I see your point, EvF (or should that be DvF?) I think you're right; we wouldn't call it rage or anger if there weren't a reason for it. Perhaps outrage has a different sort of cause, though; perhaps it's more moralistic, more impersonal, whereas anger or rage is more personal. If someone is punched in the face, they are angry; if they oppose the cheating of professional footballers, they are outraged.
What do you think?
What do you think?
'We must respect the other fellow's religion, but only in the sense and to the extent that we respect his theory that his wife is beautiful and his children smart.' H.L. Mencken
'False religion' is the ultimate tautology.
'It is just like man's vanity and impertinence to call an animal dumb because it is dumb to his dull perceptions.' Mark Twain
'I care not much for a man's religion whose dog and cat are not the better for it.' Abraham Lincoln
'False religion' is the ultimate tautology.
'It is just like man's vanity and impertinence to call an animal dumb because it is dumb to his dull perceptions.' Mark Twain
'I care not much for a man's religion whose dog and cat are not the better for it.' Abraham Lincoln
