Who would you send to hell? - Democratic Underground

rocktop15

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Sun Mar-20-05 11:57 PM
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Who would you send to hell?

I need some creative ideas for a paper that is due in English for WHII in regards to Dante's Inferno. We are supposed to select two individuals who we think would be in hell and have a conversation with them. Thanks!

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steve2470

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Sun Mar-20-05 11:58 PM
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1. the entire bush cabinet and bush and cheney nt

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qnr

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Mon Mar-21-05 12:00 AM
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2. I vote for Ray Kroc n/t

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coloradodem2005

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Mon Mar-21-05 12:00 AM
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3. That sounds a little morbid.

George W. Bush and Tom DeLay

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InvisibleTouch

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Mon Mar-21-05 12:03 AM
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4. Isn't there a special circle for traitors?

And by "traitors," I mean those who have betrayed me personally, not betrayed some abstract ideal. There are numerous people in my life that I'd send straight to Hell, in that case. But sadly, that doesn't help your paper much. Maybe you have some such person in your own life, that you'd like to send to their just desserts? And then, what would your conversation with them be like? Would they have realized the error of their ways? Would they beg you for forgiveness? Or would they never realize the extent of their transgression?

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Goathead

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Mon Mar-21-05 12:03 AM
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5. Here you go, use this:

Edited on Mon Mar-21-05 12:06 AM by Goathead

Say that you do not believe in hell. Why? Because you would never send anybody to hell, it would be immoral to send somebody to a place that for all eternity they would be subjected to unspeakable tortures. So if you would never send anybody to hell, how could God send people to hell. That would make you more moral than God. Now, how could that be possible? Ergo there is no hell.

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madison2000

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Mon Mar-21-05 12:03 AM
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6. this guy should have his own special place in hell

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Reverend_Smitty

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Mon Mar-21-05 12:06 AM
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8. I can't remember what circle in hell...

that people are put in excrement up to their necks. I know it exists in Dante's book but I can't remember the crime. He would fit in nicely there

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mcscajun

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Mon Mar-21-05 12:05 AM
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7. Go under the radar...

Edited on Mon Mar-21-05 12:23 AM by mcscajun

:)

Joseph Goebbels, master of Nazi propaganda.
Lorenzo di Medici, master politician after whom Machiavelli's "The Prince" was modeled.

Would give you some great openings to bash what's going on here these days. :)

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joefree1

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Mon Mar-21-05 12:09 AM
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9. Anyone who perpetuates the concept of hell

Edited on Mon Mar-21-05 12:12 AM by joefree1

The whole concept of sin and hell was just a scam to keep us Pagans in line. So I guess I'd line up all religious leaders to the gates of hell and ask them if they thought I was going to hell because I didn't believe in their religion.

Soon as they said yes, wham, they slide down a shoot into their own personal concept of hell.

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orleans

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Mon Mar-21-05 12:09 AM
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10. dante and .... his mother? his friend? his secretary? his

interior designer? his heating & cooling repair man?

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