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    Quote Originally Posted by BienvenuJDC View Post
    But Darcy...I can't really see Chinese food (or at least MOST Chinese foods) that can really be off limits to a diet. I just made some stir fry last night for a group of friends. It was all quite healthy (generally speaking) except if you would consider me adding molasses to the chicken's sauce. Then we had fresh fruit with freshly whipped cream for dessert.

    Besides, if it is a "sin" to talk politics, then we would be defining an aspect of sin and it would all be applicable to the original post.
    I don't know about you but I could sure go for some politics right now. Some tasty politics smothered in sweet and sour. Mmmm.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Emil Miller View Post
    Well it's difficult not to elect a career politician in the broader sense but, in UK terms, if you don't want such a person you might end up with someone like Denis Skinner who, I suspect, Paul may well be supportive of. As an American you may not know of him but just Google his name and take in some of the YouTube videos that come to light.
    I like the fact that he's subversive and speaks his mind and has a sense of humour. I know he's a labour MP, but I don't know his views in detail except that he's left of the left.

    Here's a good one. I've just googled him.

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Ytx0...eature=related

    ...sinful though.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Darcy88 View Post
    I don't know about you but I could sure go for some politics right now. Some tasty politics smothered in sweet and sour. Mmmm.
    Perhaps that's the answer - using a food metaphor to discuss it under the guise of gluttony.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Darcy88 View Post
    I don't know about you but I could sure go for some politics right now. Some tasty politics smothered in sweet and sour. Mmmm.
    I honestly believe that we could devour some General Tso over some rice with less contention than feasting over burnt sacrifices.
    Les Miserables,
    Volume 1, Fifth Book, Chapter 3
    Remember this, my friends: there are no such things as bad plants or bad men. There are only bad cultivators.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Paulclem View Post
    I like the fact that he's subversive and speaks his mind and has a sense of humour. I know he's a labour MP, but I don't know his views in detail except that he's left of the left.

    Here's a good one. I've just googled him.

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Ytx0...eature=related

    ...sinful though.
    Given that he's so disagreeable, it's surprising that he gets called as often as he does, but it's funny to watch how his tirades are treated with amused contempt by his opponents.
    Here's Cameron showing another less bitter side of PM's questions.

    http://youtu.be/pkGpXM85qJE
    "L'art de la statistique est de tirer des conclusions erronèes a partir de chiffres exacts." Napoléon Bonaparte.

    "Je crois que beaucoup de gens sont dans cet état d’esprit: au fond, ils ne sentent pas concernés par l’Histoire. Mais pourtant, de temps à autre, l’Histoire pose sa main sur eux." Michel Houellebecq.

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    Ok, I'll have to admit that British politics are quite more fun than US politics.
    Les Miserables,
    Volume 1, Fifth Book, Chapter 3
    Remember this, my friends: there are no such things as bad plants or bad men. There are only bad cultivators.

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    Sin does not have a fixed meaning. It is quite relative and something that is thought of as a complete taboo in one culture could be counted as a positive thing in another area.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Yasaman View Post
    Sin does not have a fixed meaning. It is quite relative and something that is thought of as a complete taboo in one culture could be counted as a positive thing in another area.
    Agree. Therefore to postulate its meaning is an attempt to murder mystery.

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