GENIUS FORUMS

Tomas wrote:.

-village squirrel-
snow bunny - Sorry, I know I received quite the tongue lashing earlier,

-tomas-
When Mike Huckabee was in college - he fried squirrels in his popcorn popper.




-village squirrel-
but I just wanted to ask a personal question that might clarify something that seemed ambiguous at the time,

-tomas-
During our lifetimes we commit certain irrevocable acts, acts that impose irreparable injury, acts that become our or another's Rubicon. Injury to the psyche is no different from injury to the physical body. We can slap someone on the back, and the sting of it is lost in seconds. Or we can slap a loved one in the face and the injury will be long and painful in healing and will leave scars forever. When we lie to another, the injury is irreparable. When we maim another verbally, the injury is irrevocable and the destruction of trust irreversible. The act may be forgiven, and the injury may heal, but the injury can never be repaired nor its scars erased.




-village squirrel-
given the appropriate context of something.

-tomas-
Although excesses may be forgiven, they cannot be excused.




-village squirrel-
I will preface it by saying that I haven't read any of the material here ahead of time, but I remember some thread where Kevin posted about a journey through America.

-tomas-
Stop the preaching and provide every child with one good parent who, by his or her own life, exhibits the values the parent wishes to instill in the child. We have become, instead, a culture that provides too many of our children with unemployed, uneducated, desperate, and addicted parents. We have become a repressive, defensive, hateful society that despises the poor, that celebrates money as its ultimate moral value, and that provides, almost inescapably, the most bloody of violence as entertainment.




-village squirrel-
Anyway, it seems their (QRS) personal life may be discussed in their work,

-tomas-
Love requires us to free our children and to trust them. One day when my own children were quite young, I captured some young ravens. They were too immature to fly very far. I brought them home to my children, who were also too young to fly. Immediately they fell in love with the ravens. But my children were wise enough to know that they could not truly love their captives without freeing them, and within a few days they demanded that I take the ravens back to their nest, where their squawking parents experienced the joyous miracle of reunion.




-village squirrel-
so I thought it might be appropriate to ask the shall we say, delicate question.

-tomas-
True acting is never pretending; it is, instead, the process of revealing the truth of the character in the situation in which he finds himself.




-village squirrel-
Not to offend, but I don't know him, so is he gay?

-tomas-
My God, man, I haven't seen you in twenty years-you look like a truck just ran over your face. Why, you can see the tread marks. And your hair-it used to be a kind of dirty blond, and now it's damn near white. But, in spite of all the damage, I was still able to recognize you.




-village squirrel-
I didn't think he was, but just curious if that is already out in the open for more of the forum members who have been here for a while.

-tomas-
Are you making your decision as the impartial 'ultimate authority in the universe' or are you making your decision as the lumberjack with a family to feed?

In this case, I guess they're the same.




Tomas (the tank)
VietNam veteran - 1971



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Unidian wrote:Jeez, that was a bit harsh... lol.

Howver, I must admit that since the appearance of the avatar, my troll radar is beeping a bit louder.

Tomas wrote:.

Would Jesus Discriminate?


Jesus affirmed a gay couple.

http://www.wouldjesusdiscriminate.com/b ... ouple.html

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