I know, this is copping out. I should be posting about how I think we've found THE HOUSE we want. Or maybe how school is winding up and I'm waaaaayyy behind on my last project. Or how this allergy season is kicking my butt and I feel so miserable, I want to claw my eyes out. Or maybe I just post an obnoxious plea for you (yes, YOU) to respond to that email I sent you about IKEA coming to Canton, MI, because if you sign up under me then I get points. And the more points I get, the closer I get to becoming an IKEA Tokig, which gives me priveleges at the store. And since I lost everything I own in a terrible fire *sniffle* I can use all the help I can get to replace it. Especially with affordable, economical IKEA. (There, was that obnoxious enough?) Ha!
But what I'm really writing about is this quote I found through the blog of a blog (you know how that goes). And this is actually a quote, but it includes the s-word. Twice. OOOHHHH... I warned ya! This is from Tony Campolo, a man who Pastor Mike just yesterday said he admired. How's that for justification, baby?
"'Tens of thousands of children died last night because of poverty related issues and we don't give a shit.'
"After a brief moment of silence he continues.
"'What's disturbing to me is that just now, in that brief moment of silence, more of you were concerned with the fact that I said the word shit than with the fact that tens of thousands of children died last night.'"
And if you're interested, I found that quote through this post, which in turn was found through this post. But I didn't bother reading through all the comments at the bottom.
2 comments:
Did that post make you laugh out loud too? More and more...it's amazing to me... the things that Christians get worked up about. That said, I do tend to keep my language pretty clean, just a personal conviction. :)
Yeah, that's why I didn't bother to read through most of the comments. I find myself a little too loose with the tongue lately, and that disturbs me, but there are just those times, you know, when colorful language is... well, just more colorful! There's something to be said for deliberately shocking people when you have a clear point to make, as Tony Campolo did. And I'm a frequent user of crap and somewhat of pissed. But I draw the line at the f-word. (Though I get tempted to use it now and then.)
Hmmm... here's something I just thought of - when I use expletives to express anger, that just seems to feed the emotion. But when I use something ridiculous like "snickerdoodle" or "poppycock", that just seems to drain the situation of its supposed seriousness. I guess I need to start snickerdoodling and take myself less seriously!
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