Lest Ye Celebrate Too Heartily....

[_3sheets2thewind]

Ray, your are too attached to worldly things. I know the victory the humble and meek will, do you?

[_RayAgostini]

Ray, your are too attached to worldly things. I know the victory the humble and meek will, do you?

Churchill drank whiskey daily, and smoked cigars, and unfortunately died at the relatively young age of 90. I'm not one who believes that the Word of Wisdom is infallible. I draw inspiration from anywhere, and I'm a firm believer that it's not what goeth into the mouth and belly that defiles a person.

[_son of Ishmael]

Typical DCP braggadocio if you ask me. Dan never misses a chance to name drop, or let everyone know what kinds of "important" things he is up to. It's always about him.

If you read between the lines, the real message he wants to convey is: "I was my HS Student Body President, not only that, but I ran against a really popular kid and beat him by a wide margin" This is either a sign of insecurity or self absorption. To me, he comes off as extremely self important which is why I have never been a fan of his writings.

He also boasted on his blog that he spoke German so fluently that an Austrian border official couldn't believe he was an American:

So, I confess, is receiving compliments on my German. (Egomaniac that I am.) I got one today from an Austrian border official, who couldn’t believe that I was an American. It made my afternoon. I wouldn’t be able to keep the pretense up for very long these days, I’m afraid. Too many noun-genders and vocabulary items are buried a bit too deeply in my memory. But it starts to come back, and I’m sure that, if I were to stay here for a while — which I may try to do someday (though probably not in Liechtenstein!) — I would do fine.

Utterly contemptible. I condemn him! I also condemn Winston Churchill for saying:

"We are all worms, but I do believe I am a glow-worm."

It was Churchill's "arrogance", and his determination for victory over the invading forces, that essentially won the battle for Britain. A compromising Chamberlain couldn't have done it. I'm quite sure that Dan has spent a lot of time home-teaching "non-entities", and as a bishop spent countless hours counseling the bereaved, the disconsolate, the broken-hearted, the poor, the outcasts, and invested large amounts of time away from family and comforts in the service of his fellowman, with no financial reward or fame attached.

But victories are not always won, in fact seldom won, by timid, shy, "humble" and retiring characters.

Of the love or hatred God has for the English, I know nothing, but I do know that they will all be thrown out of France, except those who die there. - Joan of Arc

I second the OP - don't begin the celebrations prematurely.

I thought the meek were going to inherit the earth.

[_RayAgostini]

I thought the meek were going to inherit the earth.

I think they will. But while we're here in this callous world and it's injustices, the "sword" will occasionally have to be brandished, as in the case of Joan of Arc. Mostly, though, they'll be martyred and burned at stakes.

Giordano Bruno

Unless he was wrongly reported, Jesus didn't say that "the weak will inherit the earth". Being "meek" doesn't mean that you have to register as a doormat.

[_Turkey]

Schadenfreude:
Delight in another's misfortune.

[_son of Ishmael]

I thought the meek were going to inherit the earth.

I think they will. But while we're here in this callous world and it's injustices, the "sword" will occasionally have to be brandished, as in the case of Joan of Arc. Mostly, though, they'll be martyred and burned at stakes.

Giordano Bruno

Unless he was wrongly reported, Jesus didn't say that "the weak will inherit the earth". Being "meek" doesn't mean that you have to register as a doormat.

I agree that you don't have to be a doormat, but you don't have to be a prick either. (When I say "you", I don't mean you personally)

[_Juggler Vain]

Schadenfreude:
Delight in another's misfortune.

Also applicable:

Freudenshade:
Dissatisfaction, unhappiness, or pain as the result of someone else's good fortune.

-JV

[_LDSToronto]

No, He's laughing.

H.

Great song but I don't really get your point. Maybe I need to read the words of the song

If you read the lyrics, it's about a man who is surprised to find that the person he thought loved him is laughing at him, and so he sits off to the side and cries.

Apropos.

H.

[_Drifting]

Schadenfreude:
Delight in another's misfortune.

Is it misfortune when it is brought upon ones self by ones own nasty antics? What is it when one feels satisfaction that another's nastiness has been rewarded by just consequences?

[_LDSToronto]

Schadenfreude:
Delight in another's misfortune.

Is it misfortune when it is brought upon ones self by ones own nasty antics? What is it when one feels satisfaction that another's nastiness has been rewarded by just consequences?

Orgasmic awesomeness covered in chocolate and bacon.

H.