tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9479398.post1991476870822217474..comments2024-03-28T11:33:16.271-05:00Comments on Adventus: Take me out to the (hard) ball game....Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9479398.post-2205942435352929302012-05-20T00:31:49.053-05:002012-05-20T00:31:49.053-05:00Isn't one of the co-owning Ricketts family a l...Isn't one of the co-owning Ricketts family a lesbian?<br /><br />I find it especially galling that one of these "homocons" would conspire to smear the most LGBT-positive President EVER. Repossess her toaster! >;-/JCFnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9479398.post-64727403489206027522012-05-19T08:04:18.637-05:002012-05-19T08:04:18.637-05:00Well put, TTC.Well put, TTC.June Butlerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01723016934182800437noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9479398.post-15186681799971637572012-05-19T06:13:46.152-05:002012-05-19T06:13:46.152-05:00It's not everyday you get to see what goes aro...It's not everyday you get to see what goes around coming around. So, no, enjoy it.The Thought Criminalhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01381376556757084468noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9479398.post-41699801062099700892012-05-18T14:51:58.157-05:002012-05-18T14:51:58.157-05:00No, of course not. It has to be a sin; but such a ...<i>No, of course not. It has to be a sin; but such a delicious one!</i><br /><br />Irresistably delicious.June Butlerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01723016934182800437noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9479398.post-56896800446229949142012-05-18T14:37:13.726-05:002012-05-18T14:37:13.726-05:00No, of course not. It has to be a sin; but such a...No, of course not. It has to be a sin; but such a delicious one!<br /><br />And I was trying to be lighthearted in referencing the humor of Christ. We sometimes think even comedy (which is always at someone's expense) is sinful; or at least not officially approved. You just made me think that Jesus indulged in irony on occasion, and the great irony is that we miss that now.<br /><br />Which is a subject for joyful meditation and hoped for revelation, not for reprobation (trotting out my alliterative vocabulary again. That's the off switch I can never find!)Rmjhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06811456254443706479noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9479398.post-50420246682468765722012-05-18T14:32:02.555-05:002012-05-18T14:32:02.555-05:00Actually, I've always thought of Schadenfreude...Actually, I've always thought of Schadenfreude as somewhat sinful. Taking pleasure in another's misfortune can't be right, can it?<br /><br />Of course, irony is not a free for all. That was spoken in irony. Sometimes I can't find the 'off' switch, which is not at all a good thing. Mea culpa.June Butlerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01723016934182800437noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9479398.post-59828468385963956872012-05-18T14:24:31.712-05:002012-05-18T14:24:31.712-05:00Never thought of schadenfreude as a sin, exactly. ...Never thought of schadenfreude as a sin, exactly. (and sorry, I wasn't trying to teach my grandmother how to suck eggs. No, wait, that's no good either....).<br /><br />Certainly irony should have some ethical distinctions. But it makes me aware that Jesus employed irony more than once (it's been lost in translation over the millenia), and so now I'd have to sit down and think about the subject.....Rmjhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06811456254443706479noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9479398.post-619876375636797732012-05-18T11:21:56.983-05:002012-05-18T11:21:56.983-05:00Yes, Rmj, I know the word. Does irony have ethica...Yes, Rmj, I know the word. Does irony have ethical distinctions? Dear me. I thought the practice was a kind of free for all.June Butlerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01723016934182800437noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9479398.post-75590476250973279132012-05-18T11:13:50.652-05:002012-05-18T11:13:50.652-05:00Mimi--Schadenfreude is the word you're looking...Mimi--Schadenfreude is the word you're looking for.<br /><br />And Sherri has a point; there may be an ethical distinction in this....Rmjhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06811456254443706479noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9479398.post-15480683031386556452012-05-18T11:02:34.152-05:002012-05-18T11:02:34.152-05:00If it really does prevent taxpayer dollars being s...If it really does prevent taxpayer dollars being spent a welfare for a billionaire, then I disagree with Mimi, it's not wrong to enjoy the story now.Sherrinoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9479398.post-77731415307379745242012-05-18T10:28:08.433-05:002012-05-18T10:28:08.433-05:00Is it wrong to be enjoying this story now?
In a w...<i> Is it wrong to be enjoying this story now?</i><br /><br />In a word, yes. There's a German word for that, and it is a sin. As I read the end of the story, I laughed out loud and relished the moment, so I suppose that means I have sinned, too. How sweet it is. But yes, we're both going to hell.June Butlerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01723016934182800437noreply@blogger.com