You mean I'm also responsible for the Fall of Rome? Sheesh.

Just had to share with my brethren. I was conversing with a soon-to-be-former friend of mine this weekend. We go way way back, and she's recently undergone a conversion to da Lord. Good for her, anything that floats her boat, you know?

Anyway, we were talking about the exclusion of "under God" from the Pledge. In the midst of our reasonable conversation, she comes out with this:

"They're just pushing and pushing us towards being a God-less society. You know, homosexuals and other sexual deviants were responsible for the fall of Rome."

Dead silence on my part. I mean, what do you say to a comment like THAT? Then it came to me:

"Well, you should be rejoicing...wasn't it the Romans that were feeding Christians to the lions? I saw QUO VADIS. So, it stands to reason that christianity should celebrate queers!"

Dead silence on her part.

But seriously, boys -- I mean, c'mon...sheesh....what DO you say when confronted with stupidity like that? Is it even worth an argument?

Rome, fallen? Please tell your born-again friend: I've been to Rome (twice), and it's not only beautiful and thriving, it's just loaded with amici di Dorothy. La Dolce Vita -- like sin -- is in the eye of the beholder.

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Oh, Christ, when will people realize God is a METAPHOR??

And all white Americans are still responsible for slavery, all Christian Germans are still responsible for the holocaust, and all Middle Easterners are responsible for Sep 11. Rome wasn't inhabited entirely by homosexuals and there was a lot more involved than just sex that caused the fall of Rome. Tell your friend to take a class in European history.

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nah--I loved it. We can be some very powerful MFs.

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Generally I just don't stoop to the level of such stupid ravings - I won't reply - I'll just walk away.

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oh my, that's depressing. and so is your...friend? was it?
as far as i know, rome didn't like homosexuality anymore than it like Gaulic and Germanic tribes. but history aside, your friend is a C**T (i don't use that word lightly) who needs to get her born-again ass in line. i like to use the line "Mmm...that's interesting! why are you afraid of me again? oh ya, cause your a fat cow who, possesing a bovine intelligence, is easily lead by the herd. tell farmer Jesse Jackson i said hi, will ya?"

but that's just my response.

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nah, no one better malign those udders

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I'm being maligned? Where?

and good on your pic hon. hott!!! now that's what the fall of rome is all about!

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