[lbo-talk] It must be in here somewhere [found it!]

[Carl Remick]

>From: "Leigh Meyers" <leighcmeyers at gmail.com>
>
>Carl Remick:
>
> > Actually there is very little that can't be justified if you ransack
> > the Bible long enough -- the Good Book being famously a source of
> > rationales for Beelzebub himself.... > All things considered, 
>scripture-wise, Robertson was pretty mellow in
> > his wrath and indignation the other day.
> >
>"Rabbinic literature has focused on Amalek as the archetypal enemy of the 
>Israelites."
>  
>http://www.google.com/url?sa=X&start=0&oi=define&ei=C4YOQ7y1C43sYKzU8IcE&sig2=cFQ2h-8oJ2qbBwEi0TJRiA&q=http://www.bluethread.com/glossary.htm
>
>The key word here is "archetypal". These books and stories are supposed
>to be guides, hints, and parables, not effin' instruction manuals for 
>vicious
>and spiritually blank morons like Robertson.

I'm reminded of the one good line from "Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse 
of the Black Pearl":  "The Pirate's Code ... is more what you'd call 
'guidelines' than actual rules."

Carl