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To: sully777
Now there's the UAE we all knew existed under that sweet, innocent, Jew-hating exterior.

Reminds me of a story...

The Scorpion and the Frog

A scorpion and a frog meet on the bank of a stream and the scorpion asks the frog to carry him across on its back. The frog asks, "How do I know you won't sting me?" The scorpion says, "Because if I do, I will die too."

The frog is satisfied, and they set out, but in midstream, the scorpion stings the frog. The frog feels the onset of paralysis and starts to sink, knowing they both will drown, but has just enough time to gasp "Why?"

Replies the scorpion: "Its my nature..."
694 posted on 03/09/2006 10:46:23 AM PST by jimbo123
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To: jimbo123

Now there's the UAE we all knew existed under that sweet, innocent, Jew-hating exterior.

Reminds me of a story...

The Scorpion and the Frog

A scorpion and a frog meet on the bank of a stream and the scorpion asks the frog to carry him across on its back. The frog asks, "How do I know you won't sting me?" The scorpion says, "Because if I do, I will die too."

The frog is satisfied, and they set out, but in midstream, the scorpion stings the frog. The frog feels the onset of paralysis and starts to sink, knowing they both will drown, but has just enough time to gasp "Why?"

Replies the scorpion: "Its my nature..."



It's not a great bedtime story but it is quite accurate.


744 posted on 03/09/2006 10:52:27 AM PST by sully777 (wWBBD: What would Brian Boitano do?)
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To: jimbo123
..it's my nature!

Bingo, we have a winner!

It's just that simple, scorps & dune bunnies don't evolve significantly in one or two generations, no matter how much or where you kiss them Mr. Bush.

"Oww, buurnnn!

796 posted on 03/09/2006 10:59:30 AM PST by norraad ("What light!">Blues Brothers)
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Yes, a clever allegory, but also stupid. Why didn't the scorpion just jump on his back and kill him on the shore?

It's clear that the author was actually making a point about assisted suicide.


848 posted on 03/09/2006 11:09:05 AM PST by CharlesWayneCT
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