God?

    YOU are the one with the Bible God 'theory'. Without your book and your religion there would be NO 'BIBLE GOD' to theorize, about. The rest of us just happen to live in a world where a curiious number of people live their lives (supposedly) based around (their own) theories of the contents of...
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    I have to say...

    I'm usually pretty good at putting a useful- be it unconventional- spin on metaphorical/alegorical/symbolic type things, but the end of this one leaves me with nowhere to go. 'Collecting' and 'throwing' are actions taken. Someone does the collecting and throwing/(casting), and something (in...
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    Servants - yes or no?

    Here's a side question. Is it self aggrandizement that doctors expect to be referred to professionally by their clients/patients as "Dr. Soandso" ? (instead of Mr. Soandso, or simply "Bob") I mean, their clients are PAYING them, so they should be able to call them by their first name in public...
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    Servants - yes or no?

    I prefer first name basis with everyone. (including children)
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    The pointlessness of marriage?

    ANY two (and potentially even more) people should be able to join into personal legal partnership agreements. It really shouldn't matter who they are, or what the nature of their relationship is. The govt. doesn't stipulate that only (monogamous) 'lovers' can enter into legal business...
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    Christian crosses on gangbangers - what's it about?

    The masses are easily influenced (be it offended/led/in'spired) by symbolisms that have pre-cast associations. This is why 'patriotic symbols' exist. They create automatic feelings of elevated loyalty and solidarity. Countries also have a vested interest in maintaining an image. (which...
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    Christian crosses on gangbangers - what's it about?

    In the hands of the right artist, comedian/lyricist/stage performer/visual artist Sacrilege can be a way of opening people up to their own folly/follies. It's also an excellent tactic in symbolic rituals that seek a certain kind of .... dislodging....
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    Christian crosses on gangbangers - what's it about?

    Sacrilege only exists because people are steeped in their ideas of 'the Sacred'. Without the 'Sacred' there is no'thing to 'Sacrilege'. Intelligent Sacrilege defies the notion that the 'thing' is actually (Super) "Sacred" to begin with. Unintelligent Sacrilege is usually just a base attempt...
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    Christian crosses on gangbangers - what's it about?

    Unless someone is directly being intimidated, made to fear for their actual safety and equal protection and rights under the law, I really don't care what anyone does with symbols. I am not opposed directly to anything at all for reasons of 'sacrilege' alone. I am however opposed to tactics...
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    Christian crosses on gangbangers - what's it about?

    I think it's pretty straightforward. "Like A Virgin" I made it through the wilderness Somehow I made it through Didn't know how lost I was Until I found you I was beat incomplete I'd been had, I was sad and blue But you made me feel Yeah, you made me feel Shiny and new [Chorus:] Like a...
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    Did Jesus really have to die for our sins?

    I really dunno what 'jesus' has/had to do with any of you and your 'sins', but I wasn't free of church sins until church jesus died out completely from my psyche. In this way, the 'death of the christian jesus' did indeed Set me free.
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    Christian crosses on gangbangers - what's it about?

    In my book, Madonna is far from an idiot. She is a business woman of iconic proportion. I wish I'd been half as smart at a young age.
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    Christian crosses on gangbangers - what's it about?

    That's what I thought at first too. But I wasn't sure.
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