I honestly think that people believe they will be rich someday and so they want to have a world in place that will kowtow to them. They're not rich but should be, and God will make it so someday, and they're not going to be rich in a world where "those" people have "gotten away with something".
Gavin, ask yourself this question. What are you more afraid of, a giant murderous demon or me?
Lilah ,'Destiny'
Natter 73: Chuck Norris only wishes he could Natter
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, butt kicking, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
Connie Neil - Nov 05, 2014 9:45:32 am PST #9767 of 30000
brillig
Connie Neil - Nov 05, 2014 9:46:25 am PST #9768 of 30000
brillig
You have to accept "those" people as being as fully human as yourself and as deserving of basic civilized life as yourself, and lots of people simply refuse to do so.
Fred Pete - Nov 05, 2014 9:59:46 am PST #9769 of 30000
Ann, that's a ferret.
I wish like hell the Democrats had done more victory laps.
Maybe we define "victory lap" in different ways. But I remember late '08 and early '09 -- it was like the economic world was coming to an end. Yes, things are rough right now. But the Democrats do have a story: We saved America from the abyss.
(Note: Because of my job, I'm not going to express any opinion on whether any particular thing should or shouldn't have been done.)
Ginger - Nov 05, 2014 10:13:59 am PST #9770 of 30000
"It didn't taste good. It tasted soooo horrible. It tasted like....a vodka martini." - Matilda
What I meant was that the Democrats didn't celebrate their successes enough.
Una - Nov 05, 2014 10:23:23 am PST #9771 of 30000
when i die, please bake my ashes into a brick and use me to hit fascists.
I hate the word seminal.
Should we use "semen filled" instead?
Is there anything to be read between the lines that "seminal" means "important" and also something male-specific?
Connie Neil - Nov 05, 2014 10:29:29 am PST #9772 of 30000
brillig
I thought "seminal" meant "the source from which the ideas came forth."
sarameg - Nov 05, 2014 10:31:52 am PST #9773 of 30000
From OED:
Etymology: < French séminal (14th cent. in Hatzfeld & Darmesteter), = Provençal seminal , Spanish seminal , Portuguese seminal , Italian seminale , < Latin sēminālis , < sēmin- , sēmen seed, semen n.: see -al suffix1.
DavidS - Nov 05, 2014 10:33:23 am PST #9774 of 30000
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
Is there anything to be read between the lines that "seminal" means "important" and also something male-specific?
It's just a literal translation. semen = seed. Seminal = filled with seeds. In its essence, "Seminal" means "the seed from which bigger things grew."
Am I overexplaining? Could I use the word "seminal" more? Tartlets, tartlets...the word has lost all meaning.
Sophia Brooks - Nov 05, 2014 10:35:22 am PST #9775 of 30000
Cats to become a rabbit should gather immediately now here
For some reason this is reminding me of a story that someone here (Kat, meara??) told about the trees that smelled like semen, and all the lesbians being like "What is that horrible, disgusting, repulsive smell?"
But the word does make me think of someone ejaculating all over the work in a way I do not like.
Jesse - Nov 05, 2014 10:36:56 am PST #9776 of 30000
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
Tartlets, tartlets...the word has lost all meaning.
I keep trying to say that to people who don't know what I'm talking about.