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[derby378]

[FSogol]

1. You're discussing Dante's Inferno and the best example you can think of is Han Solo's betrayal?

Somewhere literature professors are crying.

[derby378]

2. Oh, well...

...I decided to shut it down, anyway. I'll take the rap on the knuckles now.

[damntexdem]

3. OK, meet me in the third circle and hold out your hands.

I'll be the one with the pitchfork.

[FSogol]

4. I'm sure Inferno will be full of Dems and Repubs.

Since you did mention Han Solo, have you read "Inferno" by Larry Niven and Jerry Pournelle?

[Fuzz]

7. What does that have to do with breast feeding in public?

[lpbk2713]

9. Don't try to derail the thread.

We know it was about Olive Garden.

[Glorfindel]

5. Interesting challenge...thanks!

Acheron - Those who refused to choose between good and evil: Blue Dog Democrats

First Circle (Limbo) – The virtuous unbaptized: Ayatollah Khomeni (virtuous in his own estimation)

Second Circle – The lustful: Senator David Vitter and his diapers

Third Circle – Gluttons: Rush Limbaugh

Fourth Circle – The avaricious and extravagant: Wall Street bankers

Fifth Circle – The wrathful: Anti-choice rabble rousers

Sixth Circle – Heretics: The Mormons, the Roman Catholic Church

Seventh Circle - The violent
First Ring – Violence against persons or property (Murderers, arsonists, vandals): Dick Cheney
Second Ring – Violence against self and possessions (Suicides, profligates): Timothy McVeigh
Third Ring – Violence against God, nature, and art (Blasphemers, usurers): Pope Benedict XVI

Eighth Circle (Malebolge) - The fraudulent
First Ditch – Panderers and seducers (Pimps, players): Michael Vick
Second Ditch – Flatterers (Apple-polishers, ass-kissers): Senator John McCain, Justice Clarence Thomas
Third Ditch – Simonists (Those who bribed their way into positions of religious authority): Rick Warren, Donnie McClurkin
Fourth Ditch – Soothsayers and diviners: Jerry Falwell, Pat Robertson, et al
Fifth Ditch – Barrators (Those who buy and sell public office, also those who encourage frivolous lawsuits): Rod Blagoevitch
Sixth Ditch – Hypocrites: Tony Blair, Arnold Schwartzenegger
Seventh Ditch – Thieves: The Saudi royal family
Eighth Ditch – Evil counselors: Alberto Gonzales, Condi Rice, Colin Powell, Donald Rumsfeld
Ninth Ditch – Schismatics: The Republican Party
Tenth Ditch – Falsifiers (Counterfeiters, impersonators, perjurers): George W. Bush, Sarah Palin

Ninth Circle - Traitors
First Round (Caina) – Treason against kindred: The Bush Family Evil Empire
Second Round (Antenora) – Treason against government and/or party: Senator Joseph Lieberman
Third Round (Ptolomaea) – Treason against guests (e.g. Lando betraying Han Solo to Darth Vader before his redemption): Bill O'Riley
Fourth Round (Judecca) – Treason against lords and benefactors: The Taliban, Al-Qaeda

[derby378]

8. Hey, nice job!

The only reason I deleted it was because I got insecure with the nature of the exercise, but by all means, feel free to run with this!

:hi:

[Vickers]

6. :-(

I was looking forward to seeing some of the responses.

I suppose Glorfindel's will have to do.