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Yes (please explain) 2 18.18%
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Old 08-07-2008, 04:11 PM   #16
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Hey man, language is just a tool. Don't get angry if I have a bigger tool than you do, Flint. That's just being petty.

Heh heh. Tool.
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Old 08-07-2008, 04:18 PM   #17
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Sometimes I thank God for unanswered prayers.
I think this line belongs in the Hall of Fame, regardless of context.
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Old 08-07-2008, 05:27 PM   #18
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I'm sorry, country song lyrics are strictly forbidden from the Hall of Fame. It's in the rules.
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Old 08-11-2008, 11:54 AM   #19
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Yeah, the joke was that's, like, a Garth Brooks song, or something.

And here's a few more commas: , , ,
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Old 08-11-2008, 01:02 PM   #20
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Just because an entity has power doesn't mean it oppresses anyone or anything.

Apparently God has power, but does he oppress?
I dunno. Let's ask Job.
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Old 08-11-2008, 01:04 PM   #21
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i take it you're saying God oppressed Job?
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Old 08-11-2008, 04:14 PM   #22
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i take it you're saying God oppressed Job?
I don't know what Els means but God did pretty much play fast and loose with one of his "best" dudes. I think Satan bet God a coke that Job would fold.

Hope God enjoyed that coke.
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Old 08-11-2008, 05:21 PM   #23
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I think it originally started as Satan saying "Job only follows you for the love of what you've given him. He loves you because you've made things so cushy for him, he's never had a negative experience in his life", and God responding with "His love for me is why his life has been so fulfilling". Satan was allowed to take anything from Job except his life to see if he would turn on God.

I'm not saying its a real feel-good story but I'm looking for the oppression.
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Old 08-12-2008, 03:04 AM   #24
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I used to work for an organization that has power. Its motto was then and still is "Liberation of the Oppressed."
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Old 08-13-2008, 07:56 AM   #25
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I think it originally started as Satan saying "Job only follows you for the love of what you've given him. He loves you because you've made things so cushy for him, he's never had a negative experience in his life", and God responding with "His love for me is why his life has been so fulfilling". Satan was allowed to take anything from Job except his life to see if he would turn on God.

I'm not saying its a real feel-good story but I'm looking for the oppression.
He's not oppressing Job, he's abusing him.
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Old 08-13-2008, 08:48 AM   #26
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Job does okay out of it. Satan killed your daughters? Never mind, here's some new ones. And I'll even make them pretty!

That God, he does encourage the old parental bonds doesn't he?
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Old 08-13-2008, 10:34 AM   #27
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OK, whether you believe the stories are real, or you like the idea of family as property, is an issue for a different thread.

How is God abusive in this thread? We started at oppressive, now we're at abusive, so this is an example of abuse?
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Old 08-13-2008, 10:42 AM   #28
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Your face is an example of abuse when I look at it and throw up.
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Old 08-13-2008, 11:14 AM   #29
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you asshole.

my sister was throwing up while arguing about my oppressive face in front of the WTC on 9/11!
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Old 08-13-2008, 11:17 AM   #30
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Or was she was throwing up because she ate a cheeseburger-in-a-can, on a treadmill?
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There's a level of facility that everyone needs to accomplish, and from there
it's a matter of deciding for yourself how important ultra-facility is to your
expression. ... I found, like Joseph Campbell said, if you just follow whatever
gives you a little joy or excitement or awe, then you're on the right track.

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Terry Bozzio
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