From: unsettled on 28 Jan 2007 19:30 The Demon Prince of Absurdity wrote: > On Sat, 27 Jan 2007 16:19:29 -0600, unsettled did the cha-cha, and > screamed: > >>T Wake wrote: >> >>>"Eeyore" wrote... >>> >>>>Ken Smith wrote: >>>> >>>>>T Wake wrote: >>>>> >>>>> >>>>>>I don't recall anyone saying fundamentalist Muslims were not insane. >>>>> >>>>>I did question what we mean by "insane". >>>> >>>>Both T Wake and I consider it crazy to believe in a 'God' or >>>>divine/ultimate being. >>>> >>>>Does that make all Christians, Muslims, Hindus etc insane ? >>> >>>If you ask me. Yes. >> >>Since that is the default human condition, the definition might ought to >>be reversed if we accept that "insane" equates in some way to "abnormal" >>or "aberrant." >> >>This is precisely why I wanted a differentiation into degrees of insanity. > > > Agnosticism is quite a sane position, IMV. > Another form of suspenders and a belt, but yes, sane.
From: Phil Carmody on 28 Jan 2007 19:45 unsettled <unsettled(a)nonsense.com> writes: > Eeyore wrote: > > unsettled wrote: > > > >>Eeyore wrote: > >> > >>>unsettled wrote: > >>> > >>>>Eeyore wrote: > >>>> > >>>>>unsettled wrote: > >>>>> > >>>>>>Eeyore pontificated: > >>>>>> > >>>>>>>The Demon Prince of Absurdity wrote: > >>>>>>> > >>>>>>> > >>>>>>>>Xians who advocate the killing of gays or abortion doctors are precisely > >>>>>>>>as crazy as Muslims who advocate the killing of Westerners, and just as > >>>>>>>>dangerous to civilisation. > >>>>> > >>>>>< snip irrelevance > > >>>>> > >>>>>>>Arguably more so since they live in a society that has for the most part moved > >>>>>>>beyond using murder as a means of imposing its will. > >>>>> > >>>>>< snip further irrelevance > > >>>>> > >>>>>>Besides, Christians of all ilk live everywhere in the world, > >>>>>>so you're doubly wrong. > >>>>> > >>>>>Christian abortionist killers live exclusively in the USA. > >>>> > >>>>To use one of your favorite expressions, "Cite?: > >>> > >>> > >>>How about you show me an example outside the USA ? I'm not aware of any. > >>> > >> > >>It is your statement, so it is yours to prove, not for > >>me to disprove. > > That would require me to prove a negative which as I'm sure you're > > aware isn't > > possible. > > We don't know it is a negative till you can prove it. > > Care to rephrase the logically offensive statements? It only > requires the addition of three words. > > > So, how about you show me an example outside the USA ? I'm not aware of any. > > Don't need to. Actually, to counter his point, rather than just get pathetically hissy, you do. Phil -- "Home taping is killing big business profits. We left this side blank so you can help." -- Dead Kennedys, written upon the B-side of tapes of /In God We Trust, Inc./.
From: Phil Carmody on 28 Jan 2007 19:50 kensmith(a)green.rahul.net (Ken Smith) writes: > In article <pan.2007.01.28.13.38.31.131504(a)hell.corn>, > The Demon Prince of Absurdity <absurd_number_of_nicks(a)hell.corn> wrote: > [.....] > >Xians who advocate the killing of gays or abortion doctors are precisely > >as crazy as Muslims who advocate the killing of Westerners, and just as > >dangerous to civilisation. > > No, they are more dangerous. They are more embedded within the > civilisation they are attempting to destroy. I don't know if their intent is to destroy civilisation, but you make a very interesting, and quite deep, point. (I think they probably just want to 'fix' civilisation.) Phil -- "Home taping is killing big business profits. We left this side blank so you can help." -- Dead Kennedys, written upon the B-side of tapes of /In God We Trust, Inc./.
From: unsettled on 28 Jan 2007 19:59 Phil Carmody wrote: > unsettled <unsettled(a)nonsense.com> writes: > >>Eeyore wrote: >> >>>unsettled wrote: >>> >>> >>>>Eeyore wrote: >>>> >>>> >>>>>unsettled wrote: >>>>> >>>>> >>>>>>Eeyore wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>>>unsettled wrote: >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>>>Eeyore pontificated: >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>The Demon Prince of Absurdity wrote: >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>Xians who advocate the killing of gays or abortion doctors are precisely >>>>>>>>>>as crazy as Muslims who advocate the killing of Westerners, and just as >>>>>>>>>>dangerous to civilisation. >>>>>>> >>>>>>>< snip irrelevance > >>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>Arguably more so since they live in a society that has for the most part moved >>>>>>>>>beyond using murder as a means of imposing its will. >>>>>>> >>>>>>>< snip further irrelevance > >>>>>>> >>>>>>>>Besides, Christians of all ilk live everywhere in the world, >>>>>>>>so you're doubly wrong. >>>>>>> >>>>>>>Christian abortionist killers live exclusively in the USA. >>>>>> >>>>>>To use one of your favorite expressions, "Cite?: >>>>> >>>>> >>>>>How about you show me an example outside the USA ? I'm not aware of any. >>>>> >>>> >>>>It is your statement, so it is yours to prove, not for >>>>me to disprove. >>> >>>That would require me to prove a negative which as I'm sure you're >>>aware isn't >>>possible. >> >>We don't know it is a negative till you can prove it. >> >>Care to rephrase the logically offensive statements? It only >>requires the addition of three words. >> >> >>>So, how about you show me an example outside the USA ? I'm not aware of any. >> >>Don't need to. > > > Actually, to counter his point, rather than just get pathetically > hissy, you do. Can you stop being an idiot for a few minutes and try to follow the discussion? I've been told it is difficult to keep up in the back.
From: unsettled on 28 Jan 2007 20:05
Demon Lord of Confusion wrote: > On Sun, 28 Jan 2007 18:25:31 +0000, Eeyore attempted to confuse the issue > further by squeaking: > >>unsettled wrote: >> >>>Eeyore wrote: >>> >>>>unsettled wrote: >>>> >>>>>Eeyore pontificated: >>>>> >>>>>>The Demon Prince of Absurdity wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>>>Xians who advocate the killing of gays or abortion doctors are >>>>>>>precisely as crazy as Muslims who advocate the killing of >>>>>>>Westerners, and just as dangerous to civilisation. >>>> >>>>< snip irrelevance > >>>> >>>>>>Arguably more so since they live in a society that has for the most >>>>>>part moved beyond using murder as a means of imposing its will. >>>> >>>>< snip further irrelevance > >>>> >>>>>Besides, Christians of all ilk live everywhere in the world, so you're >>>>>doubly wrong. >>>> >>>>Christian abortionist killers live exclusively in the USA. >>> >>>To use one of your favorite expressions, "Cite?: >> >>How about you show me an example outside the USA ? I'm not aware of any. > > > Wait, there's Canada, too. There's been the odd shooting here... He doesn't hate Canada so he'll find some way around this. |