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[electricland]

Found while I was looking for something quite different: Why Christians Should Not Vote For George W. Bush

Wow, it's almost enough to make you like the guy.

I was looking for a news item I swear I heard this morning, but I can't find hide nor hair of it, so maybe I dreamed it. I hope so. I'm not entirely sure why I would have dreamed about a bunch of girls' schools in Pakistan being set on fire, however, so if anyone else has heard about this, please let me know.

I was going to write about how books like Gaudy Night and Daddy-Long-Legs seem almost quaint and old-fashioned with their focus on the fight for women's education, we've come a long way baby, etc., and then you hear about something like that and reflect otherwise. Which is still true, I suppose; goodness knows girls in many developing countries face plenty of barriers to education whether or not their schools are actually being set on fire. If there's one thing I despise (there's more than one; I am not a tolerant woman some days) it's people who pervert a perfectly good religion to act as a stick for their prejudices.

("It doesn't matter where they come from, East or West or Canada, it's always the same sermon. Why don't they go to men's colleges and urge them not to crush out their manly natures through too much intellectual application?" - Judy grumbles about the latest preacher in Daddy-Long-Legs)

Did this entry make any sense at all?

Comments

[fairoriana.livejournal.com]

I do love "Daddy Long-Legs". I have my grandmother's copy. But I'm not convinced many of our generation have read the book.

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[electricland.livejournal.com]

I love it too! I actually read "Dear Enemy" first -- it was in my high school library -- and I'd love to find it, but I think this will involve some online shopping.

I spared you my rant on what a terrible thing Fred Astaire did to DLL. Maybe later.

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[fairoriana.livejournal.com]

Never saw the movie, and I'll now have to look up "Dear Enemy".

[calebbullen.livejournal.com]

That's hilarious.

How exactly is it un-christian to be anti-gun? I would've thought that would be pro-christian. Shows how much I know about christians.

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[electricland.livejournal.com]

Yes! You must! Sallie McBride starts running an orphanage, clashes with Scottish doctor. It's wonderful.

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[fairoriana.livejournal.com]

I was *not* just reading about it on Amazon.com. How could you accuse me thus unjustly?

[punmeister.livejournal.com]

Hadn't heard about it until you mentioned it, but apparently:

Six schools in northern Pakistan burned down

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[keyef.livejournal.com]

Proof, yet again, that if you ever need anything computer/internet related, John is the person to ask!

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[moonlightjoy.livejournal.com]

John is the best internet person ever. just... ever.

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[electricland.livejournal.com]

Thank you! I thought I was going crazy! Google failed me.

And, bastards!

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[electricland.livejournal.com]

*innocentlook*

[moonlightjoy.livejournal.com]

that article made me sick to my stomach.

oh god.... going to throw up now.

I apologize on behalf of all non-crazy Christians...

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[electricland.livejournal.com]

I have a feeling these are the kind of "Christians" that don't think Catholics count as such. (i.e. the crazy kind -- ya think?) Even if they weren't, I don't think you need to feel any sort of responsibility for their nutbar opinions...

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[elissa-carey.livejournal.com]

Agreed. These are the sort of Christians that just make the whole thing look bad. Never mind the big, gaping holes in their logic, or the attempt to patch them up with the Bible; it's the sheer insanity that leaves me wondering, time after time.

[oblomova.livejournal.com]

I love Daddy Long Legs! I have my grandma's copy as well, and it's beat to shit but I adore it. I always wanted to live in a ivy-covered tower room like Judy -- just my shitty luck to end up in a generic crappy dorm room.

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[punmeister.livejournal.com]

The net is just a big game of hide'n'seek; you know everything is out there somewhere, you just have to figure out which nook it has hidden itself in. :)

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[punmeister.livejournal.com]

I would disagree with that, since there are people who dwarf my skill and knowledge, but I don't wanna.

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[punmeister.livejournal.com]

*Tips hat* You're most welcome.

And, yup, they are idiotic..

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[moonlightjoy.livejournal.com]

and you don't have to =). you're still the best.

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[electricland.livejournal.com]

Oh, I know!

I did live in a nice Victorian building in my last year, but my room was still pretty generic...

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[keyef.livejournal.com]

Nah, it is more than that. The things hiding trust you. They come out of hiding for you. Either that or you know the secret code to get them to show themselves.