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On Jul 17, 5:31 am, DanielSan <daniel...@speakeasy.net> wrote:
> rbwinn wrote:
> > On Jul 16, 8:36 pm, DanielSan <daniel...@speakeasy.net> wrote:
> >> rbwinn wrote:
> >>> On Jul 16, 1:04 pm, BuddyThunder <nos...@paradise.net.nz> wrote:
> >>>> rbwinn wrote:
> >>>>> On Jul 15, 1:21 pm, BuddyThunder <nos...@paradise.net.nz> wrote:
> >>>>>> rbwinn wrote:
> >>>>>>> On Jul 14, 8:43�pm, "Dogmantic Pyrrhonist (AKA Al)"
> >>>>>>> <alwh...@optusnet.com.au> wrote:
> >>>>>>>> On Jul 15, 1:40 am, ben_dolan_...@reet.com (Ben Dolan) wrote:
> >>>>>>>>> Dogmantic Pyrrhonist (AKA Al) <alwh...@optusnet.com.au> wrote:
> >>>>>>>>>> On Jul 14, 2:54 pm, ben_dolan_...@reet.com (Ben Dolan) wrote:
> >>>>>>>>>>> rbwinn <rbwi...@juno.com> wrote:
> >>>>>>>>>>>> Thank you for your analysis, Peter. �I was merely expanding on a
> >>>>>>>>>>>> statement from an atheist to show where it was leading: �Atheists do
> >>>>>>>>>>>> not believe anything.
> >>>>>>>>>>> That's not true, we believe you're a fuckin' moron... We even have
> >>>>>>>>>>> evidence!
> >>>>>>>>>> I'm going to take that as an article of faith. �The evidence isn't
> >>>>>>>>>> compelling. �We do have evidence that he's a liar. �So he could be
> >>>>>>>>>> acting incredibly stupid, or more likely be stupid, it's impossible to
> >>>>>>>>>> tell. �But the evidence for lies is overwhelming.
> >>>>>>>>>> So, we believe he's as stupid as dog shit. �But we have evidence, and
> >>>>>>>>>> thus no need of faith, that he's a liar.
> >>>>>>>>> I understand your point, but I believe we have overwhelming evidence of
> >>>>>>>>> both. Bobby is a classic newsgroup troll who desparately craves
> >>>>>>>>> attention. Lying is an excellent way to get attention, although it
> >>>>>>>>> normally means suffering considerable ridicule and insult in the
> >>>>>>>>> process.
> >>>>>>>>> But I also believe he's rather unintelligent (as most newsgroup trolls
> >>>>>>>>> tend to be). He has shown a remarkable inability to absorb and integrate
> >>>>>>>>> new information presented to him. There's no indication he reads
> >>>>>>>>> anything outside of the few newsgroups he spends countless hours posting
> >>>>>>>>> in. And he has shown a breathtaking lack of self awareness and maturity,
> >>>>>>>>> whether about his ridiculous physics kookiness or his puerile religious
> >>>>>>>>> nonsense. Taken together these point to someone suffering from mental
> >>>>>>>>> illness combined with a serious cognitive impairment, or as I prefer to
> >>>>>>>>> think of it, he's a fuckin' moron...
> >>>>>>>> OK, I'll agree it's a good summary.
> >>>>>>>> Al- Hide quoted text -
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> >>>>>>> Profanity is the attempt of a weak mind to make a strong statement,
> >>>>>>> Al.  You are agreeing with someone who has a weak mind.
> >>>>>> Being upset about a select set of simple sounds is strange to me.
> >>>>>> Profanity is such a non-issue for grown-ups, I'm far more interested in
> >>>>>> the ideas conveyed by the words. You're using the profanity to ignore
> >>>>>> the point.- Hide quoted text -
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> >>>>> You do not have a point.  You are using various ideas as an excuse to
> >>>>> use profanity.   It would be more honest to just leave out the ideas
> >>>>> and have the profanity by itself.
> >>>> What an odd idea. I don't believe profanity needs an excuse, it's simply
> >>>> a language feature that can be leveraged just like any other.
> >>>> The idea is still conveyed, often more forcefully. If it makes you
> >>>> uncomfortable and lets you avoid the point being made, then I'd have
> >>>> thought you'd have been grateful for the "out"!
> >>>> How is being profane dishonest?
> >>>> It's really quite normal. Even among the religious.- Hide quoted text -
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> >>> Well, not quite normal.  I get tired of atheists who can be totally
> >>> unprofane except when they are talking to me.
> >>> Take it somewhere else.
> >> Would you like some cheese with that whine?
>
> >> If you don't like how atheists are talking to you, you can certainly
> >> snip our newsgroup out of your headers.
> > The behavior of atheists can be changed.  I just go ahead and change
> > it.
>
> Pride is a sin.
>
Yes, that is correct.
Robert B. Winn