Re: The Devil On JOA!?

In article <rjh07110bcnqabhhhqe00obqo1n76rugi6@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>,
jayembee  <jayembeennospam@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
>"John Richards" <jr70@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
>> "Michael Alan Chary" <mchary@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
>>> jayembee  <jayembeenospam@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
>>>>"John Richards" <jr70@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> "William December Starr" <wdstarr@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> If that's true then this "mainstream" of yours would seem to
consist
>>>>>> largely of assholes.
>>>>> 
>>>>> Which once again proves that gutter language is the last refuge
>>>>> of scoundrels who've run out of logical arguments.
>>>>
>>>>It proves no such thing.
>>> 
>>> Language is a tool. There's a reason it evolved words like "asshole." 
>>> People like that are the reason.
>> 
>> Educated people know how to use sarcasm, irony and wit to denigrate
>> an opponent's position. Uneducated boors use gutter language.


Most people who believe that are too stupid to understand the subtler 
method. That's why the more overt words evolved. Personally I find the 
behavior described by such words to be more offensive than the words 
themselves.


>
>It's true that uneducated boors use gutter language. It's also true that
>educated, intelligent, literate people use "gutter language". Or are you
>saying that VP Cheney is an uneducated boor for using the "F-word" on
>the Senate floor?

Cheney is an example of a person who gets the entire language thrown at 
him.


>Of course, it's also true that people who like to paint users of "gutter 
>language" are uneducated boors are the ones who apparently get to decide 
>which words constitute "gutter language" and which ones don't. 

Actually, no. It's the people who get the gutter language thrown at them 
that like to complain :)


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