I don't know whether to be happy or sad. At school I'll continue to say I don't give a crap about football, While at home I'll still not give a crap about football, but still be happy for the Packers.
What irks me about your reviews is the pseudo intellectualism. If you're going to lord over Chick's presentation of history you should at least have a historical foundation yourself. Additionally your silly use of strawman argumentation is sloppy. Not to be harsh, but if you're going to issue a critique, at least make it a good one. What you've done is replace one sloppy argument with another. From your obvious misunderstanding of Puritan motivations and historical records concerning the establishment of the Massachussets Bay Colony, including the extensive records left behind by men such as Daniel Gookin and Thimas Mayhew, to your a prior assumptions concerning the religious and why they feel to be products if their faith, it is sloppy criticism wrapped in a veil of satire.
What irks me about your reviews is the pseudo intellectualism. If you're going to lord over Chick's presentation of history you should at least have a historical foundation yourself. Additionally your silly use of strawman argumentation is sloppy. Not to be harsh, but if you're going to issue a critique, at least make it a good one. What you've done is replace one sloppy argument with another. From your obvious misunderstanding of Puritan motivations and historical records concerning the establishment of the Massachussets Bay Colony, including the extensive records left behind by men such as Daniel Gookin and Thimas Mayhew, to your a prior assumptions concerning the religious and why they feel to be products if their faith, it is sloppy criticism wrapped in a veil of satire.
Well, two guys wrote their reviews on it, not me. BTW, Chick claims that the Puritans "wanted to worship God to seek the lost, but the English exiled them on Christopher Columbus' ships to the New World, where the Puritans founded Salem, Massachusetts." Well, I don't believe his claims, because, first of all, the Puritans wanted to flee from the tyranny of England on the Mayflower, not to "seek the lost" or "be exiled on Columbus' ships"; and the city they founded in Massachusetts was actually Plymouth, not Salem. Weird.
I'm thankful that my family is going to have our own small Thanksgiving dinner later on. Having gone to my aunt's house with my large family, I ended up getting little bits of deep-fried and smoked turkey (neither as good as in the oven), a little bit of incredibly dry stuffing, the chunky kind of cranberry sauce, and a little bit of mashed potatoes (which somehow managed to also taste smoky). Even the sweet potatoes were off, and I thought that was the one dish I could count on because my mom brought it. Oh, and no leftovers.
So yeah, I'm extremely thankful that we're going to do this the right way in about a week and a half.
LOL yeah... Those chick comics are everywhere.. well meaning and some really hateful people leave them in public places.. I personally think they are way too over the top... from what I understand many christian bookstores will not even carry them because they are too over the top.
I was thankful that I got to eat at all. I took the wrong ferry and ended up stranded on a little island where quite literally EVERYTHING was closed except for a pinchito shack by the beach, a 45 minute walk from where I was lucky enough to find a bed for the night.
There are worse places to be stranded than on one of the most beautiful beaches in the world though.
It's basically a holiday that celebrates the time when we were wary friends of the Native Americans before we began to brutally force them off their land and kill them in the gajillions.
In actuality, it is where most people gather together to tolerate their relatives and cook some gigantic meal that no one in the family is really qualified to cook, after which they rush to catch overnight sales when the stores open.
(I personally make it a point not to shop on Friday. The congestion isn't worth the savings to me.)
Don't feel bad, though, you have way more holidays in Australia than the U.S. gets. Actually, it seems most countries do.
(I personally make it a point not to shop on Friday. The congestion isn't worth the savings to me.)
Totally agree. I hate even just regular Saturday crowding.
Did you hear about the lady who used pepper spray on other shoppers at Walmart?! People are nuts. Although mostly I wish it had happened at Macy's rather than Walmart. Hehe. MACE...y's... yeah.
Don't feel bad, though, you have way more holidays in Australia than the U.S. gets. Actually, it seems most countries do.
Going by stock exchange closures (ASX vs NYSE), Australia has 11 holidays a year compared to 9 in the US. Not to mention that Australia has 4 weeks statutory annual leave for full-time employees (and the UK has 5 weeks!), whereas the US only has 2. That's just not right.
It's basically a holiday that celebrates the time when we were wary friends of the Native Americans before we began to brutally force them off their land and kill them in the gajillions.
I need to use this explanation with preschoolers of America!
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The Missing Day
ha thanks lol
Isn't saying that a Chick Tract makes something twisted sorta redundant?
Well, I have two reviews on The Missing Day by Chick:
Review 1
Review 2
planning on too! lol i am planning on eating a lot, and a bunch of pie:D
And to people from elsewhere, happy Thursday.
well.. They're trying their best to play against the Packers
What irks me about your reviews is the pseudo intellectualism. If you're going to lord over Chick's presentation of history you should at least have a historical foundation yourself. Additionally your silly use of strawman argumentation is sloppy. Not to be harsh, but if you're going to issue a critique, at least make it a good one. What you've done is replace one sloppy argument with another. From your obvious misunderstanding of Puritan motivations and historical records concerning the establishment of the Massachussets Bay Colony, including the extensive records left behind by men such as Daniel Gookin and Thimas Mayhew, to your a prior assumptions concerning the religious and why they feel to be products if their faith, it is sloppy criticism wrapped in a veil of satire.
Well, two guys wrote their reviews on it, not me. BTW, Chick claims that the Puritans "wanted to worship God to seek the lost, but the English exiled them on Christopher Columbus' ships to the New World, where the Puritans founded Salem, Massachusetts." Well, I don't believe his claims, because, first of all, the Puritans wanted to flee from the tyranny of England on the Mayflower, not to "seek the lost" or "be exiled on Columbus' ships"; and the city they founded in Massachusetts was actually Plymouth, not Salem. Weird.
So yeah, I'm extremely thankful that we're going to do this the right way in about a week and a half.
Are you telling me that WASN'T a parody comic!!??!
Jesus...
There are worse places to be stranded than on one of the most beautiful beaches in the world though.
I guess you guys have a lot in common!
Here you go, check out how silly I am. Hard to fathom how I haven't been removed from the gene pool already.
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Do they really have a Gilligan's Island by #3 there? That might explain how you got lost on a semi-deserted island. Bad karma.
If you really want to know: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thanksgiving.
In actuality, it is where most people gather together to tolerate their relatives and cook some gigantic meal that no one in the family is really qualified to cook, after which they rush to catch overnight sales when the stores open.
(I personally make it a point not to shop on Friday. The congestion isn't worth the savings to me.)
Don't feel bad, though, you have way more holidays in Australia than the U.S. gets. Actually, it seems most countries do.
Yep, really truly. Apparently it's mostly mangroves and mosquitoes, so I think I got a better deal there.
Totally agree. I hate even just regular Saturday crowding.
Did you hear about the lady who used pepper spray on other shoppers at Walmart?! People are nuts. Although mostly I wish it had happened at Macy's rather than Walmart. Hehe. MACE...y's... yeah.
Going by stock exchange closures (ASX vs NYSE), Australia has 11 holidays a year compared to 9 in the US. Not to mention that Australia has 4 weeks statutory annual leave for full-time employees (and the UK has 5 weeks!), whereas the US only has 2. That's just not right.
I need to use this explanation with preschoolers of America!
Best to alert them to the harsh realities of existence before they put on the blindsights and start believing the lies themselves.