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... for those of you who like to cite that figure of biblical mythology as one of your long-haired heroes.
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Samson
If this is what it says in the Bible, he doesn't look like much of a hero. You know that the original land of the Philistines is Gaza, right?
I agree that if Samson actually existed, and if the fairy tales written about him in the christian bible contain even a grain of truth, he sounds like a flat-out scum bag, no matter how long his hair might have been. Yes, it's my understanding that the Philistine Pentopolis was comprised of Ashdod, Askelon, Ekron, Gath, and Gaza. Sadly, the people of that little corner of our "pale, blue dot" have been slaughtering each other for millenia, all in the name of a stretch of land upon which to grow figs and olives and, more ridiculously, who has the cooler imaginary friend.
--Val
And sadly, Israel now has more effective weapons than setting dogs' tails on fire.