Doug Pensinger wrote:
Julia Thompson wrote:
Actually, *my* point was I thought that Erik was being a bit cheeky, and I was trying to be cheeky right back at him. I think Erik got my post better than you did.
I can't remember seeing such obvious sarcasm whoosh over people's heads the way Erik's comments did.
Well, there are people who do deadpan all too well, and I've seen *that* be taken too seriously. Plus there was something major on another list I'm on, sometime during the spring of last year, that wasn't even as sharp as sarcasm, that started one heckuva flamewar, and when a crucial detail was explained at a meeting of some of the listmembers, there were people in *tears*. So I've seen or known about worse, but not lately, and not here.
I know, I know, but we've got a lot of smart people here and I'm guessing that most of them are aware of Erik's libertarian views, not to mention his tendency to use sarcasm (especially when dealing with intolerance), so the statement:
"Catholics have a distorted view of the world that isn't healthy to pass on to children. They should not be permitted to legally marry, and their children should be put up for adoption with decent parents."
Has to stand out as either so far out of character as to be absurd or extremely sarcastic.
Doug
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