Iraq Abduction

[Ibby]

HES RITE! GAYZ SHLD NVR MARY!1!!1one!!1!eleven

1) Being gay is not natural. Real Americans always reject unnatural things like eyeglasses, polyester, breast implants, and air conditioning.

2) Gay marriage will encourage people to be gay, in the same way that hanging around tall people will make you tall.

3) Legalizing gay marriage will open the door to all kinds of crazy behavior. People may even wish to marry their pets because a dog has legal standing and can sign a marriage contract.

4) Straight marriage has been around a long time and hasn't changed at all; women are still property, blacks still can't marry whites, and divorce is still illegal.

5) Straight marriage will be less meaningful if gay marriage were
allowed; the sanctity of Britney Spears's 55-hour just-for-fun marriage would be destroyed.

6) Straight marriages are valid because they produce children. Gay couples, infertile couples, and old people shouldn't be allowed to marry because our orphanages aren't full yet, and the world needs more children.

7) Obviously gay parents will raise gay children, since straight parents only raise straight children.

8.)Gay marriage is not supported by religion. In a theocracy like ours, the values of one religion are imposed on the entire country. That's why we have only one religion in America.

9) Children can never succeed without a male and a female role model at home. That's why we as a society expressly forbid single parents to raise children.

10) Gay marriage will change the foundation of society; we could never adapt to new social norms. Just like we haven't adapted to cars, the service-sector economy, or longer life spans..

You forgot how we don't fly in planes and watch them moving pictures!

[richlevy]

Originally Posted by Urbane Guerrilla

Unlike tw -- whose thinking seldom resembles mine, as I am not some stupid, hackneyed, jaded, tertiary-syphilis case of a Blame America Firster like him

No no please, don't hold back. Tell us how you really feel.

[Ibby]

Originally Posted by Urbane Guerrilla

I am not some stupid, hackneyed, jaded, tertiary-syphilis case of a Blame America Firster like him

'Course you aren't, we all know you blame everyone BUT america first...

[Urbane Guerrilla]

Ib, America's foreign policy troubles mostly come from non-democracies, don't they? Really, how much blame is left over after we duly apportion it to the deserving?

Rich, thanks for the encouragement, but really, when do I ever do anything else?

[Urbane Guerrilla]

Originally Posted by Pangloss62

Namaste?? Isn't that like Gunga Din?

Slightly. Lord Lovat's Lament is more like Gunga Din. (They're playing it as they put Din's body on the funeral pyre in the movie.)

[Ibby]

Anyone get the feeling UG's kinda new to the whole sarcasm deal?

[Urbane Guerrilla]

Nope. Not new to callow snarkiness either, but I don't do any of that.

[Pangloss62]

I thought Namaste was a name for a waterbearer, which is what Gunga Din was. I assume it's Hindi?

I suppose I could google it...

Peace.

[xoxoxoBruce]

The gesture Namaste represents the belief that there is a Divine spark within each of us that is located in the heart chakra. The gesture is an acknowledgment of the soul in one by the soul in another. "Nama" means bow, "as" means I, and "te" means you. Therefore, Namaste literally means "bow me you" or "I bow to you."

[Urbane Guerrilla]

You also hear it rendered, "I acknowledge the God in you."

Tangentially, pick apart the roots of the word "enthusiasm" and see what you find.