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26 Nov 2007, 11:02 am

I think Emo Phillips has the answer:

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g_KnHgVZTwY[/youtube]

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26 Nov 2007, 11:14 am

Or is the "Die Heretic!" thing a little harsh?

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26 Nov 2007, 2:08 pm

iamnotaparakeet wrote:

Or is the "Die Heretic!" thing a little harsh?

Or is it a humorous way to point out how people who's beliefs are very, very similar sometimes get hung up on small (insignificant) differences?

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26 Nov 2007, 2:28 pm

monty wrote:

iamnotaparakeet wrote:

Or is the "Die Heretic!" thing a little harsh?

Or is it a humorous way to point out how people who's beliefs are very, very similar sometimes get hung up on small (insignificant) differences?

That is exactly it. The point of the skit anyway.

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26 Nov 2007, 9:22 pm

I've heard that joke many times. For a while, it was circulating around as an email. I wonder if it orginally came from Emo? Anyway, he told it well.

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26 Nov 2007, 9:26 pm

was i the only one that thought that was stupid and unfunny. i hope that guy doesnt make a living doing standup comedy
that was awful to watch

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26 Nov 2007, 10:34 pm

richardbenson wrote:

was i the only one that thought that was stupid and unfunny. i hope that guy doesnt make a living doing standup comedy
that was awful to watch

Although I don't know the minds of everyone else, I'm going to make that a tentative "yes."

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