[TheForge] BS within BS

Mon Jul 28 09:40:01 2003

I suggest you get off your proverbial high horse and reread what I
actually WROTE.  All value judgements here are yours.  Kindly don't
write your overwrought opinions into my words.

Bruce
NJ

>>> [email protected] 07/25/03 03:07PM >>>

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<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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