Quote:Again, you can't convince people with insult, even if it is sarcasm.
Umm, actually you can. It's a powerful way of making people think,it's called 'satire'. The basis of satire is exaggeration and use of the Platonic method of 'reductio ad absurdum. Satire can be deliberately, grossly offensive.
A broad observation I've made over some years; many of the more rigidly dogmatic Muslims seem to believe Allah lacks a sense of humour.
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I refer you to "How To Talk Dirty And Influence People" by Lenny Bruce,father modern stand up comedy.
Quote:Reductio ad absurdum (Latin: "reduction to the absurd") is a form of argument in which a proposition is disproven by following its implications logically to an absurd consequence.[1]
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reductio_ad_absurdum


