Quite a shame how people respond

[The Reality Salesman01]

As for the OP..."The Rules of Logic" are only valuable if everybody is playing by them. Should one side refuse to play by the rules, the gloves can come off, and it becomes an all out free-for-all! Ad Hominem Away! 2 wrongs don't make a right within the rules of logic, but when we throw it out the window, we can call people Fuck-tards all day long and enjoy it!

[fr0d0]

Fr0d0's definitions of maturity usually leave much to be desired.

Spoken from authority of course summer. *chortles*

[thesummerqueen]

Absolutely...because I wouldn't take lessons in it from a years-long troll.

[Violet]

Absolutely...because I wouldn't take lessons in it from a years-long troll.

Are you sure? You could learn something

[thesummerqueen]

Absolutely...because I wouldn't take lessons in it from a years-long troll.

Are you sure? You could learn something

Only if I wanted to be one.

But he missed the point of the question. I asked why we should give a shit about blasphemous words, as atheists. It has nothing to do with maturity to say "these words have no magical power because I don't believe in a god" - it's a sign of rationality (since they have no power even if you do believe in one).

[Whateverist]

If gods don't find cussing funny, fuck them.

[fr0d0]

Are you sure? You could learn something :sleepy:

Only if I wanted to be one.

But he missed the point of the question. I asked why we should give a shit about blasphemous words, as atheists. It has nothing to do with maturity to say "these words have no magical power because I don't believe in a god" - it's a sign of rationality (since they have no power even if you do believe in one).

You we're talking about your propensity to swear generally.

[Violet]

Not that fr0d0 is a troll (he's more a garden gnome)... but even if he were: there's still a thing or two one might pick up (not counting STDs)

On the subject of awesome things for this place: whateverist has seriously gotten hilarious, of late ^_^ I mean... come on, "Nothing like immature pussy. Don't knock it if you haven't tried it."

If I could give him more reputation, I would.

You we're talking about your propensity to swear generally.

Why do I love this error so much?

[thesummerqueen]

Go back and read the whole thing again, Frods. It was definitely about blasphemy.

[Tonus]

It's been abused, overused to the point it can mean anything you want. There was a time, yep I'm that old, when the word was rarely used, and when it was used, people paid attention. Today, it's just background noise. Or it just means that the user lacks imagination in transmitting a better message.

I think there's an upside to that. It's one of those words that, when you think about it, shouldn't really make people cringe on its own. It's really just an exclamation with no real force by itself. Call someone "a stupid fuck" and they'll take more exception to the word "fuck" than to the word "stupid," even though the real insult is that you're calling them stupid. Doesn't make sense.

It's even worse when you get comedians who think that just saying the words is funny enough. "Politics? What the fuck is up with that??? (laughter)" <-- if you're telling that joke on a stage, I hope it's because it's amateur night and you had a few too many drinks.