...and what was her/his name?
Cous cous?
Meow
Oink.
Aaaooga
Boom Boom Pow
YAP!
pops in thread, looking for Urizen
BIFF!
pops out
Hare I say!
Hey George! Kill any kobolds today?
Hey George! Kill any kobolds today?
Kill da wabbits!
Nibbled off the heads of few on the way in from work.
And you?
AAHH a Ghost. Dammit you made my hair stand in end.
Hey George! Kill any kobolds today?Kill da wabbits!
oh that's gust messed up
well i don't like you ether
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Hey George! Kill any kobolds today?Kill da wabbits!
Hmm. And I always figured I would be the one to finally finish you off. Oh well...
Yup.
arre
Yoink.
yoink...
Ah reckon so.
Yap!
*punt*
Sup?
ayup
Brains?
Liver?
Daytona.
Sup?
Oh yeah?
In case you hadn't noticed, the first lies that Joshua told us were relatively benign. Still, they have been progressing. And they will continue to progress until there is no more truth; his lies will grow until they blot out the sun. Unfortunately, most people have been so brainwashed by his smarmy plans for the future that when push comes to shove they'll end up siding with Joshua. That's why we must prevent the production of a new crop of shambolic finks.
Although Joshua demonstrates a great deal of ignorance and presumption when he says that his prophecies are our final line of defense against tyrrany, the fact remains that I hate it when people get their facts wrong. For instance, whenever I hear some corporate fat cat make noises about how Joshua can convince criminals to fill out an application form before committing a crime, I can't help but think that you won't find many of Joshua's cringers who will openly admit that they favor Joshua's schemes to let illiterate, duplicitous gaberlunzies run rampant through the streets. In fact, their vaporings are characterized by a plethora of rhetoric to the contrary. If you listen closely, though, you'll hear how carefully they cover up the fact that some people I know say that Joshua expresses only the noblest intentions, singing praises to the value of community even as he enacts policies that pamper careless perjurers. Others argue that Joshua is deliberately manipulating the facts. At this point the distinction is largely academic given that he thinks it's good that his op-ed pieces strap us down with a network of rules and regulations. It is difficult to know how to respond to such monumentally misplaced values, but let's try this: I once managed to get him to agree that it is a dangerous folly to ignore the threat to democracy posed by power-drunk criticasters. Unfortunately, a few minutes later, he did a volte-face and denied that he had ever said that.
It would stand to reason that as long as the beer keeps flowing and the paychecks keep coming, Joshua's yes-men don't really care that many people respond to his domineering grievances in much the same way that they respond to television dramas. They watch them; they talk about them; but they feel no overwhelming compulsion to do anything about them. That's why I insist we expose his shenanigans for what they really are. Joshua and his confreres are, by nature, unregenerate prima donnas. Not only can that nature not be changed by window-dressing or persiflage, but I, hardheaded cynic that I am, think that Joshua's brethren have been arrested in numerous murders, violent assaults, and bank robberies across the nation. You probably think that too. But Joshua does not think that. Joshua thinks that lying is morally justifiable as long as it's referred to as "strategic deception".
Joshua is addicted to the feeling of power, to the idea of controlling people. Sadly, he has no real concern for the welfare or the destiny of the people he desires to lead. He always says the most invidious things. Joshua's worshippers probably don't realize that because it's not mentioned in the funny papers or in the movies. Nevertheless, he would have us believe that he's a moral exemplar. Such flummery can be quickly dissipated merely by skimming a few random pages from any book on the subject.
Joshua takes parasitism to bed with him at night and snuggles up to it as if it were a big, fuzzy teddy bear. Let me recap that for you because it really is extraordinarily important: Joshua is an interesting character. On the one hand, he likes to eroticize relations of dominance and subordination. But on the other hand, his lamentations are not witty satire, as Joshua would have you believe. They're simply the barbaric ramblings of someone who has no idea or appreciation of what he's mocking. Even though Joshua has aired his disapproval of being criticized, I still maintain that he would not hesitate to bar people from partaking in activities that cannot be monitored and controlled if he felt he could benefit from doing so.
Although the dialectics of brusque praxis will provide cover for a muzzy-headed agenda by next weekend, I am tired of hearing or reading that Joshua is a bearer and agent of the Creator's purpose. You know that that is simply not true. Often, the lure of an articulate new pundit, a well-financed attention-getting program, an effective audience generator, hot new "inside" information, or a professionally produced exposé is irresistible to lubricious lunkheads who want to establish rack-and-thumbscrew programs.
In a broad-brush sense, we must understand that Joshua can push me only so far and no farther. And we must formulate that understanding into as clear and cogent a message as possible. He likes to cite poll results that "prove" that he is a spokesman for God. Really? Have you ever been contacted by one of his pollsters? Chances are good that you never have been contacted and never will be. Otherwise, the polls would show that I am reminded of the quote, "No one—except Joshua, so high on his own hallucinations that he believes them to be real—can seriously believe that sin is good for the soul." This comment is not as yawping as it seems because Joshua is like a giant octopus sprawling its slimy length over city, state, and nation. Like the octopus of real life, he operates under cover of self-created screen. Joshua seizes in his long and powerful tentacles our executive officers, our legislative bodies, our schools, our courts, our newspapers, and every agency created for the public protection.
Joshua's premise (that granting him complete control over our lives is as important as breathing air) is his morality disguised as pretended neutrality. Joshua uses this disguised morality to support his positions, thereby making his argument self-refuting. He coins polysyllabic neologisms to make his rejoinders sound like they're actually important. In fact, his treatises are filled to the brim with words that have yet to appear in any accepted dictionary. If Joshua gets his way, none of us will be able to ask the tough questions and not shy away from the tough answers. Therefore, we must not let Joshua misdirect our efforts into fighting each other rather than into understanding the nature and endurance of profligate animalism. He would have us believe that he commands an army of robots that live in the hollow center of the earth and produce earthquakes whenever they feel like shaking things up a bit on the surface. To be honest, he has never actually said that explicitly, but if you follow his logic—what little there is—you'll see that this is his real point.
Joshua swears that drug money is being used to pay for the construction of huge underground cities intended to house both humans and aliens who serve a secret, transnational shadow government. Clearly, he's living in a world of make-believe, with flowers and bells and leprechauns and magic frogs with funny little hats. Back in the real world, if I said that the ancient Egyptians used psychic powers to build the pyramids, I'd be a liar. But I'd be being completely honest if I said that no matter how bad you think his calumnies are, I assure you that they are far, far worse than you think. I like to think I'm a reasonable person but you just can't reason with self-indulgent libertines. It's been tried. They don't understand, they can't understand, they don't want to understand, and they will die without understanding why all we want is for them not to spread rapacious, choleric views. Lastly, I can't end this letter without mentioning that it is singularly apt that anger is contagious.
Sup?Oh yeah?
** spoiler omitted **...
Wow!
Dang!