Things That Tick Me Off
Somewhere packed away in a box in the garage, I have a journal by that name. It's supposed to be therapeutic, but I don't do well with journals. I can't help but feel that I'm defacing a book if what I write isn't brilliant. But I don't have that much reverence for the blogosphere.
1. Those stupid magnetic ribbons that people have on the backs of their cars. As if you could really pin a bow on your car. They usually say something such as "Freedom Isn't Free" (yes it is) or "Support Our Troops" (whatever that means). They tick me off.
2. Burger King Chicken Fries. Finally, a way to sell more deep-fried nothing than meat. I mean, who was eating a chicken tender and thought, "Whoa. This is way too much"?
3. When people who should know better misuse language. See Bibliophilia for my take on "intrical." Other examples: nucular, jive when jibe is appropriate, using smooth as a verb.
Further bulletins as my mood degenerates.
1. Those stupid magnetic ribbons that people have on the backs of their cars. As if you could really pin a bow on your car. They usually say something such as "Freedom Isn't Free" (yes it is) or "Support Our Troops" (whatever that means). They tick me off.
2. Burger King Chicken Fries. Finally, a way to sell more deep-fried nothing than meat. I mean, who was eating a chicken tender and thought, "Whoa. This is way too much"?
3. When people who should know better misuse language. See Bibliophilia for my take on "intrical." Other examples: nucular, jive when jibe is appropriate, using smooth as a verb.
Further bulletins as my mood degenerates.
posted by Unknown @ 10/24/2005 02:00:00 pm
9 Comments:
At 6:11 pm,
Anonymous said…
what's your argument that freedom is free? - Megan
At 6:46 pm,
Judy said…
I just bought a blank journal today. I have that same problem. Eventually, it will make its way to the pile of blank journals I was going to do something great with, but then realized I don't do anything great.
Maybe this time, I will. I'll let you know.
(please post more often)
At 7:53 pm,
Unknown said…
Ephesians 2:8&9, and others.
At 9:52 pm,
Anonymous said…
That is not an argument. That is a pretty cute, rather smug habit that makes many non-Christians dislike people who do such things. - Megan
At 10:04 pm,
Unknown said…
True, it's not an argument; it is the reason I gave to a Christian who inquired.
I find your accusation harsh and inappropriate given that I am not engaged in argument with non-Christians on this matter. If you'd like me to articulate why I interpret this passage and others the way I do, ask me to do so.
At 11:12 pm,
Anonymous said…
I apologize.
Biblical interpretation is not what I was looking for. I appreciate your offer but I am comfortable with your reasoning based on that passage. I see your side.
I also see another side.
I used the word argument because I was interested in your argument in defense of a statement I found quite controversial. How do you decide that such a phrase deserves a strictly moral consideration? How do you get someone to listen to the Bible in reference to an old, dearly loved, patriotic quote? How do you explain what Americans have as not dearly won? If freedom is free why are there Child prostitutes? I could go on. I'm sorry that I assumed my question was clear before; I should have expounded. I'm sorry that Christian criticism comes to my lips so quickly. I hear it constantly and much of it I understand and often support.
I only offer clarification in writing this. Don't feel obliged to entertain it if you don't care to. I realize perhaps this isn't what you care to do on this venue.
My apologies again
- Megan
At 10:49 am,
Judy said…
(Well...what about ME and MY blank journal?)
At 3:33 pm,
Unknown said…
Megan,
Don't apologize too much; I disagree with your accusation, not your critique.
By saying that freedom is free, I am not giving the platitude a strictly moral interpretation. I don't believe that Christian freedom is only moral. We are set free from fallenness, directional, structural, and moral. Thus, our opinions about freedom will seem offensive to some, including those who believe that bombing Iraqi innocents is part of the price of freedom.
I would take a much more sensitive approach when explaining Christian freedom to a non-Christian veteran. My angry rhetoric gets directed toward Christians who adopt an historically American view of freedom and its price.
Some people are still not free because those who have received the gift of freedom have not distributed it as they should.
Thank you for challenging me to articulate what I sometimes mistakenly believe to be self-evident.
Mom,
I see now that it's your fault that once I messed up the color-coding on page 7 of my marine biology coloring book, the reast remained uncolored.
At 8:50 pm,
Anonymous said…
Eww I JUST saw a commercial for those chicken fries or whatever they were (gross). What's with the creepy king in all the new BK commercials?
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