[TheForge] BS within BS

Sat Jul 26 00:16:01 2003

Seems to me that there are a lot of things in life that simply need to be
ignored, else you can get ulcers and die w/ your nose outa joint.
Randy Mundt
----- Original Message -----
From: "Reynolds" <[email protected]>
To: <[email protected]>
Sent: Friday, July 25, 2003 1:07 PM
Subject: Re: [TheForge] BS within BS


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> We've been down this road before and your reasoning and logic is still
.....lacking.
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> 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.
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> Reynolds
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>  --- 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<br>upset with someone they often call him "dirty" using signs
usually<br>reserved for excreta.  So profanity goes a long way
back!<br><br>>>> [email protected] 07/25/03 02:00AM >>><br><br>Profanity
is within the normal range of <br>human expression and  goes back before the
founding of our language.
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