>>"Anthony" == Anthony Towns <aj@azure.humbug.org.au> writes:
Anthony> So forgive me if I'm not terribly impressed by your attempt. Oh, lord, the thread that would not die. This is my last post on this thread. Anthony> And frankly, I consider someone who's able to handle being Anthony> called an idiot more worthy of respect than someone who Anthony> isn't. Colour me profoundly disinterested. Anthony> I'll ask again: is that the rule you would rather? That Anthony> you're allowed to duplicate any token of disrespect at the Anthony> same level -- if someone calls you names, you can call them Anthony> names back; if someone questions your ancestry, you can do Anthony> the same to them? Or do you have some other general rule in Anthony> mind? This is the paragraph that actually prompted me to reply. I find your technique masterful -- first call people names, and come back repeatedly to harangue them for daring to descend to the nadirs you plumb. Anthony> Or are you just happy to have an excuse to vent your spleen, Anthony> and aren't particularly worried about the whys and Anthony> wherefores? Well, how would _you_ respond to the selfsame question? Anthony> You're doing an amazing job at avoiding answering any Anthony> questions that might move the discussion forward. Is that This discussion is dead. It is merely a pathetic circus sideshow; and at this point, on this topic, I do not think you deserve an response anymore. Take that how you will. Anthony> the problem here? That you're so terrified of me, that even Anthony> just calling you an idiot means you start panicing and can't Anthony> control yourself enough to avoid insulting me in turn? It'd Ah, yes. Quite so. I am in deep, abject, panic. Picture mo cowering under the sofa. I tire. This discussion is ended. manoj -- The truth is that Christian theology, like every other theology, is not only opposed to the scientific spirit; it is also opposed to all other attempts at rational thinking. Not by accident does Genesis 3 make the father of knowledge a serpent -- slimy, sneaking and abominable. Since the earliest days the church as an organization has thrown itself violently against every effort to liberate the body and mind of man. It has been, at all times and everywhere, the habitual and incorrigible defender of bad governments, bad laws, bad social theories, bad institutions. It was, for centuries, an apologist for slavery, as it was the apologist for the divine right of kings. Mencken Manoj Srivastava <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> <http://www.debian.org/%7Esrivasta/> 1024R/C7261095 print CB D9 F4 12 68 07 E4 05 CC 2D 27 12 1D F5 E8 6E 1024D/BF24424C print 4966 F272 D093 B493 410B 924B 21BA DABB BF24 424C