There is no forgiveness without blame. So go ahead, point your finger this Christmas season.

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[Rodney King]

An interesting thing happened this evening. I formed Rodney King's maxim #4. For those of you who haven't been following my maxims, the first three are:

#1: Don't trust anyone who doesn't drink - unless he/she is a recovering alcoholic.

#2: Never take the side of the homosexuals- ever.

#3: Any guy who goes to see Bareback Mountin' is gay.

And now for #4. I was pulling into Sonic with my wife, and some lady cut into the drive through land and got ahead of me. After a flippant remark that I made to the effect of "What a B*tch" or something like that, my wife suggested that she didn't do anything wrong, and that I should be forgiving in the spirit of Christmas. So then it occured to me: How can I forgive her if she didn't do anything wrong? That is when it dawned on me that there is no forgiveness without blame (RK's maxim #4). So go ahead, point your finger, judge people's behavior.

William Blake once said: "The glory of Christianity is to conquer by forgiveness."

Therefore it follows that the glory of forgiveness can not be attained without blame, as there can be no forgiveness without blame.

[khnyny]

Me too.

[Lijahsbubbe]

Never point your finger when a revolver will do.

For every gun you point, there are four pointing back at you?

[JUST A BARTENDER]

#1 Never bring a Gun to a Knife fight.
#2 Never let your mouth write a check your ass can't cash.
#3 Don't talk when you can nod.
Don't nod if you can wink.
Don't wink if you can cough.

[JUST A BARTENDER]

sorry, knife to a gun fight.
It's late!

[billhilly]

...from his album "Rejoice,Dear Hearts"

Yea Verily!

[an amused spectator]

For example, the person who is driving erratically and/or speeding and just cut you off could have just gotten a call that their loved one was in the emergency room at the local hospital.

Real men DON'T empathize.

Death for traffic tickets. ;-)

[satchmodog9]

Cutting someone off and possibly killing them is reason to get where you need to be a minute earlier? It is the height of selfishness and ignorance to put yourself over all others. None of us is more important than the next. None of us should think we are exempt from the rules of law and civilization because they don't happen to be convenient for us at one time. This borders on the liberal action of if it feels good, do it. It is justifying bad behavior.