turkish delight, short form

1. when people refer to "drinking the kool-aid," they usually mean succumbing to some evil or delusion that is not immediately fatal. they should say, "eating the turkish delight," but they don't.
2. this is one of those phrases that got misused in a harvard business review article, and now everybody in business and journalism is misusing it. it sets my teeth on edge when I recognize what they're trying to say. when it passes under my radar, it's probably worse -- a symptom I'm becoming numb to the misuse of my language
3. I work for somebody who is ordained as clergy in a religion that gives me the creeps, though this individual has always treated me with personal kindness.
4. one of the things I used to value about my country was the way faith was a matter for individuals and (more or less freely) chosen communities. one of the things that most frightens me about the new order is the increasing entanglement of big business, government, and religion.
5. yesterday, the clergy of (3) brought turkish delight for the group. most of it only knew of it from Narnia, but we all ate some.
6. did I mention personal kindness? turkish delight was chosen because it contained neither nuts nor pig products, so everyone in the group could have some.
7. the geeks I work with were distracted from lamenting the election, and discussed Narnia and the mouth-feel of kosher gelatin
8. turkish delight does not agree with turtles. it may be something of a migraine trigger, though I don't know how.