Comments on: The frog and the scorpion http://www.neptunuslex.com/2007/11/30/the-frog-and-the-scorpion/ The unbearable lightness of Lex. Enjoy! Sun, 21 Mar 2010 00:19:27 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Phil Andrilla http://www.neptunuslex.com/2007/11/30/the-frog-and-the-scorpion/comment-page-1/#comment-418390 Phil Andrilla Sun, 02 Dec 2007 16:31:43 +0000 http://www.neptunuslex.com/2007/11/30/the-frog-and-the-scorpion/#comment-418390 While the election is a year away, the primaries that determine who we will be voting for is less than 2 months away (in those key states that either historically vote for the "winner", or have so many electoral votes that they must be won to preserve the big pitcture. It all stems from the arrogance of several states political machines for wanting the bragging rights to picking the party candidate. Since the parties haven't yet moved up the nomination convention, the verbal sniping is going to get worse, trust me. Dirt will be manufactured, which we all know violates the law of conservation (love the pun), so I know I have to pay attention like it or not. While the election is a year away, the primaries that determine who we will be voting for is less than 2 months away (in those key states that either historically vote for the “winner”, or have so many electoral votes that they must be won to preserve the big pitcture. It all stems from the arrogance of several states political machines for wanting the bragging rights to picking the party candidate.

Since the parties haven’t yet moved up the nomination convention, the verbal sniping is going to get worse, trust me. Dirt will be manufactured, which we all know violates the law of conservation (love the pun), so I know I have to pay attention like it or not.

]]> By: Acksiom http://www.neptunuslex.com/2007/11/30/the-frog-and-the-scorpion/comment-page-1/#comment-418391 Acksiom Sun, 02 Dec 2007 00:48:22 +0000 http://www.neptunuslex.com/2007/11/30/the-frog-and-the-scorpion/#comment-418391 "- Original thoughts: Tends towards zero": My bad. "- Ability to recognize a good idea: Tends towards infinite": Your bad. “- Original thoughts: Tends towards zero”:

My bad.

“- Ability to recognize a good idea: Tends towards infinite”:

Your bad.

]]> By: Gabriel Hanna http://www.neptunuslex.com/2007/11/30/the-frog-and-the-scorpion/comment-page-1/#comment-418384 Gabriel Hanna Sat, 01 Dec 2007 23:58:46 +0000 http://www.neptunuslex.com/2007/11/30/the-frog-and-the-scorpion/#comment-418384 The version I heard from the Middle East ended thusly: Frog: Why did you sting me, I'll drown too! Scorpion: We're both Arabs. The version I heard from the Middle East ended thusly:

Frog: Why did you sting me, I’ll drown too!

Scorpion: We’re both Arabs.

]]> By: Gabriel Hanna http://www.neptunuslex.com/2007/11/30/the-frog-and-the-scorpion/comment-page-1/#comment-418382 Gabriel Hanna Sat, 01 Dec 2007 23:57:57 +0000 http://www.neptunuslex.com/2007/11/30/the-frog-and-the-scorpion/#comment-418382 Another part of the story is that the frog knew what the scorpion was when he agreed to give him a ride. The frog has no one to blame but himself, because as scorpion won't do other than how he does no matter what's in it for him. Another part of the story is that the frog knew what the scorpion was when he agreed to give him a ride. The frog has no one to blame but himself, because as scorpion won’t do other than how he does no matter what’s in it for him.

]]> By: Acksiom http://www.neptunuslex.com/2007/11/30/the-frog-and-the-scorpion/comment-page-1/#comment-418383 Acksiom Sat, 01 Dec 2007 22:59:52 +0000 http://www.neptunuslex.com/2007/11/30/the-frog-and-the-scorpion/#comment-418383 A A

]]> By: Bart http://www.neptunuslex.com/2007/11/30/the-frog-and-the-scorpion/comment-page-1/#comment-418375 Bart Sat, 01 Dec 2007 15:38:12 +0000 http://www.neptunuslex.com/2007/11/30/the-frog-and-the-scorpion/#comment-418375 Gerry: It's a little deeper than that. The scorpion says: "because I am a scorpion, and that is what I do." It's supposed to suggest that this is an innate character of the scorpion, and there is nothing you can do to change it. I disagree with the premise of the parable as applied to the Middle East that cultures are immutable. Gerry: It’s a little deeper than that. The scorpion says: “because I am a scorpion, and that is what I do.” It’s supposed to suggest that this is an innate character of the scorpion, and there is nothing you can do to change it. I disagree with the premise of the parable as applied to the Middle East that cultures are immutable.

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