Sin.
Sir? I'd like you to take the helm, please. I need this man to tear all my clothes off.
Zoe ,'Serenity'
Natter 36: But We Digress...
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
Topic!Cindy - Jun 21, 2005 12:41:29 pm PDT #3502 of 10001
What is even happening?
tommyrot - Jun 21, 2005 12:44:29 pm PDT #3503 of 10001
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
Then there's that whole "stupidity" thing....
Matt the Bruins fan - Jun 21, 2005 12:44:42 pm PDT #3504 of 10001
"I remember when they eventually introduced that drug kingpin who murdered people and smuggled drugs inside snakes and I was like 'Finally. A normal person.'” —RahvinDragand
Funny, I was going to say Righteousness.
Topic!Cindy - Jun 21, 2005 12:46:21 pm PDT #3505 of 10001
What is even happening?
I think a picture of priest nailing a nun to a cross because *he* thinks *she* is evil, ought to be in the dictionary, next to sin.
§ ita § - Jun 21, 2005 12:49:22 pm PDT #3506 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
It was for her own good.
Topic!Cindy - Jun 21, 2005 12:51:33 pm PDT #3507 of 10001
What is even happening?
We read it on the internet, so it must be true. And, you know, let's assume the possession for a moment, because how often can we do that, in polite conversation. That's some theology there, huh? Kill someone in a state of sin, rather than try to help them out of it.
§ ita § - Jun 21, 2005 12:55:02 pm PDT #3508 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Kill someone in a state of sin, rather than try to help them out of it.
I guess I can't quite be devil's advocate here, but ... better dead and in the arms of her God, than infected by Satan?
Jessica - Jun 21, 2005 12:56:47 pm PDT #3509 of 10001
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
I'm still boggling as to how someone dying as a result of crucifixion is a "miracle." I'd think the opposite would be true.
In less upsetting news, The LA Times' "wikitorial" trial has been halted:
US newspaper, The Los Angeles Times, has temporarily ended its short-lived trial which gave readers the chance to edit its editorials on its website.
The online version of the paper started its "wikitorial" experiment last week. It was meant to give readers a "voice".
It was suspended after it was bombarded with inappropriate material. But the paper said it might try the idea again.
[eta: Apparently they blame Slashdot:
During most of Friday and Saturday, readers thoughtfully altered the editorial. By Friday afternoon, hundreds had weighed in. Some did add profanity but just as quickly a Web master from the paper took it down.
"Nothing bad happened really until after midnight on Saturday," said Michael Newman, deputy editorial page editor. At 8:32 p.m. Saturday, a posting on www.Slashdot.org, which bills itself as "news for nerds," directed readers to the Times wikitorial.
"Slashdot has a tech-savvy audience that, to be kind, is mischievous and to be not so kind, is malicious," Mr. Newman said. "We were taking stuff down as soon as it went up and staving them off. Finally we had to go to bed. Someone called the newsroom a little bit before 4 a.m. and said there's something bad on your Web site, and so we just took the whole site down." ]
brenda m - Jun 21, 2005 12:59:19 pm PDT #3510 of 10001
If you're going through hell/keep on going/don't slow down/keep your fear from showing/you might be gone/'fore the devil even knows you're there
I guess I can't quite be devil's advocate here, but ... better dead and in the arms of her God, than infected by Satan?
But if she dies in a state of sin, isn't that kind of a flaw in the plan?
t head-scratching
Topic!Cindy - Jun 21, 2005 1:01:17 pm PDT #3511 of 10001
What is even happening?
I guess I can't quite be devil's advocate hereNo, because the Romanian Priest beat you to it.