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Hello, Mr.Wolf, I'd like you to meet my wife Mrs. Human. She's loves those movies.

I don't think that Excie is disgusted that that's the quote next to her avatar. She put it there. I believe that she is expressing her disgust at the pig who fed her that line, to begin with. George

You know what Twinky and Allen? I think I finally get it. It took awhile. You're talking about "keeping a stiff upper lip, don't let your problems hang out there for all to see", right? I can see where you might think of this is an "American thing", whereas it may not even occur to someone from Great Britain or another country to tell a story like this publically. You might even wonder what the point of doing that would be since it isn't going to change anything that happened. An American who cuts their hand while cutting lettuce might go, "Oh my God!!! I've cut my hand, I'm bleeding! I need stitches!!! Take me to Emergency room immediately before I bleed to death!!!" The American would leave at once to get the stitches, and then later, in keeping with American tradition, sue the hospital. Where a Brit might say in a very controlled tone, "Oh drat, I do believe I've cut my hand. It would seem I may need stitches. May I impose on you to take me to the Emergency Room at Hospital? Of course, I will reimburse you for any expenses you may incur. You will? Oh! You're too kind! Well, off with us then! No use in getting worked up is there? I mean it's not as if it's the end of the world or anything. May as well enjoy the ride." Does that pretty much explain it? I think that's because he broke her jaw and she has permanent damage. I think...or maybe she's slow. "a very astute female lawyer (of hers i guess) was blown away by michelle and her wanting to do nothing but help others oh here i go, shut up ex ;)/ Please don't shut up, Excie.

i think perhaps we're all talking a little bit about a little bit of different things i have zero bad feelings toward any poster in this thread i saw michelle on dr. phil (not a fan) and she seemed kind of "slow" mentally to me i was touched heartbroken.... that she is leaving her son "be" because she doesn't want to disrupt his life and the loving (i think adoptive) parents he has only really known anyway i don't know all the damn details, but none of us know what is really in the heart of people, save god.... i guess that includes you and me love,ex i hope she finds peace and i certainly don't begrudge her some physical comforts whatever a very astute female lawyer (of hers i guess) was blown away by michelle and her wanting to do nothing but help others oh here i go, shut up ex ;)

The actual life of Jesus is written in the Gospels- the accounts of the life of the man we're supposed to be adherents of if we ARE Christians. vpw soft-pedaled the Gospels and pushed the Epistles. Someone introduced to twi after vpw was dead and right around when lcm was drawing his line in the sand heard lcm going off in his brash, shouting fashion, and commented. He talked about when Jesus washed the feet of his disciples, and said they should do the same. He said that, if lcm could get himself to where he could wash the feet of the disciples, he'd be all right. I've often thought about how that can apply, to some degree, to everyone who ever had time in twi. Sometimes I thought of it more literally in terms of washing off sneakers people were wearing, but I've also thought about things like washing people's toilets, stepping forward to help the homeless, the poor and hungry. A real Christian is supposed to have compassion- like Jesus did/does- and the actions of the compassionate seem diametrically opposed to the actions of the arrogant and prideful. Some of us could use a little time now and again doing the acts of the compassionate. Even if one isn't compassionate while doing it, I think there's a trickle-up effect where one starts to develop compassion while there in the middle of things. Hm. Compassion can be trained and grown.