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Originally Posted by LongtimeBravesFan
Weeping vs. gnashing of teeth?
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Oh, definitely the teeth gnashing, that was always one of my favorite images from the gospels when I was a kid. The biblical and parable figures who came to grief, typically wound up being cast into the darkness where there was wailing and gnashing of teeth, it was standard behavior for the wretched.
There is something about being specific about the form of someone's mortification that I enjoy. Back in the early '70's, for a time, I could receive Radio Peking which was an English language Red Chinese propaganda station. There were allways these moral fables about how the mighty had been humbled for some transgression against the teachings of Mao. One show was devoted to the disgrace of some former high level government administrator whose devotion to Mao was apparently insufficient. The announcer told us that he once ran a bureau with thousands of workers, now he was a humble gardener in the Pharphlung province where he "toils under the sun all day, his face a mask of shame."