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briandmyers · 3705 days ago · link · · parent · post: 7th Bi-Monthly Give Me A Quote From Something You've Been Reading Lately

If a person who indulges in gluttony is a glutton, and a person who commits a felony is a felon, then God is an iron.

- Spider Robinson, "Mindkiller"

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lil · 3705 days ago · link ·

Hi Brian - I've been turning this around in my head for a while and don't -- quite -- get -- it. Irony? It must be about irony.

+discuss+discuss

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briandmyers · 3705 days ago · link ·

Yes, exactly.

The speaker follows this up with a litany of God's ironies (like that fact that humans crave refined sugar, very powerfully, in spite of the fact that it's horribly bad for us; that kind of thing).