tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7882696241406815138.post8578356724270000528..comments2023-09-02T14:13:10.364-07:00Comments on Mouse's Musings: Rebels without ConsequencesMousehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11936002393931074811noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7882696241406815138.post-6986676259372498102017-06-07T14:24:50.291-07:002017-06-07T14:24:50.291-07:00Seed of Bismuth said...
we kill pigs when there yo...Seed of Bismuth said...<br />we kill pigs when there young many many types of pig are 200 to 300 pounds full grown and if there wild ones that's muscle not fat so very capable of being ridden on and killing the king of westorosAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7882696241406815138.post-28766821665752674072015-11-25T07:15:55.912-08:002015-11-25T07:15:55.912-08:00Rrrrriiiiiggghhhttt.
Just off the top of my head,...Rrrrriiiiiggghhhttt.<br /><br />Just off the top of my head, I can think of a few things to do with a pig that are WAY more despicable than outfitting it with a little piggy saddle and riding on it.<br /><br />What happened to the great RTC tradition of making up stories about all the lurid things that happen in "Satanic" rituals? It's not like the dude doesn't have any material to draw from.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7882696241406815138.post-37028928658682338452015-11-24T15:58:43.969-08:002015-11-24T15:58:43.969-08:00Anonymous, here's a comment from the Man Himse...Anonymous, here's a comment from the Man Himself, via http://www.leftbehind.com/03_authors_testimonials/viewAuthorInteractions.asp?pageid=856&channelID=79 :<br /><br /><b>What inspired you to write about Carpathia riding a pig? How did you come up with that?</b><br />It was one of those things where Carpathia is the ideal villain. You can make him do the worst things imaginable. I tried not to make him too comical because you can get silly with it. But I think Satan imitates everything Christ did. And what's the worst blasphemy in a synagogue? Jews don't even eat pork let alone <i>ride</i> on a pig. I just tried to think of the most blasphemous things he could do, and that was one of them. I tried to imagine myself if this were my religion. A pig is unclean. It's not worth eating. They keep it separate. Here it is in the temple; here it is on the Via Dolorosa. It was just a matter of trying to make him as despicable as possible.<br /><br /><br /><br /><br />...so that answers that then.Firedrakenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7882696241406815138.post-64104673223712898762015-11-24T14:17:06.171-08:002015-11-24T14:17:06.171-08:001) "You monster!"---I totally read that ...1) "You monster!"---I totally read that in Gingy's voice. <br /><br />2) Can somebody explain to me the Biblical significance of the giant-pig-riding incident? I've read Revelation a few times in the past, but I can't remember any mention of pig-riding being a thing that the Antichrist does. Is there supposed to be a reason why the authors put it in there?<br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7882696241406815138.post-44646095062546898692015-11-22T01:22:22.122-08:002015-11-22T01:22:22.122-08:00Here is your Sunday wake-up shock: there are proba...Here is your Sunday wake-up shock: there are probably people out there who are nostalgic for the original <i>Left Behind</i> books.<br /><br />There are two classic ways of using a fellow prisoner in an interrogation:<br /><br />① "She's told us everything, we just need to cross-check with you, let's get this done so we can all go home."<br /><br />② "For every question you don't answer, we hurt her."<br /><br />And for number 1 you don't even need to pretend she's still alive. Meanwhile, you shouldn't arrest terrorists because their mates say they're "sweet girls"?<br /><br />I wonder whether it's a theory of mind thing: the L&J community genuinely cannot see that a fundamentalist Muslim might believe all the same important things as them (my religious leader is right, yours is wrong, we are being oppressed but are the only people who have the truth, the world is corrupt and needs to be brought to its senses, a woman's place is wherever I say it is). Either that or they're just lying. Doesn't make them look good either way.<br /><br />It's clearly reassuring to think of the Nazis as uniquely and supernaturally horrible, because then you don't need to confront the idea that with the right pressure maybe you would participate in horrors yourself. Not looking at any horror-promoting presidential candidate in particular.<br /><br />The GC goons are a proxy for the writers. They don't know why they're drugging Mark, but they know that drugging the captured rebel is the sort of thing villains do, and they have to keep hitting those tropes.<br /><br />Tim LaHaye was a machine-gunner on a USAAF bomber in 1944. Isn't that action enough for him?<br /><br />"I'm sorry, you can't go. We've already written the book with this mission in it, and we hadn't thought of you then."<br /><br />My smutty reading is more about Vicki's concern for her and Judd's ability to "get there". Well, they clearly need to practice some more.<br /><br />Have I not mentioned the sketch from Aftermyth of War here? I can't find it in the comments. The first quote <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beyond_the_Fringe#Quotations" rel="nofollow">here</a>, anyway. That's the feeling I get from these angels.<br /><br />Standard GC interrogations should include the preamble "if you answer with anything other than 'yes' or 'no' we bring in the rats <i>right now</i>".Firedrakenoreply@blogger.com