# Is it "Bring a Dope to the Dope Week"? **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [October 31, 2009, 2:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-bring-a-dope-to-the-dope-week/515806 "2009-10-31T02:42:00Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![armedmonkey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/d6d6ee/32.png) [@armedmonkey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/armedmonkey)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2009, 2:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-bring-a-dope-to-the-dope-week/515806/61 "2009-11-04T02:43:38Z")
> [@adhay](#): > > ``` > IN OUR HEART > > ``` > > JESUS IS KNOCKING, KNOCKING AT YOUR DOOR. > WON’T YOU LET HIM IN YOUR HEART? (YOU KNOW) HE’LL NEVER ASK FOR MORE. > HE ONLY WANTS TO HELP YOU TURN YOUR HEAD AROUND, > LET YOU SEE THE LIGHTER SIDE OF LIFE AND NEVER WEAR A FROWN > 'CAUSE HE LOVES YOU, YES HE LOVES YOU IN HIS HEART. > > HE WOULD ASK FOR NOTHING EXCEPT TO BE YOUR FRIEND, > TO WALK WITH YOU THROUGH ALL YOUR FEARS AND SEE YOU THROUGH THE END. > ANY TIME YOU STUMBLE, YOU WON’T HAVE TO CALL; > HE’LL PUT HIS ARMS AROUND YOU TIGHT AND NEVER LET YOU FALL > AND YOU’LL LOVE HIM, YES YOU’LL LOVE HIM IN YOUR HEART. > > THAT DOOR WHICH OPENS INWARD CAN’T BE OPENED WIDE > WHILE YOU THINK YOUR BROTHER’S DOWN ON YOU AND YOU STILL HAVE THINGS TO HIDE. > THE LESSON OF FORGIVENESS IS ALL WE NEED TO LEARN > TO SEE THE DARKNESS FALL AWAY UNTIL WE CAN DISCERN > THAT HE LOVES US, YES HE LOVES US IN OUR HEART. > > CAN YOU LET YOUR HEART BE OPEN FOR THE UNIVERSE TO SEE > AND KNOW GOD HAS FOUND YOU GUILTLESS? IN THAT INSTANT YOU ARE FREE > TO ACCEPT THE LOVE HE OFFERS, GIVE HIM ALL YOUR FEAR > AND THEN YOUR EYES WILL OPEN AND THE WORLD WILL DISAPPEAR > AND YOU’LL SEE HIM, YES YOU’LL SEE HIM IN YOUR HEART. > > AND WHEN YOU SEE THE WORLD AGAIN YOU’LL SEE IT IN THE LIGHT > AND FIND ALL YOUR HOPES AND FEARS HAVE VANISHED WITH THE NIGHT. > THE LOVE YOU’VE FOUND WITHIN YOU HAS CHANGED THE WORLD YOU SEE > TO ONE WHERE ALL GOD’S CHILDREN PLAY IN PERFECT HARMONY > 'CAUSE YOU’VE SEEN HIM, YES YOU’VE SEEN HIM IN YOUR HEART. > > JESUS IS KNOCKING, KNOCKING AT YOUR DOOR. > IF YOU’LL LET HIM IN YOUR HEART, (YOU KNOW) YOU’LL NEVER ASK FOR MORE > THAN TO SHARE THE LOVE HE’LL FREE IN YOU, THE JOY THAT YOU WILL FIND > IN BRINGING TO A WEARY WORLD YOUR BLESSED PEACE OF MIND > 'CAUSE YOU’VE SEEN HIM, YES YOU’VE SEEN HIM IN OUR HEART. Good God, where did that come from? Is Jehovah punishing me for making a Pope joke? I repent! ---
**Author:** ![Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e8c25b/32.png) [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Really_Not_All_That_Bright)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2009, 3:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-bring-a-dope-to-the-dope-week/515806/62 "2009-11-04T03:11:20Z")
**adhay** is Jesus? ---
**Author:** ![ToeJam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/dfb087/32.png) [@ToeJam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ToeJam)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2009, 4:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-bring-a-dope-to-the-dope-week/515806/63 "2009-11-04T04:30:27Z")
Or a Born Again Hearing Impaired Bob Dylan Fan. ---
**Author:** ![Eyebrows\_0f\_Doom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eyebrows_0f_doom/32/3119_2.png) [@Eyebrows\_0f\_Doom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eyebrows_0f_Doom)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2009, 4:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-bring-a-dope-to-the-dope-week/515806/64 "2009-11-04T04:47:06Z")
> [@Nava](#): > > **jsgoddess** , did you forget about that person saying that “there isn’t anything wrong with Detroit’s current state, [we like it that way](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=537429&page=2)”, or you simply hadn’t gotten around to suffering her? She appears at post 58. Oh her. Yeah she’s a wackadoo. There was some thread a month or so back where a woman was asking where to meet people and she started obsessively talking about how the only place to meet a man was at a gun club. It was really bizarre. ---
**Author:** ![raindog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/2bfe46/32.png) [@raindog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/raindog)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2009, 5:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-bring-a-dope-to-the-dope-week/515806/65 "2009-11-04T05:13:58Z")
> [@jsgoddess](#): > > And I didn’t know about it? > > Some dude is complaining in GD [because he’s harmed by “Girls Gone Wild”](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=11707376&postcount=155) and by girls wanting to have sex with him. > > Thirteen-year-olds are saying [it’s okay for 5-10% of women to die seeking abortion](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=11715107&postcount=238). Oh, and don’t forget asking [if slaves were lucky](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=537021) or if [God hates sissies](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=11723417&postcount=25). > > The [ever stunningly clueless](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=11721308&postcount=261) thinking that Dick Cheney defends people’s rights (plus extra ellipses, because they… make any point… more effective…) > > Curtis LeMay is everywhere, raindog (like always) is going nowhere fast, and my god, if SmartAlx isn’t someone burning off a sock by presenting the board with “Starving Artist, Jr.” then I weep for humanity. > > Oh, to hell with it. I’ll weep for humanity tomorrow. I’ll point and laugh at this chuckleheads today. Name calling; the last vestige of the tired mind. ---
