Tuesday, May 08, 2007
"Let's not play 'Top or Bottom'."
---"How 'bout 'Christian or Pagan'?"
"Ok."
...
"Jews are what again?"
---"Jews and Mormons are more often 'Christian', while Muslims, Hindus, Taoists and Buddhists tend to be 'Pagan'. Remember the idea is to identify those individuals who place higher value on their place in the cosmos---as reborn or chosen or whatever their programming demands---then their place here among fellow living creatures in line for coffee."
"So the game is biased."
---"Where did you get the idea I was putting one group above the other?"
"I know you."
---"It depends on your point-of-view. ... Maybe we should call the game 'Wheat or Chaff'?"
"'Saved or Unsaved'?"
---"'Sanctified or Putrified'?"
---"How 'bout 'Christian or Pagan'?"
"Ok."
...
"Jews are what again?"
---"Jews and Mormons are more often 'Christian', while Muslims, Hindus, Taoists and Buddhists tend to be 'Pagan'. Remember the idea is to identify those individuals who place higher value on their place in the cosmos---as reborn or chosen or whatever their programming demands---then their place here among fellow living creatures in line for coffee."
"So the game is biased."
---"Where did you get the idea I was putting one group above the other?"
"I know you."
---"It depends on your point-of-view. ... Maybe we should call the game 'Wheat or Chaff'?"
"'Saved or Unsaved'?"
---"'Sanctified or Putrified'?"