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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 -
>
> >> - Show quoted text -
>
> > 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.
>
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> *          DanielSan -- alt.atheism #2226            *
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The behavior of atheists can be changed.  I just go ahead and change
it.
Robert B. Winn