Dear Fractelle,

You and I both know that -
some people are satisfied to judge things by
their own narrow experiences, never knowing
of the wide world outside.

Or as the Japanese put it:

I no naka no kawazu taikai o shirazu
(A frog in a well does not know the great sea).

Or

Deru kui wa utareru
(It's better to conform than to stick out).

I think you get my drift.

And finally to quote Henry Fielding:

"There is an insolence which none but
those who themselves deserve contempt
can bestow, and those only who deserve
no contempt can bear."

Take care,

Fractelle,
Go girlfriend you're spot on.
Perhaps you should have a look at my post.
http://forum.onlineopinion.com.au/thread.asp?discussion=2245#49022
consider what the second alternative may mean.
Think in terms of whistling as one walks past a country cemetary at night.
I keep thinking of the Quakers their commitment and belief are quiet and unquestionable they are fact. If one really believes then there is little need to convince others about ones own beliefs, they're obvious. If a child tells you several times that they didn't break your favourite wing dangle what do you have grounds to suspect?
Shakespear said it well "methinks he protesth too much."

Shiteru koto to shiranai koto ga zen zen chigau desu ne. Kore wa, hontoh no imi desu. Tatoeba, Lao-Tse no monogatari to seisho wa chigau to omiimasu ka. Zen zen chigau desu ne.

(the things you know, and the things you don’t know cannot be compared, can they? This is the real meaning. For example, Lao-Tse’s story and the bible are different, don’t you think? Totally different wouldn’t you say.)
- katieO

Examinator: H. Fielding said it well too “Guilt has very quick ears to an Accusation” (‘Amelia’)

So at risk of learning neither patience nor humility, I should tread carefully (or you could just try the usual gagging technique of yelling whack-a-mossie!).

Foxy, you are flaming! Argumentum ad personam...you cannot find fault so there is only a thinly veiled critique of me, personally. Isn’t this Poly’s main gripe?

reductio ad Polycarpum! Guilt by association. (not one which I’m ashamed to declare).

In the absence of procedural rules, it is overlooked that Poly is only demanding cloture to this filibuster.

Our Father, in heaven, your name is the highest in heaven and earth

Bring it on Lord. For your will is done, in heaven (it goes without saying),

And on earth (even though we are in denial)

Knowing all things come from you, we are not ashamed to ask for all our needs, for us, and for all those who go without. Not just our physical needs, but our spiritual needs as well.

And Lord, we have sinned against you. With absolute confidence in your power to forgive, we ask you to forgive us. Also, please send the power of your great love to dwell in our hearts, so that we may be able to forgive others with the same measure.

Lord, there are temptations all around us. Please stop us from going down that track. In fact Lord, only you have the power to do so.

Amen.

As they said in Caesar's day,

Merda taurorum animas conturbit.

Furthermore,

Nihil curo de ista tua stulta superstitione.

And finally,

Romani ite domus!

Amen

CJ, Please!

CENTURION:
'Domus'?
BRIAN:
Eh.
CENTURION:
Nominative?
BRIAN:
Oh.
CENTURION:
'Go home'? This is motion towards. Isn't it, boy?
BRIAN:
Ah. Ah, dative, sir! Ahh! No, not dative! Not the dative, sir! No! Ah! Oh, the... accusative! Accusative! Ah! 'Domum', sir! 'Ad domum'! Ah! Oooh! Ah!
CENTURION:
Except that 'domus' takes the...?
BRIAN:
The locative, sir!
CENTURION:
Which is...?!
BRIAN:
'Domum'.
CENTURION:
'Domum'.
BRIAN:
Aaah! Ah.
CENTURION:
'Um'. Understand?
BRIAN:
Yes, sir.
CENTURION:
Now, write it out a hundred times.

Have a great day!

Pericles - mea culpa!

Trust you to pick up the Python allusion.

Have a great day yourself.