[identity profile] meus-ovatio.livejournal.com posting in [community profile] talkpolitics

Parable about a man throwing shit in a well:

There was a man who was throwing shit down a well, and the people asked of him thus, "Why are you throwing shit down the well?"

And the man responded, "I am throwing shit down the well because John threw shit down the well."

And the people pressed him further, saying, "But that doesn't help!"

And the man cried out to the people, "But we can't sit by and let them do all the throwing of the shit down the well! We have to stand up for ourselves! We have to show them that we won't take it anymore!"

"But the well is full of shit now, dude," responded the people of the village. "And we do not like our well being full of shit!"

"And so you would do nothing?!" the man yelled.

"Well I suppose we could use the bucket to take the shit out of the well," said a young boy.

And the people were amazed and grew silent at his teaching.

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Date: 22/4/10 19:33 (UTC)
From: [identity profile] underlankers.livejournal.com
Words of wit and a good deal of truth. >.>

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Date: 22/4/10 19:38 (UTC)
From: [identity profile] pastorlenny.livejournal.com
Just say "dung" or "manure" and this'll preach, as they say.

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Date: 22/4/10 19:52 (UTC)
From: [identity profile] ddstory.livejournal.com
Exactly how many cool icons of yourself do you have! :)

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Date: 22/4/10 19:58 (UTC)
From: [identity profile] pastorlenny.livejournal.com
One for every season.

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Date: 22/4/10 19:52 (UTC)
From: [identity profile] ddstory.livejournal.com
Subtle. Simple. And thought provoking. Well done.

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Date: 22/4/10 20:48 (UTC)
From: [identity profile] johnny9fingers.livejournal.com
Oh, intersex fish make folk so angry.

Embrace the fact you may have eggs in your testes.

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Date: 22/4/10 21:47 (UTC)
From: [identity profile] abomvubuso.livejournal.com
Whoah, didnt see that coming. I was expecting a Ray Bradbury sort of end but even better, it turned Confucius!

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Date: 22/4/10 21:49 (UTC)
From: [identity profile] htpcl.livejournal.com
Tell me about it. The ending reminded me of ...something (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=snwvpJ7DxyY).

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Date: 22/4/10 22:10 (UTC)
From: [identity profile] abomvubuso.livejournal.com
Blind Guardian is <3

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Date: 22/4/10 22:18 (UTC)
From: [identity profile] mahnmut.livejournal.com
I have another one.

Two frogs lived in a swamp. When summer came it drained the swamp, so they had to abandon it and move on to look for some other place to live. They finally reached a well full of water. One said,

"My dear, let's get down that well and live at the bottom!"

But the other one who appeared to be smarter, said,

"What if the well drains off too? How would we get out?"

And the first frog was amazed and grew silent to the other's teaching.

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Date: 22/4/10 22:28 (UTC)
From: [identity profile] ddstory.livejournal.com
Well played my dear.

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Date: 23/4/10 04:25 (UTC)
From: [identity profile] geezer-also.livejournal.com
Do you have talking frogs in SA?

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Date: 23/4/10 10:52 (UTC)
From: [identity profile] mahnmut.livejournal.com
They talk frog language.

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Date: 23/4/10 02:40 (UTC)
From: [identity profile] geezer-also.livejournal.com
I don't get it, I think.

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Date: 23/4/10 04:05 (UTC)
From: [identity profile] the-rukh.livejournal.com
What is the sound of one hand holding a lotus blossom while you are standing on top of a hill with a badger at your feet? Does that help?

Now it's clear!

Date: 23/4/10 04:23 (UTC)
From: [identity profile] geezer-also.livejournal.com
Why didn't he just say so, I mean really. I've had to dig thru Cat and Opossum s**t and even pigeon dung to repair leaks on a roof, but that's my job. I certainly don't like to dig thru it to find some zen meaning.

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Date: 26/4/10 19:48 (UTC)
From: [identity profile] the-rukh.livejournal.com
That is not zen, that's Christian.

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Date: 23/4/10 11:20 (UTC)
From: [identity profile] mahnmut.livejournal.com
Oh no, not another Paft.

I get it. It must be the age.

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Date: 23/4/10 19:17 (UTC)
From: [identity profile] geezer-also.livejournal.com
OK, maybe SS but Paft, I don't think so. I'd take Umbridge but she was a character in HP.

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Date: 24/4/10 09:07 (UTC)
From: [identity profile] lafinjack.livejournal.com
Image (http://dresdencodak.com/)

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Date: 26/4/10 19:49 (UTC)
From: [identity profile] the-rukh.livejournal.com
That's pretty great!

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