Adam, displaying the zeal of the insecure, opined:
> I have been a disciple of the One True Meat for longer than you have been
> alive, unbeliever.
Alas, increasing the duration of an error makes it no less an error,
and...
...remind me again, just how long have you been alive? Not that it's
relevant to the issue; I'm just curious.
> The pig, sacred and holy among all of God's creatures, has been
> ordained since Creation to be the Slow Cooked meat of choice. To
> deny one's self the SAVORY GOODNESS of PORK is to deny one's self admission
> into the GATES OF HEAVEN.
>
> I weep for your pitiful soul, Marvin.
>
> Deacon Adam C. Lipscomb
Ah, the struggle for enlightenment against the shackles of ignorance and
error is ever marked by such defensive poses, by the intransigant
insistance on being or doing in just this way or just that way, by the
creation of hierarchies and titles, by the narrow division of teachings
into right and wrong, as if there were not infinite layers of truth and
transcendence to be explored.
For nobody said that you SHAN'T have your pork, or said it was anything
less than savory and good. And it would be naught but cruel to deny
base pleasures to those not yet capable of appreciating meals more
glorious and rewarding by far.
For while it is true that, as meats go, pork tends towards more fat and
therefore more immediate gratification of the less developed palate and
mind (hence the periodic reappearance of such abominations as the
"McRib"), it is also true that slow-cooked beef takes on richer and
subtler flavors, just as fresh, fresh sushi is altogether more rewarding
than, say, deep-fried catfish. Which is not to say that catfish or pork
are bad, per se, just that a mind more in touch with the cosmic essense of
yumminess will tend towards sushi and BBQ beef because they reward a more
elevated and developed level of perception.
Thus, a soul seeking enlightenment will choose a BBQ capable of leading
one on towards ever greater degrees of insight and understanding, not the
BBQ of conventional dogma. Such a soul will not raise up a given meat
like an icon, but instead will use the meat to propel himself into greater
oneness with the BBQ. Such a soul will opt for the incense of the palate,
not the candy.
Marvin Long
Austin, Texas
