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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.


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