**Author:** ![Guinastasia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guinastasia/32/5751_2.png) [@Guinastasia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guinastasia)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2009, 5:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-bring-a-dope-to-the-dope-week/515806/66 "2009-11-04T05:30:20Z")
> [@Eyebrows\_0f\_Doom](#): > > Oh her. Yeah she’s a wackadoo. There was some thread a month or so back where a woman was asking where to meet people and she started obsessively talking about how the only place to meet a man was at a gun club. It was really bizarre. Wasn’t she also the one who claimed it was illegal for women to wear pants until the 1970s? ---
**Author:** ![armedmonkey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/d6d6ee/32.png) [@armedmonkey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/armedmonkey)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2009, 5:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-bring-a-dope-to-the-dope-week/515806/67 "2009-11-04T05:35:29Z")
> [@raindog](#): > > Name calling; the last vestige of the tired mind. …? ---
**Author:** ![Guinastasia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guinastasia/32/5751_2.png) [@Guinastasia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guinastasia)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2009, 5:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-bring-a-dope-to-the-dope-week/515806/68 "2009-11-04T05:48:03Z")
> [@raindog](#): > > Name calling; the last vestige of the tired mind. Last time I checked, this was the Pit. This kind of thing is allowed here. ---
**Author:** ![elbows](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/b3f665/32.png) [@elbows](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elbows)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2009, 5:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-bring-a-dope-to-the-dope-week/515806/69 "2009-11-04T05:58:54Z")
Yeah, but she’s not wrong. ---
**Author:** ![armedmonkey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/d6d6ee/32.png) [@armedmonkey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/armedmonkey)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2009, 6:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-bring-a-dope-to-the-dope-week/515806/70 "2009-11-04T06:07:24Z")
> [@elbows](#): > > Yeah, but she’s not wrong. “Not wrong” because “chucklehead” is name calling? How old are you are you? Seven? ---
**Author:** ![kaylasdad99](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kaylasdad99/32/3398_2.png) [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2009, 6:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-bring-a-dope-to-the-dope-week/515806/71 "2009-11-04T06:25:17Z")
> [@A Monkey With a Gun](#): > > “Not wrong” because “chucklehead” is name calling? How old are you are you? > > Seven? Waitaminute. Who is it you think **elbows** is saying isn’t wrong? **jsgoddess** or **raindog**? **elbows** , who’s not wrong, **jsgoddess** , or **raindog**? Personally, I think **elbows** is saying **jsgoddess** is the one who’s not wrong, not least because I don’t think **raindog** is a “she”. ---
**Author:** ![armedmonkey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/d6d6ee/32.png) [@armedmonkey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/armedmonkey)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2009, 7:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-bring-a-dope-to-the-dope-week/515806/72 "2009-11-04T07:01:48Z")
Now you have me confused. All I know is a few posters are chuckleheads, and maybe I need to think up another Pope joke. ---
**Author:** ![wonky](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wonky/32/393_2.png) [@wonky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wonky)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2009, 1:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-bring-a-dope-to-the-dope-week/515806/73 "2009-11-04T13:28:32Z")
> [@raindog](#): > > Name calling; the last vestige of the tired mind. Dude, that is the most coherent comment you’ve made to me, ever. I’m completely shocked you didn’t add in that fetuses don’t call names or that PeeWee Herman and Ethel Merman once did a duet about salmon. ---
