Is mercy a virtue?

[Harlan Huckleby]

Consider the lilies of the field, how they grow; they neither toil nor spin, yet I tell you, even Solomon in all his glory was not arrayed like one of these

[Kiwon]

Well, since we're quoting Scripture,

Jesus said, "He who has My commandments and keeps them is the one who loves Me; and he who loves Me will be loved by My Father, and I will love him and will disclose Myself to him." (John 14:21)

[SkinBasket]

You're equating poor with being a lazy fuck.

[texaspackerbacker]

Consider the lilies of the field, how they grow; they neither toil nor spin, yet I tell you, even Solomon in all his glory was not arrayed like one of these

But dontcha think those lilies of the field will look so much nicer in digital?

[mraynrand]

Blessed is he who sits in the dark and contemplates the Word of the Lord.

Forgive me Father, for I have sinned. I procrastinated in signing up for a free converter box. Please rescue me from the horrible fate of a blank TV screen. My parents upstairs won't let me watch their digital TV.


Lord have mercy, Christ have mercy, Lord have mercy! Let there be light on my TV!

[Harlan Huckleby]

Amen, MrAynRand.

[MadtownPacker]

A virtue? Possibly. A weakness, definitely.

[Harlan Huckleby]

heee, heee, heee. I remember a hymn sung by a chorus on the National Lampoon Radio Hour back around 1975. Why I remember it is not clear, it must have touched my soul. Madtown has retriggered memories.

Onward Christian Soldiers
Drench the land with gore
Mercy is a weakness
Of the godless whore

So Madtown was already a living joke in 1975! I see online a parody of that song, maybe it is the same one.

Onward, Christian soldiers!
Eat and drink your fill;
Rob with bloody fingers,
Christ O. K.'s the bill.
Steal the farmer's savings,
Take their grain and meat;
Even though the children starve,
The Saviour's bums must eat.
Burn the peasant's cottages,
Orphans leave bereft;
In Jehovah's holy name,
Wreak ruin right and left.
4. Onward, Christian soldiers!
Drench the land with gore;
Mercy is a weakness
All the gods abhor.
Bayonet the babies,
Jab the mothers, too;
Hoist the cross of Calvary
To hallow all you do.
File your bullets' noses flat,
Poison every well;
God decrees your enemies
Must all go plumb to hell.

http://musicanet.org/robokopp/english/onwardc1.htm

[mraynrand]

Harlan, perhaps you should join the Judean People's Front crack Suicide Squad.

http://img130.imageshack.us/img130/4148/thatsus6jt.jpg

[swede]

Harlan, perhaps you should join the Judean People's Front crack Suicide Squad.

http://img130.imageshack.us/img130/4148/thatsus6jt.jpg

Long may they live!

...never mind.

[swede]

I think the private sector needs to fix this problem. McDonalds should set up a few TV's. Hook the TVless up to special cholesterol monitors. As long as they're buying fries and Macs they can stay and watch the tube.

[Harlan Huckleby]

What are you talking about? Death to the Judean People's Liberation Front!