(November 7, 2010 at 11:32 am)Existentialist Wrote: "Blasphemy is a victimless crime" contains such an inconsistency, because blasphemy isn't a crime, and there are no victims.
And that is where you are wrong. If blasphemy is prohibited by law, then blasphemy is a crime within the jurisdiction of that law. Your opinion that it should not be designated as a crime, does not change the fact that, within that jurisdiction, it is one. Your strong, emotionally inspired opinion that blasphemy should not be a crime is causing you to imprint more (and incorrect) meaning to the word 'crime'.
I can't believe I'm arguing with you over another case of you redefining a word. From now on, words mean whatever you say they do. I'm finished trying to teach you the error of your ways. No offense to you personally, of course.
