Originally posted by googlefudgeThe Greek version átheos was used mean 'ungodly' or the equivalent of 'pagan' or 'infidel' which essentially mean 'not follower of my religion'.
People have used the term to mean different things in the past [which applies to a huge number of words we use]
not least because for long periods of history their were very few [certainly publicly] atheists [by current usage]
and thus the term was used almost exclusively by theists who want to discredit atheism and atheists.
So in the past, Greeks have referred to Christians as átheos as they did not believe in the Greek gods.
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Originally posted by twhiteheadOops make that three, twendyhead.
You do a disservice to grapes by comparing yourself to them. Grapes have the good sense not to start ridiculous threads on RHP and subsequently get crushed. Although I admit that some of your threads do smell a bit ripe.
Originally posted by robbie carrobieSpeaking out against rape and genocide is a 'hypersensitive moral compass'? I beg to differ. At least it isn't a broken moral compass like yours. Your ego, like your girth, has grown so big your moral compass arrow only points away from you. A moral compass, just like a magnetic one, doesn't work so well near large dense objects.
I drink tea Twendy, how will your hypersensitive moral compass moralise over that?
Originally posted by twhiteheadyou are not speaking out against anything you insinuated that i was intoxicated you slanderous slithery toad!
Speaking out against rape and genocide is a 'hypersensitive moral compass'? I beg to differ. At least it isn't a broken moral compass like yours. Your ego, like your girth, has grown so big your moral compass arrow only points away from you. A moral compass, just like a magnetic one, doesn't work so well near large dense objects.
Originally posted by twhiteheadI accept nothing you slithery toad, its your behaviour you should be concerned about, caught slandering other people, AGAIN! Ouch!
Well you should have accepted the insinuation because now you have to admit that your behaviour really is that bad even when sober.
Originally posted by robbie carrobieAre you vilifying Twhitehead as a slithery toad?
I accept nothing you slithery toad, its your behaviour you should be concerned about, caught slandering other people, AGAIN! Ouch!
Quick recap:
Vilifying an entire people = Permissible
Vilifying an entire religion = Permissible
Vilifying any person that is not you = Permissible
Vilifying 'you' = Reportable to the Mods
Gotcha.
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Originally posted by Ghost of a DukeYou think that terming Twendyhead a 'slithery toad', is the moral equivalent of terming him a 'rape apologist'? Do you? No? what what are you slobbering about? Furthermore it is self evident that he is a slithery toad as he has just been caught fomenting slander against another user. I on the other hand have never been an apologist for rape and this is what makes Duchess64's shameful attempt at vilification so reprehensible because both the gravity of the claim and the baseless nature of the claim made it worthy of censure and therein lies the difference.
Are you vilifying Twhitehead as a slithery toad?
Quick recap:
Vilifying an entire people = Permissible
Vilifying an entire religion = Permissible
Vilifying any person that is not you = Permissible
Vilifying 'you' = Reportable to the Mods
Gotcha.
Originally posted by robbie carrobieAnd Dasa's calls for genocide?! A lesser misdemeanor? His banning a miscarriage of justice?!
You think that terming Twendyhead a 'slithery toad', is the moral equivalent of terming him a 'rape apologist'? Do you? No? what what are you slobbering about? Furthermore it is self evident that he is a slithery toad as he has just been caught fomenting slander against another user. I on the other hand have never been an apologist for rape and thi ...[text shortened]... and the baseless nature of the claim made it worthy of censure and therein lies the difference.
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Originally posted by Ghost of a DukeDasa's calls for genocide were ludicrous, how anyone in their right mind took them seriously begs belief. His banning is a matter for the site administration in whose judgement I trust.
And Dasa's calls for genocide?! A lesser misdemeanor? His banning a miscarriage of justice?!
Originally posted by robbie carrobieI did not slander you in any way. I merely suggested that you might have been imbibing fermented grapes to give you a reasonable excuse for having called me an impuissant pansy, a wuss, a wooster, a weak and spindly sapling, a wallflower, a shrinking violet, etc etc. You chose not to take the easy way out and continued your tirade of insults demonstrating that your moral compass is indeed irreparably broken.
I accept nothing you slithery toad, its your behaviour you should be concerned about, caught slandering other people, AGAIN! Ouch!
Originally posted by robbie carrobieYou seem strangely fixated on the ludicrous nature of his posts and oblivious to the genuine hate and vilification they contained. Again, only you have questioned how serious or capable he was about carrying them out. Are you in 'your' right mind? - His inability to action his genocidal claims in no way negates the unacceptable and possibly illegal content of what he posted.
Dasa's calls for genocide were ludicrous, how anyone in their right mind took them seriously begs belief. His banning is a matter for the site administration in whose judgement I trust.
You are therefore putting his genocidal posts at a lower level of affront than whatever personal comments Duchess64 made about you, which in itself is ludicrous. (And actually rather offensive). There are only 3 sane options before you:
1. Admit you were wrong about Dasa.
2. Admit you were wrong about Duchess64.
3. Admit you were wrong about both Dasa and Duchess64.
To claim a 4th option, that you were right about both, merely highlights your hypocrisy, egotism and boofheadedness. (Which is why of course you will opt for option 4).
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Originally posted by Ghost of a DukeAs I stated i was unaware of the content of his posts until Rank Outsider gave a brief summation. As far as i am aware I was one of the few contributors who refused to fan the flames of his hatred while you were there, bellows in hand oxygenating his hatred until it reached a white heat of loathing for every living creature, all the while throwing all kinds of combustibles on to Dasa's pyre of hatred!
You seem strangely fixated on the ludicrous nature of his posts and oblivious to the genuine hate and vilification they contained. Again, only you have questioned how serious or capable he was about carrying them out. Are you in 'your' right mind? - His inability to action his genocidal claims in no way negates the unacceptable and possibly illegal c ...[text shortened]... your hypocrisy, egotism and boofheadedness. (Which is why of course you will opt for option 4).
His inability to carry them out made them the realm of pure fantasy, a perfectly acceptable and legally established defence. One cannot be prosecuted for murder while playing GTA5 or Call of Duty Balck Ops.
Yes Ghost of a Frankenwendy it was you who created Dasa that grotesque monster, alienated from all society because of his hideous utterances, it was you who gave him his loathsome existence, alienated from the natural affection of humanity his rage turned against it and manifested itself in such hateful diatribe! you his fiendish creator bear the responsibility! and here you talk of sanity? I mock such pretensions.