nemafakei Posted January 20, 2003 Posted January 20, 2003 "That you may secretly agree with the statement "Religion is such an enemy to the intellect, it must be hell to be a Christian with a high school diploma" does not by any means cause me to withdraw in highlighting this apparent double standard of communication I see"I'll take that as an insult too, then...I used that term to remind you that treating a quote of what is obviosly a joke in someone's sig as someone's honest opinion, quoting them as saying that they believe it and using it to tell them that they are contradictory is, frankly, idiotic. I don't think you're an idiot, but that doesn't mean you can't do something idiotic.Do you think that Gob has spoken to a Dr Penfield, and told him that he has been eating burnt toast? If so, then perhaps you are an idiot.
emprworm Posted January 20, 2003 Posted January 20, 2003 I'll take that as an insult too, then...take it however you want. it meant simply what it said.I used that term to remind you that treating a quote of what is obviosly a jokea joke at someone else's expense. usually hate speech/racist/intolerant statements are like that. Its pretty obvious to me that a statement like that in a sig line is not something that Acriku denies. Coupled with all of his posts, it is highly likely that he actually thinks religious people are generally idiots. It is somewhat likely, based upon your statements, that you do as well.Of course I don't know for sure, these are my conclusions. I could be wrong, I just conclude that based upon your posts. in someone's sig as someone's honest opinion, quoting them as saying that they believe it and using it to tell them that they are contradictory is, frankly, idiotic. its is actually quite reasonable to conclude unless a qualifying remark is in there. The quote is not blatantly humorous, it is obviously making a claim about Christians in general. If you can't see that...well...thats you, not me.perhaps you are an idiot.perhaps you are in agreement with the statement?who knows
Acriku Posted January 20, 2003 Posted January 20, 2003 Quoting someone out of context and then replying to it is not very fair.
emprworm Posted January 20, 2003 Posted January 20, 2003 Oh, I see. Acriku resorts to pictoral flames, while nema resorts to verbal ones. A little tag-team atheist bashing the xian eh? Wow, impressive for "intellectuals"
Acriku Posted January 20, 2003 Posted January 20, 2003 Emprworm, it was a joke jesus christ. I love that pic, because I watched that 70's show and was used quite often.
Andrew Posted January 20, 2003 Posted January 20, 2003 Wow, flamewars! and I beleive that the site mentioned in topic is bad. We shall be efficient. :-X
emprworm Posted January 20, 2003 Posted January 20, 2003 Honeslty, Nema, I am keenly aware that your philosophical position is much more in harmony with Acriku, so I am not surprised that you would find a racist bigoted statement in a sig line to be "funny". I am not offended by it, I am only pointing out that it communicates bigotry and intolerance, and that any reasonable person would conclude that the one using it in a tag line indeed is in agreement with the premise of the quote (that Christians are generally idiots). I believe that Acriku does indeed have that view. I believe you do as well, though I am not as convinced with you as I am with Acriku.and I already paged Gob and asked him to lock this thread. It has fallen to personal flames so it no longer belongs here
emprworm Posted January 20, 2003 Posted January 20, 2003 Emprworm, your "conclusion" is wrong, because you are putting too much into this, where it isn't anything. I change my profile a bit every now and then, I had a binary joke on it once, I had quotes to make you think, I had quotes for laughs. They were all meant for the reader. To think that they reflect me is summed up by this picture:ya, this needs to be locked now i think
Andrew Posted January 20, 2003 Posted January 20, 2003 ok, maybe my definition of flame war is broad.Correction - Big debate(in replace of flamewars)well they might as well leave a thread open for junk (or lots of posts) so that we dont just start another thread and post there.
nemafakei Posted January 20, 2003 Posted January 20, 2003 "it meant simply what it said"And it said, however indirectly, that I am a bigot."perhaps you are an idiot.perhaps you are in agreement with the statement?"I am NOT in agreement with the statement! If you think I am, there is something very wrong on your end of receiving my text. Evidence being that no other theist has told me that they think I'm a bigot.I have called your actions idiotic. You have now called me a bigot and a flamer. Please stop, and accept you were misinterpreted Acriku's sig, that I may complement you for your eventual wisdom.Do you yet accept that Acriku meant his statement as a joke?
nemafakei Posted January 20, 2003 Posted January 20, 2003 "it meant simply what it said"And it said, however indirectly, that I am a bigot."perhaps you are an idiot.perhaps you are in agreement with the statement?"I am NOT in agreement with the statement! If you think I am, there is something very wrong on your end of receiving my text. Evidence being that no other theist has told me that they think I'm a bigot.I have called your actions idiotic. You have now called me a bigot and a flamer. Please stop, and accept you were misinterpreted Acriku's sig, that I may complement you for your eventual wisdom.Do you yet accept that Acriku meant his statement as a joke?
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