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Posted by John Heath on 07/20/07 05:56
On Jun 14, 5:41 am, FCP User <newvi...@fastq.com> wrote:
> In article <1181671138.533893.210...@n15g2000prd.googlegroups.com>,
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> Hatte...@gmail.com wrote:
> > On Jun 12, 11:49 am, lumin...@everywhere.net (Luminoso) wrote:
> > > On Tue, 12 Jun 2007 06:52:43 -0700,Hatter<Hatte...@gmail.com> wrote:
> > > >On Jun 11, 7:34 pm, Conspiracy of Doves <mark_d...@yahoo.com> wrote:
> > > >> On Jun 11, 6:08 pm, Useful Info <useful_...@yahoo.com> wrote:
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> > > >> > Read all about it, here:http://Muvy.org
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> > > >> Direct link:http://www.csmonitor.com/2007/0608/p08s01-comv.html?s=yaho
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> > > >While it is being sold under the banner of The God Industrial Complex,
> > > >the article has a real point: the stupid nature of overpriced
> > > >weddings. Often the bills aren't paid off before the divorce
> > > >comes...and one of the major reasons couples fight is money.
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> > > Most of these overpriced weddings have -nothing- to do
> > > with "god" or "religion" at all. The point is to -impress
> > > the neighbors-, to be able to brag about throwing a
> > > lavish over-the-top affair. A few years ago it was who
> > > could own the biggest SUV, now it's weddings.
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> > > While there is something of a "God Industrial Complex", it
> > > gets most of its cash from donations - sick old people
> > > promised they can buy their way into heaven by sleazoids
> > > like Falwell and Robertson. The GIC really isn't getting
> > > much money from these weddings. That cash goes to florists,
> > > caterers, entertainers, tailors and such.
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> > Yes that's why the article appeared in a GIC publication!
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> > Hatter
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> You want to mock people who spend big on weddings, fine. But then don't
> be surprised when others mock you right back about what YOU spend your
> money on.
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> If someone has accumulated major financial assets and wants to spend a
> big chunk of that on a wedding bash, so what?
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> Just because it's silly to me, or to you, is NO reason to think it's
> silly to them.
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> Wouldn't you be pissed if YOU wanted to spend YOUR OWN money on
> something and everyone was critisizing you because your purchase choice
> didn't please THEM?
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> Wouldn't you want people to shut up and mind their own business?
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> Yeah, I think blowing huge money on a wedding is silly.
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> But the attitude of "I know how YOU should run your life" scares me way
> more than an overpriced wedding.
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> For what it's worth.
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> Bill Davis
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