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Proposed Award - Kook of the Month
#31
RE: Proposed Award - Kook of the Month
(December 21, 2011 at 7:14 pm)Blam! Wrote:
(December 21, 2011 at 6:20 pm)Norfolk And Chance Wrote: Why be polite?
Because it's ethical.

Why is politeness "ethical"? Surely it's just "polite"?

Quote: But really, if you want to ridicule the religious dimwits and that's fine to me. I simply want to make the Atheist Forums more friendly for intelligent theists here.

An intelligent theist is a contradiction. You need to have a level of gullibility below that of a 9 year old to believe in fairies. Intelligent theists do not exist.

Quote:May I propose the new award - Asshole of the Month? Smile

You may, but you can surely withdraw any objections that you may have to a Kook of the Month award.

You are currently experiencing a lucky and very brief window of awareness, sandwiched in between two periods of timeless and utter nothingness. So why not make the most of it, and stop wasting your life away trying to convince other people that there is something else? The reality is obvious.

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#32
RE: Proposed Award - Kook of the Month
People are way too uptight. If it wasn't for my "humour" then I'd probably have killed myself long ago.

You have to see the world for what it really is...a fucking mess. Without twisted jokes, I don't see a way to deal with it all.
Cunt
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#33
RE: Proposed Award - Kook of the Month
Quote:Why is politeness "ethical"? Surely it's just "polite"?


You're right. Good manners are ethically neutral.They may be genuine or used to manipulate others.


I do try to be polite, really I do,but as they say "the road to hell is saved with good intentions"

Guess it's a character flaw;I'm unable to suffer fools,so my good intentions fly out the window.I have actually been known to say some very unkind things Angel Cloud
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#34
RE: Proposed Award - Kook of the Month
I always thought it was, "The road to hell is paved with good intentions."

I'm not sure it could be both saved and paved with good intentions.
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#35
RE: Proposed Award - Kook of the Month
Never understood that particular aphorism myself. One way of looking at it is that good intentions rarely play out because people get bored or distracted far too hey look, a butterfly...

Point is that since good intentions are held in this context to be unreliably fleeting, they would make terrible paving material.

Oh, and re the Kook Award? In my opinion, go for it. Given some of the recent contenders we've seen I'll have to raise my game to stay in the running.
At the age of five, Skagra decided emphatically that God did not exist.  This revelation tends to make most people in the universe who have it react in one of two ways - with relief or with despair.  Only Skagra responded to it by thinking, 'Wait a second.  That means there's a situation vacant.'
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#36
RE: Proposed Award - Kook of the Month
(December 22, 2011 at 7:03 pm)Stimbo Wrote: Given some of the recent contenders we've seen I'll have to raise my game to stay in the running.

Dude, you ain't even in the running. You can't compete with such seasoned professionals.
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#37
RE: Proposed Award - Kook of the Month
It's not often I'm grateful that I'm unqualified for something but this is one of those occasions. Curse this brain of mine.
At the age of five, Skagra decided emphatically that God did not exist.  This revelation tends to make most people in the universe who have it react in one of two ways - with relief or with despair.  Only Skagra responded to it by thinking, 'Wait a second.  That means there's a situation vacant.'
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#38
RE: Proposed Award - Kook of the Month
(December 22, 2011 at 6:30 pm)aleialoura Wrote: I always thought it was, "The road to hell is paved with good intentions."

I'm not sure it could be both saved and paved with good intentions.
oops.
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#39
RE: Proposed Award - Kook of the Month
(December 21, 2011 at 4:07 pm)Napoleon Wrote: .

Fuck me, why do we suddenly care about hurting their feelings?

Because we want to know whether we are good at it or are in need of improvement.

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#40
RE: Proposed Award - Kook of the Month
(December 22, 2011 at 5:51 pm)Norfolk And Chance Wrote: Why is politeness "ethical"? Surely it's just "polite"?
You're right - It's polite.

(December 22, 2011 at 5:51 pm)Norfolk And Chance Wrote: An intelligent theist is a contradiction. You need to have a level of gullibility below that of a 9 year old to believe in fairies. Intelligent theists do not exist.
Point taken. What are we going to call them - "Fuckwit" or "Retard" or "Deluded" or "Child molester" - Which one is more appropriate title? If I want to be polite, I'll pick "deluded" as a title of award.

(December 22, 2011 at 5:51 pm)Norfolk And Chance Wrote: You may, but you can surely withdraw any objections that you may have to a Kook of the Month award.
I said the contents of "Kook of the Month" award isn't that bad, didn't I? "Kook of the Month" isn't that offensive. I'm in favor for "Kook of the Month" award. And I withdraw "asshole" back. Besides, I have my own spare of offensive comments I had with theists in past.

But can't we be polite for goodness' sake?
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