calm down, maybe?

[alexr_rwx]

Just yelled at some Jehovah's Witnesses working the neighborhood. They came up to the door and I knew exactly what was going on, and I interrupted their spiel and asked them, "Can you surprise God?"

... they didn't understand what I was getting at, and eventually got on about how the earth is so perfect, that it definitely must have a loving creator to set up all this order. At which point I started yelling at them about people starving to death in Africa, and they got scared of me barking at them and left.

But Michael Corleone is right: "Never hate your enemies."

I shouldn't give them the pleasure of being berated. They probably get off on thinking that they've got this huge uphill spiritual battle, and relish feeling oppressed.

Also maybe I should be nicer to human beings :-(

Comments

[wjl.livejournal.com]

You inspire me to promote Godfather part II's position in my to-watch list..

[oniugnip.livejournal.com]

Godfather Part II is amazing cinema, and you should watch it!!

Part III (where that line comes from) is not nearly as good of a movie, but perhaps worth watching for the completionism; it's got its moments. It's also got some stiff acting, difficult-to-follow storytelling, and confusing editing. Michael mellows and becomes much warmer as an older man; it's kind of like Flynn from Tron to Tron Legacy, except the Godfather movies are orders of magnitude better.