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19 Comments:
Heh, talk about a really cold response....
OH. SNAP. sad as it is, you just captured the message behind the madness. WWBGD?
"Adequate transportation"--now that is an ATI term if I ever heard one. And "I trust you will find work soon?" Isn't that just a very stiff and "super-spiritual" way of re-phrasing "good luck with finding a job?" This is bringing back memories of the whole new vocabulary I had to learn in ATI...
That passage in James comes to mind where he warns people about saying "Be warmed, be filled!" while not doing anything to help them.
Panhandling is illegal, anyway.
If the dude seriously wanted it, and thought he should get it free, he should at least have made a phone call.
I thought the response was a lot warmer than mine would have been.
Free? Nah, that car is worth at least $500 in parts.
well, considering how billy g is apt to announce to one and all during BS that he finangled 12 car titles FOR FREE from people wanting to help a brother out, this ALERT guy with a pregnant wife was only following IN HIS STEPS.
'Panhandling' is not illegal- it's protected under the 2nd Amendment as freedom of speech. Loitering might be prohibited, but that requires both a physical presence and a local ordinance, niether of which are in this (alleged) communication.
The story is true...but the desired to actually receive the car was not. I just wanted to see what Pierponts would say.
Still looking for a job. The wife and new baby are doing great. Merry Christmas
In defense of KenP, I thought the response was gracious. It's the fact that the car isn't worth giving away that's the problem.
I suppose you have a point...
I don't. Had he been (for instance) a skilled mechanic, and told Pierpont so, the excuse might have been different but the answer the same. THAT'S the point.
And, congratulations.
the car should be kept to place in a museum along with:
1. a signed, first-edition IBYC manual
2. the 12 other automobile deeds he acquired through prayer
3. the ticket stub to that one infamous basketball game he went to in high school
4. a Gothard family photo, with Bill having circled the family members he has/had most conflict with
5. complete step-by-step comb-over instructions (with photos)
I love the satire of this site and I thought Ken's response was gracious as well. Didn't deserve the harsh criticism above, in my opinion. One of the things I dislike about the ultra-conservative groups is how they so harshly judge those with greater freedom (and lower standards). If you'll notice (aside from this site) I hardly hear or feel judgement from the "free spirits" towards the masses of those with higher standards. Towards the leadership taking advantage of skewed authority teachings, maybe, but not everyone in general with high standards.
i walk by that car nearly every day and no one is working on it.
amen to "no_way_jose's" comment, a perfect critique of this site.
i did feel the "be warmed and filled vibe from pierpont's response as well, but it's true, the car in it's current state isn't useful.
i wish someone would tell the current mayor of Dallas that about panhandling not being illegal & "protected by the freedom of speech amendment"... I see, the car isn't being worked on, Pierpont SAYS it is, (be ye warmed & filled), i predict it will sit there & go nowhere for a long time, then finally be put in a museum. Yes, I believe the response still would have been the same even if the man had said he was a skilled mechanic. ... I just am curious to know how much Pierpont would take for it.
Of course, if it were JUST a car, it would be taken to the junk yard and sold as scrap. But it isn't JUST a car, now, is it? No, its worth putting on a website indicating who currently has the relic, and is willing to sell it. Hey, at least in the middle ages you got a bone or something.
Rich
We should take B-Go's car and owner on Antiques Roadshow and find out their true value.
What kind of a looser asks for a cars.
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