One example, I would think, is people who, as adults, have the attitude of "Yeah, I'm [insert religion here], because that's how I was raised, damn it!"
Oh, that's what I thought; I was just wondering if there was some more specific meaning to it.
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tommyrot - Jul 12, 2005 6:32:36 am PDT #130 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.
§ ita § - Jul 12, 2005 6:34:33 am PDT #131 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
you only get to experience one way or the other
Didn't someone cite a kid who was circumcised as a pre-teen and thought wanking was more fun before?
askye - Jul 12, 2005 6:34:35 am PDT #132 of 10001
Thrive to spite them
I don't really have anything to add to the circumsion thing.
Hurricane Dennis did some damage to the coastal towns near here,mostly from storm surgers. One town has been mostly underwater, there was severe flooding elsewhere.
Our place at the beach is fine, except some windows might have been left open. I had a relative stay down at his place during the storm and he reported on the damage. Lots of decks and the one dock were washed away from the high water. I'm not sure how far up the water got from the beach but it probably got close to the record high water mark.
Tom Scola - Jul 12, 2005 6:35:00 am PDT #133 of 10001
Mr. Scola’s wardrobe by Botany 500
Volans - Jul 12, 2005 6:39:30 am PDT #134 of 10001
move out and draw fire
Basically, yeah. It's simply accepting the dogma and tenets of whatever religion you are, without question.
I'm not criticizing having an unexamined faith, just to be clear. It's obviously the right answer for a great many people. It's when I'm told that by examining my own faith and trying to define my moral values myself, rather than letting someone else dictate them, I'm a sinner or whatever...yeah, that's when I get cranky. (See also the Creationism vs. Evolution stuff).
Of course, I'm also not a big fan of those who believe that we are primarily mental beings and, that our mental powers are our sole value.
Ginger - Jul 12, 2005 6:41:26 am PDT #135 of 10001
"It didn't taste good. It tasted soooo horrible. It tasted like....a vodka martini." - Matilda
Small sample size v. total male population? Matter of personal taste?
Guys who use escort services not necessarily representative of the male population as a whole?
Frankenbuddha - Jul 12, 2005 6:42:10 am PDT #136 of 10001
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"
Maybe I've been spending too much time here... I just read a SciFi Channel ad for their premier of The Forsaken, and I read it as The Foreskin.
From the people who brought you MANSQUITO...
vw bug - Jul 12, 2005 6:43:00 am PDT #137 of 10001
Mostly lurking...
Oy. I need an ass kicking. I only have one paragraph of my second paper written. It's too much fun hanging out here instead!
-t - Jul 12, 2005 6:44:21 am PDT #138 of 10001
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
I guess your second paper isn't on circumcision, pros and cons?
Gudanov - Jul 12, 2005 6:45:05 am PDT #139 of 10001
Coding and Sleeping
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