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The redneck strike again.
RE: The redneck strike again.
Rik, you were notified as to why the warning was issued. If you want to talk about your behaviour in open thread that's your business. I on the other hand have no such intention. You either use this sanction as a learning experience and amend the behaviour that earned it, or carry on as you are and accept whatever consequences are deemed appropriate.
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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RE: The redneck strike again.
He's so damn sassy allllllllllllllllllllllllll the time.
'The more I learn about people the more I like my dog'- Mark Twain

'You can have all the faith you want in spirits, and the afterlife, and heaven and hell, but when it comes to this world, don't be an idiot. Cause you can tell me you put your faith in God to put you through the day, but when it comes time to cross the road, I know you look both ways.' - Dr House

“Young earth creationism is essentially the position that all of modern science, 90% of living scientists and 98% of living biologists, all major university biology departments, every major science journal, the American Academy of Sciences, and every major science organization in the world, are all wrong regarding the origins and development of life….but one particular tribe of uneducated, bronze aged, goat herders got it exactly right.” - Chuck Easttom

"If my good friend Doctor Gasparri speaks badly of my mother, he can expect to get punched.....You cannot provoke. You cannot insult the faith of others. You cannot make fun of the faith of others. There is a limit." - Pope Francis on freedom of speech
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RE: The redneck strike again.
(October 24, 2014 at 9:13 am)Riketto Wrote: Now if this somebody according to our judgement does not exist what is the point in swearing to someone who doesn't exist.

Because it's a part of the vernacular you grew up with, and still functions as an expletive within that cultural context? Language is about conveying a message to other people, which swearing at or to a particular deity does. It's not about expressing literal belief in every word you utter. Haven't you ever heard of figurative language?
"YOU take the hard look in the mirror. You are everything that is wrong with this world. The only thing important to you, is you." - ronedee

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RE: The redneck strike again.
(October 24, 2014 at 11:48 am)Esquilax Wrote:
(October 24, 2014 at 9:13 am)Riketto Wrote: Now if this somebody according to our judgement does not exist what is the point in swearing to someone who doesn't exist.

Because it's a part of the vernacular you grew up with, and still functions as an expletive within that cultural context? Language is about conveying a message to other people, which swearing at or to a particular deity does. It's not about expressing literal belief in every word you utter. Haven't you ever heard of figurative language?


Here we are with one more intellectual extravaganza show.
Sorry Esq. but to me life is all about learning and the rest has got very little value.
To engage in things that have no value often lead to downfall so cultural or not cultural make no difference.
There is an old saying that goes......YOU ARE WHAT YOU EAT.
By the same token i would say.......YOU ARE WHAT YOU THINK.
So if you think about something with no value you also are a person with no value. Confused Fall
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RE: The redneck strike again.
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'The more I learn about people the more I like my dog'- Mark Twain

'You can have all the faith you want in spirits, and the afterlife, and heaven and hell, but when it comes to this world, don't be an idiot. Cause you can tell me you put your faith in God to put you through the day, but when it comes time to cross the road, I know you look both ways.' - Dr House

“Young earth creationism is essentially the position that all of modern science, 90% of living scientists and 98% of living biologists, all major university biology departments, every major science journal, the American Academy of Sciences, and every major science organization in the world, are all wrong regarding the origins and development of life….but one particular tribe of uneducated, bronze aged, goat herders got it exactly right.” - Chuck Easttom

"If my good friend Doctor Gasparri speaks badly of my mother, he can expect to get punched.....You cannot provoke. You cannot insult the faith of others. You cannot make fun of the faith of others. There is a limit." - Pope Francis on freedom of speech
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RE: The redneck strike again.
(October 25, 2014 at 7:57 am)Riketto Wrote: Here we are with one more intellectual extravaganza show.
Sorry Esq. but to me life is all about learning and the rest has got very little value.
To engage in things that have no value often lead to downfall so cultural or not cultural make no difference.
There is an old saying that goes......YOU ARE WHAT YOU EAT.
By the same token i would say.......YOU ARE WHAT YOU THINK.
So if you think about something with no value you also are a person with no value. Confused Fall

The value the sentence has would be communicating a certain force of sentiment. That's literally been my point from the very beginning. Have you not been paying attention, or are you just being a derp again? Dodgy
"YOU take the hard look in the mirror. You are everything that is wrong with this world. The only thing important to you, is you." - ronedee

Want to see more of my writing? Check out my (safe for work!) site, Unprotected Sects!
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RE: The redneck strike again.
Place your bets, ladies and gentlemen.
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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RE: The redneck strike again.
(October 25, 2014 at 11:12 am)Esquilax Wrote:
(October 25, 2014 at 7:57 am)Riketto Wrote: Here we are with one more intellectual extravaganza show.
Sorry Esq. but to me life is all about learning and the rest has got very little value.
To engage in things that have no value often lead to downfall so cultural or not cultural make no difference.
There is an old saying that goes......YOU ARE WHAT YOU EAT.
By the same token i would say.......YOU ARE WHAT YOU THINK.
So if you think about something with no value you also are a person with no value. Confused Fall

The value the sentence has would be communicating a certain force of sentiment. That's literally been my point from the very beginning. Have you not been paying attention, or are you just being a derp again? Dodgy


You don't get it do you?
Value doesn't only have a positive aspect.
Value within this physical-mental arena always come positive or negative like everything else within the physical arena.
Suppose a person is a clever thief while other thieves are not very clever.
This person has got a lot of value within his inner circle but this value is within the negative arena not within the positive one so coming back to our issue it is obvious that doing something that not only doesn't produce any positive value but produce negative value lead to downfall and that is precisely what i try to tell you from the very beginning.
Capish? Thinking
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RE: The redneck strike again.
Non capisco
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RE: The redneck strike again.
(October 26, 2014 at 8:57 am)DramaQueen Wrote: Non capisco


It is all very simple.
It all started when Oukoida next to his avatar write DIO CANE which as you know in english mean God dog.
I point out that it is absurd to swear to an entity which for an atheist does not exist.
Esq. come aboard and say that it is some sort of cultural expression to express our own feeling or something similar.
To him i reply that to engage in something that doesn't make any sense as it is an absurdity lead to our own downfall so cultural or not it is all bullshit behaviour.
It is more clear now? Thinking
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