There's always 30 or 40 Christians standing around, saying, "It's a shame that he has to die." And Jesus is saying, "Well, maybe I wouldn't have to if somebody would get a ladder and pair of pliers!!"
Everyone is a customer for somebody, or a supplier to somebody.
There are symbolic dreams-- dreams that symbolize some reality. Then there are symbolic realities -- realities that symbolize a dream. Symbols are what you might call the honorary town councillors of the worm universe. In the worm universe, there is nothing unusual about a dairy cow seeking a pair of pliers. A cow is bound to get her pliers sometime. It has nothing to do with me.
Bent out of shape from society's pliers, cares not to come up any higher, but rather get you down in the hole that he's in.
GM is a highly collaborative organization; we rely on a whole tier of suppliers for everything that we do.
politics and religion in the United States work like the twin grips of a pair of pliers on a critical mass of the masses.
Having a situation where you have got in conflict with your suppliers all the time is not a great place to be.