[TheForge] BS within BS

Fri Jul 25 15:13:00 2003

We've been down this road before and your reasoning and logic is still .....lacking.

Curse all you feel so motivated, but do so because you are boorish; don't justify your behavior because ancient civilizations did so.

By your reasoning we should also engage in infant sacrifice because the Phoenicians did, after all they created the alphabet, were the first to predict a solar eclipse and invented glass! The Augustin and Flavian emperor families of Roman frequently engaged in incest by marrying sisters and nieces -- do you want to emulate that behavior too? Murder, lying and stealing were common in all ancient civilzations so I am left to presume you would advocate more of those behaviors, also. 

I was a world class swearing fool. But I did so because I was unable to control my anger and "everyone else did it."  I wasn't doing so because it was a long human tradition.

When your 13-year-old comes home and tells you one of his buddies got kicked out of school for smoking opium, are you going to tell him they were wrong to boot him because it is a long tradition in many cultures? I think not.

You are probably a bang-up blacksmith, but as a logician you fail miserably. If you want to argue a point and use pitiful reasoning, expect to be excoriated. 

Reynolds

 --- On Fri 07/25, Bruce Freeman < [email protected] > wrote:
From: Bruce Freeman [mailto: [email protected]]
To: [email protected]
Date: Fri, 25 Jul 2003 08:43:54 -0400
Subject: Re: [TheForge] BS within BS

Apes have been raised to speak American sign language. When they're upset with someone they often call him "dirty" using signs usually reserved for excreta. So profanity goes a long way back! >>> [email protected] 07/25/03 02:00AM >>> Profanity is within the normal range of human expression and goes back before the founding of our language. _______________________________________________ http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/theforge theforge mail list group photo site is http://www.photoaccess.com Login: [email protected] password: anvil ___________

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