{"id":675,"date":"2003-05-16T19:31:00","date_gmt":"2003-05-17T01:31:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.lordandrei.com\/blog\/?p=675"},"modified":"2003-05-16T19:31:00","modified_gmt":"2003-05-17T01:31:00","slug":"id-like-to-officially-apologies-to-pigs-everywhere","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.lordandrei.com\/blog\/2003\/05\/16\/id-like-to-officially-apologies-to-pigs-everywhere\/","title":{"rendered":"I&#8217;d like to officially apologies to pigs everywhere."},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Earlier I made a post called, &#8220;Never try to teach a pig to sing&#8230;&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s from an old joke\/parable\/cliche:<br \/>\n<i>&#8220;Never try to teach a pig to sing. It wastes your time and it annoys the pig.&#8221;<\/i><\/p>\n<p>This quotation has been traced to Heinlein (whose experts refute that it is his) and Twain (who has the same refutation {Oh, my what a word})<\/p>\n<p>I used it in a vain attempt to clarify a Fundamentalist Christian&#8217;s views on Paganism and Atheism. I have finally determined the definition of &#8220;Fundamentalist&#8221; that makes me most happy. A fundamentalist is someone who so blindly follows the teachings of their faith that they in fact become a danger to any reputability that faith may actually deserve.<\/p>\n<p>And for those that know me.. I&#8217;ve met more than one Fundamentalist Thelemite.<\/p>\n<p>So, I went to investigate his journal to see exactly how bad he was&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>And as a result, I would like to apologize to pigs everywhere.<\/p>\n<p>Translation&#8230; Suckered in by a troll. Blah<br \/>\n<a HREF=\"http:\/\/members.aol.com\/intwg\/trolls.htm\">An excellent article on the (lack of) care and (not) feeding of trolls<\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"sharedaddy sd-sharing-enabled\"><div class=\"robots-nocontent sd-block sd-social sd-social-icon sd-sharing\"><h3 class=\"sd-title\">Share this:<\/h3><div class=\"sd-content\"><ul><li class=\"share-facebook\"><a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-shared=\"sharing-facebook-675\" class=\"share-facebook sd-button share-icon no-text\" href=\"http:\/\/www.lordandrei.com\/blog\/2003\/05\/16\/id-like-to-officially-apologies-to-pigs-everywhere\/?share=facebook\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to share on Facebook\" ><span><\/span><span class=\"sharing-screen-reader-text\">Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window)<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-twitter\"><a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-shared=\"sharing-twitter-675\" class=\"share-twitter sd-button share-icon no-text\" href=\"http:\/\/www.lordandrei.com\/blog\/2003\/05\/16\/id-like-to-officially-apologies-to-pigs-everywhere\/?share=twitter\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to share on Twitter\" ><span><\/span><span class=\"sharing-screen-reader-text\">Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window)<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-pinterest\"><a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-shared=\"sharing-pinterest-675\" class=\"share-pinterest sd-button share-icon no-text\" href=\"http:\/\/www.lordandrei.com\/blog\/2003\/05\/16\/id-like-to-officially-apologies-to-pigs-everywhere\/?share=pinterest\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to share on Pinterest\" ><span><\/span><span class=\"sharing-screen-reader-text\">Click to share on Pinterest (Opens in new window)<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-tumblr\"><a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-shared=\"\" class=\"share-tumblr sd-button share-icon no-text\" href=\"http:\/\/www.lordandrei.com\/blog\/2003\/05\/16\/id-like-to-officially-apologies-to-pigs-everywhere\/?share=tumblr\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to share on Tumblr\" ><span><\/span><span class=\"sharing-screen-reader-text\">Click to share on Tumblr (Opens in new window)<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-end\"><\/li><\/ul><\/div><\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Earlier I made a post called, &#8220;Never try to teach a pig to sing&#8230;&#8221; It&#8217;s from an old joke\/parable\/cliche: &#8220;Never try to teach a pig to sing. 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