**Author:** ![elbows](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/b3f665/32.png) [@elbows](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elbows)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2009, 1:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-bring-a-dope-to-the-dope-week/515806/74 "2009-11-04T13:37:23Z")
**jsgoddess** is not wrong. That’s what I meant. And **Monkey with a gun** , you’re chastising someone for calling names and then spouting, “How old are you? Seven?”? Ooooh, great comeback, way to make a point. Seriously? You’re making her point for her now! ---
**Author:** ![Crotalus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/crotalus/32/41_2.png) [@Crotalus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crotalus)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2009, 1:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-bring-a-dope-to-the-dope-week/515806/75 "2009-11-04T13:43:47Z")
> [@Argent\_Towers](#): > > I fuckin’ agree, but still, it galls me to see “faux cursing” with symbols like ampersands and asterisks in place of the actual words. It just makes me think of other forums I’ve been on that are less liberal-minded than this place when it comes to free speech, and automatically censor any swear words; there’s something very childish and silly about it. Words are words. Some people are posting from work computers which have snooping and keystroke recording software on them, triggered by keywords. ---
**Author:** ![wonky](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wonky/32/393_2.png) [@wonky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wonky)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2009, 1:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-bring-a-dope-to-the-dope-week/515806/76 "2009-11-04T13:44:46Z")
> [@elbows](#): > > **jsgoddess** is not wrong. That’s what I meant. > > And **Monkey with a gun** , you’re chastising someone for calling names and then spouting, “How old are you? Seven?”? > > Ooooh, great comeback, way to make a point. Seriously? > > You’re making her point for her now! Monkey with a Gun isn’t chastising anyone. S/he didn’t know if you were saying I wasn’t wrong or raindog wasn’t wrong. Oh, and I called raindog “stunningly clueless,” and I’m standing behind that sucker until Dan Patrick and Desmond Tutu announce their gay love affair aboard the International Space Station. ---
**Author:** ![Guinastasia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guinastasia/32/5751_2.png) [@Guinastasia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guinastasia)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2009, 11:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-bring-a-dope-to-the-dope-week/515806/77 "2009-11-04T23:32:51Z")
> [@elbows](#): > > **jsgoddess** is not wrong. That’s what I meant. > > And **Monkey with a gun** , you’re chastising someone for calling names and then spouting, “How old are you? Seven?”? > > Ooooh, great comeback, way to make a point. Seriously? > > You’re making her point for her now! So why did you quote me, since I was supporting **jsgoddess**? 😕 ---
**Author:** ![woodstockbirdybird](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/woodstockbirdybird/32/7905_2.png) [@woodstockbirdybird](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/woodstockbirdybird)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2009, 11:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-bring-a-dope-to-the-dope-week/515806/78 "2009-11-04T23:41:03Z")
> [@Crotalus](#): > > Some people are posting from work computers which have snooping and keystroke recording software on them, triggered by keywords. I never understand this explanation. If you’re going to get busted for going to websites that contain profanity while you’re at work, don’t go to those websites when you’re at work. Why should I have to watch my language (in the Pit, no less) because you want to get over on your boss? ---
**Author:** ![Yllaria](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yllaria/32/3452_2.png) [@Yllaria](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yllaria)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2009, 11:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-bring-a-dope-to-the-dope-week/515806/79 "2009-11-04T23:48:26Z")
> [@Guinastasia](#): > > Wasn’t she also the one who claimed it was illegal for women to wear pants until the 1970s? To be fair, until the 1970’s it was against the student regulations for girls to wear pants at Alexander Fleming Jr. High, Lomita, CA. That’s almost the same thing. ---
**Author:** ![Yllaria](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yllaria/32/3452_2.png) [@Yllaria](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yllaria)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2009, 11:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-bring-a-dope-to-the-dope-week/515806/80 "2009-11-04T23:50:15Z")
> [@woodstockbirdybird](#): > > I never understand this explanation. If you’re going to get busted for going to websites that contain profanity while you’re at work, don’t go to those websites when you’re at work. Why should I have to watch my language (in the Pit, no less) because you want to get over on your boss? The implication is that the software isn’t checking the website, it’s checking the employee’s keystrokes. What comes in is someone else’s problem, but what goes out reflects on the company or agency. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-bring-a-dope-to-the-dope-week/515806.md?page=3) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-bring-a-dope-to-the-dope-week/515806.md?page=5)