Comments on: Gates of Hell http://www.tinmanic.com/archives/2008/08/18/gates-of-hell/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 17:46:42 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3 By: rob adams http://www.tinmanic.com/archives/2008/08/18/gates-of-hell/comment-page-1/#comment-127871 rob adams Wed, 20 Aug 2008 22:50:59 +0000 http://www.tinmanic.com/?p=2912#comment-127871 When the phrase is used it usually means that justice, while certainly produced in the afterlife (e.g., *inside* Hell), will also be meted out in the subject's physical life as well -- before they have an opportunity to pass onto the otherside; Meeting someone at the gates of Hell, btw, is much different than being inside the gates. Not that this really matters. It's just typical pop-culture fixation on rhetoric, less any true political substance. Enjoy the cotton candy. When the phrase is used it usually means that justice, while certainly produced in the afterlife (e.g., *inside* Hell), will also be meted out in the subject’s physical life as well — before they have an opportunity to pass onto the otherside; Meeting someone at the gates of Hell, btw, is much different than being inside the gates.

Not that this really matters. It’s just typical pop-culture fixation on rhetoric, less any true political substance. Enjoy the cotton candy.

]]> By: FI http://www.tinmanic.com/archives/2008/08/18/gates-of-hell/comment-page-1/#comment-127845 FI Tue, 19 Aug 2008 13:22:53 +0000 http://www.tinmanic.com/?p=2912#comment-127845 Maybe Bin Laden is here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Gates_of_Hell Damn French. Always letting the terrorists have refuge. Maybe Bin Laden is here:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Gates_of_Hell

Damn French. Always letting the terrorists have refuge.

]]> By: Jeff T http://www.tinmanic.com/archives/2008/08/18/gates-of-hell/comment-page-1/#comment-127830 Jeff T Mon, 18 Aug 2008 17:21:18 +0000 http://www.tinmanic.com/?p=2912#comment-127830 Ha, I was <i>just</i> going to comment that all it makes me think of is "The Impossible Dream." Ha, I was just going to comment that all it makes me think of is “The Impossible Dream.”

]]> By: Daniel http://www.tinmanic.com/archives/2008/08/18/gates-of-hell/comment-page-1/#comment-127828 Daniel Mon, 18 Aug 2008 15:16:26 +0000 http://www.tinmanic.com/?p=2912#comment-127828 <i>Or is it just one of those things that’s meant to sound tough but actually sounds like something out of a bad movie?</i> That's the winner. Like Bush's "Dead or alive." I guess McCain is trying to tell us that he's not going to let anything stop him from pursuing his "impossible dream" "...to fight for the right/without question or pause/to be willing to march into Hell for a heavenly cause..." He's tilting at windmills. Or is it just one of those things that’s meant to sound tough but actually sounds like something out of a bad movie?

That’s the winner.

Like Bush’s “Dead or alive.”

I guess McCain is trying to tell us that he’s not going to let anything stop him from pursuing his “impossible dream” “…to fight for the right/without question or pause/to be willing to march into Hell for a heavenly cause…”

He’s tilting at windmills.

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