Right Wing Discussion Thread X: Pol's closed

[The Parkus Empire]

Mm, c'mon, dude, you're really reaching here if you think I'm paralyzed by a fear or dread of sexuality.

Would you prefer 'loathing of'?

Guilt over your past?

Tell me your preference.

You don't have to have a "fear" of food or a "guilt" of food, to have an antagonism to what food has become in American culture.

[Conserative Morality]

"If I receive a phonecall, theres no way it's not an emergency as long as all of my contacts know ahead of time."

So you never have businesses or spam call you?

My cell? No. They have lists to prevent that, you know. Most businesses you willingly give your number out to don't call Sundays or Saturdays either.

[Conserative Morality]

You don't have to have a "fear" of food or a "guilt" of food, to have an antagonism to what food has become in American culture.

Diverse?

I guess you could have a fear of foreigners. Or individualism.

[The Parkus Empire]

No, no, no. You can't have people going out in the narthex all the time when their phones are ringing, that's distracting as hell. You have to set aside a time when you aren't looking at your phone and its constant demand on your attention. If there turns out to be an accident or something, that is awful, but you can't have people constantly looking at their phones in the service. When you step into the narthex, you are supposed to "set aside every worldly care," to utterly forget all worldly matters, and focus solely on God.

What a compassionate sect.

I am almost positive my parish does more for the poor, relative to our number of parishioners, than any other church in our county. In the Salvation Army, the staff gets paid; in our charities, the staff pays. I have the highest regard for my priest and his efforts to help the poor.

But are we humanists? Nope, absolutely not. God is always first. We love our fellows precisely because they are in the image of God.

[The East Marches II]

"If I receive a phonecall, theres no way it's not an emergency as long as all of my contacts know ahead of time."

So you never have businesses or spam call you?

My cell? No. They have lists to prevent that, you know. Most businesses you willingly give your number out to don't call Sundays or Saturdays either.

I've some bad news for you, Chicago doesn't agree.

[Conserative Morality]

I am almost positive my parish does more for the poor, relative to our number of parishioners, than any other church in our county.

Such hubris. Such pride. Here I thought your lot were all about humility. I guess that only counts when you're not one-upping your coreligionists and heathens.

[Conserative Morality]

I've some bad news for you, Chicago doesn't agree.

Weird. No one in my family gets spam calls on their cells anymore.

[The Parkus Empire]

You don't have to have a "fear" of food or a "guilt" of food, to have an antagonism to what food has become in American culture.

Diverse?

I guess you could have a fear of foreigners. Or individualism.

No, you know what I'm talking about. America is saturated in bread in circuses, obesity and television. Food has lost all ceremony and spiritual depth, it has become poshlost, it is completely about stuffing yourself with sensual quantity.

[Kazakstotzka]

If I'm not mistaken, humanism was sparked by christian reformists and wasn't considered a godless philosophy

[The East Marches II]

I've some bad news for you, Chicago doesn't agree.

Weird. No one in my family gets spam calls on their cells anymore.

I get them all the time now. They even spoof my area code. They've gotten smart.

[The Parkus Empire]

I am almost positive my parish does more for the poor, relative to our number of parishioners, than any other church in our county.

Such hubris. Such pride. Here I thought your lot were all about humility. I guess that only counts when you're not one-upping your coreligionists and heathens.

I'm about humility when it comes to myself, but I will absolutely exalt my church.

[The Parkus Empire]

If I'm not mistaken, humanism was sparked by christian reformists and wasn't considered a godless philosophy

But it's foreign to us since we split with Rome before that happened.

[War Gears]

I am almost positive my parish does more for the poor, relative to our number of parishioners, than any other church in our county.

Such hubris. Such pride. Here I thought your lot were all about humility. I guess that only counts when you're not one-upping your coreligionists and heathens.

"If you could describe Christianity in one sentence."

[Conserative Morality]

No, you know what I'm talking about. America is saturated in bread in circuses, obesity and television.

I'm just hearing the normal talking points of people who jerk themselves off over enjoying things that aren't popular.

Food has lost all ceremony and spiritual depth, it has become poshlost, it is completely about stuffing yourself with sensual quantity.

Did your word of the day calendar give you that and now you have the urge to use it on every occasion?

[Conserative Morality]

I get them all the time now. They even spoof my area code. They've gotten smart.

T-they're learning

[War Gears]

Food has lost all ceremony and spiritual depth,

It never had those things in the first place.

[The East Marches II]

I get them all the time now. They even spoof my area code. They've gotten smart.

T-they're learning

Don't call it a grave, it's the future you chose.

[Conserative Morality]

Food has lost all ceremony and spiritual depth,

It never had those things in the first place.

Reminds me of veganism, really. "MM, this is SO MUCH BETTER than all of that NASTY, DISGUSTING, IMMORAL food that you lot eat. I don't even want hamburgers anymore. =^^^)"

It's the same sense of unironically unaware self-righteousness.

[The East Marches II]

Food has lost all ceremony and spiritual depth,

It never had those things in the first place.

It does in other places.

[Conserative Morality]

It does in other places.

Sounds like you hate the West. Daily reminder that the Romans invented fast food and doggy bags.

[The Parkus Empire]

No, you know what I'm talking about. America is saturated in bread in circuses, obesity and television.

I'm just hearing the normal talking points of people who jerk themselves off over enjoying things that aren't popular.

Food has lost all ceremony and spiritual depth, it has become poshlost, it is completely about stuffing yourself with sensual quantity.

Did your word of the day calendar give you that and now you have the urge to use it on every occasion?

I use it where it is exactly what I am talking about. And your argument here merits it exactly, "If you don't love what's not popular, you're just a snob!" No, absolutely, it doesn't make you a snob to reject Philistinism. In fact, Philistinism can be snobbish, and today it often is. Anyone twenty years ago would understand the term "idiot box" and the damage it presents, but today recognizing it is considered threatening. How far we have fallen!

I love folk culture, I am not elitist. But neither am I a populist.

[War Gears]

It never had those things in the first place.

Reminds me of veganism, really. "MM, this is SO MUCH BETTER than all of that NASTY, DISGUSTING, IMMORAL food that you lot eat. I don't even want hamburgers anymore. =^^^)"

It's the same sense of unironically unaware self-righteousness.

I, uh, can't comment about that. I'm trying to move to a vegan diet.

[The East Marches II]

It does in other places.

Sounds like you hate the West. Daily reminder that the Romans invented fast food and doggy bags.

N-No of course not

[The Parkus Empire]

Food has lost all ceremony and spiritual depth,

It never had those things in the first place.

What you talking about? Even so much as drinking water in the Bible is commonly portrayed as a ceremonious interaction between two beings.

[War Gears]

It does in other places.

Sounds like you hate the West. Daily reminder that the Romans invented fast food and doggy bags.

Marches and me, so alike yet so different.

It never had those things in the first place.

What you talking about? Even so much as drinking water in the Bible is commonly portrayed as a ceremonious interaction between two beings.

Keyword "portrayed."