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seebs · 01-08-2003, 06:24 PM

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Originally posted by Beyelzu
while rape is wrong and reprehensible. i believe that anythin can be made fun of. in this particular case i dont find it amusing. but making fun of religious leaders is not bad. hey fenton would you mind telling me the joke. i want to hear it.

The statement "making fun of religious leaders is not bad" is sort of like the statement "making fun of people is not bad". It's true some of the time, depending on how much you mind hurting peoples' feelings.

Amie · 01-08-2003, 06:37 PM

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Originally posted by Beyelzu
hey fenton would you mind telling me the joke. i want to hear it.

Its better if you just read for yourself. The thread was closed for obvious reasons.

Here it is

Amie · 01-08-2003, 06:49 PM

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Originally posted by Fenton Mulley
I got shit hammered over a joke I made about a saint who is of little importance to the religion while the above comment rudely attacks Jesus AND the virgin Mary.

Slightly Dramatic?

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I`m just curious to see if the same people who jumped all over me will be consistent.

you sure have a hard time letting things go don't you? Fenton it was not my intention to jump all over you. In fact all I said about *that* particular comment of yours was that I felt it had about as much charm as a soggy cornflake. That was my opinion. However I certainly felt it was a bit out of line for you to tell an atheist who agreed with me that he is thinking with his dick.

Look Fenton I apologize if you feel I was being antagonistic. That was certainly not my intent.

beyelzu · 01-08-2003, 06:54 PM

i thought the joke was kind of funny. but then i am a foaming at the mouth atheist. but i did like the way you responded with ronin about his "family portrait"

also fenton i didnt see this shit hammering you spoke of (is shit hammering a word?)

seebs, i dont think that making fun of people is bad. i am ok with people making fun of me and i deal with it using sarcasm. i just make fun of them as well. its amusing, offensive maybe, but still funny.

seebs · 01-08-2003, 06:59 PM

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Originally posted by Beyelzu

seebs, i dont think that making fun of people is bad. i am ok with people making fun of me and i deal with it using sarcasm. i just make fun of them as well. its amusing, offensive maybe, but still funny.

I don't think it's either bad or not bad. I think that, in some cases, making fun of people is bad, and in others, it's okay. The question is mostly one of the spirit in which something is intended, plus a little common sense about how it would be taken.

beyelzu · 01-08-2003, 09:10 PM

i think as a rule i say that making fun of people is ok. and then of course there are exeptions. so i guess we agree on this one?

seebs · 01-08-2003, 09:25 PM

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Originally posted by Beyelzu
i think as a rule i say that making fun of people is ok. and then of course there are exeptions. so i guess we agree on this one?

Yup. I just get mad when people are mean-spirited about it.

Pseudonymph · 01-08-2003, 09:47 PM

Why is this useless thread even here in an upper forum? It shouldn't even be on this board at all. It serves no other purpose but to instigate and irritate.

Despite how easy it is for some peole to justify their behaviour, it does not make it right.

Wizardry · 01-08-2003, 10:00 PM

I (like everyone else, apparently) fail to see the merit, philosophical or otherwise, in this thread. As such, I'm moving it to ~~Elsewhere~~.

Pitshade · 01-09-2003, 04:02 AM

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01-08-2003, 06:54 PM	#14
beyelzu Veteran Member Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: the peach state ga I am a metaphysical naturalist Posts: 2,869	i thought the joke was kind of funny. but then i am a foaming at the mouth atheist. but i did like the way you responded with ronin about his "family portrait" also fenton i didnt see this shit hammering you spoke of (is shit hammering a word?) seebs, i dont think that making fun of people is bad. i am ok with people making fun of me and i deal with it using sarcasm. i just make fun of them as well. its amusing, offensive maybe, but still funny.

01-08-2003, 09:10 PM	#16
beyelzu Veteran Member Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: the peach state ga I am a metaphysical naturalist Posts: 2,869	i think as a rule i say that making fun of people is ok. and then of course there are exeptions. so i guess we agree on this one?

01-08-2003, 09:47 PM	#18
Pseudonymph Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: Texas Posts: 813	Why is this useless thread even here in an upper forum? It shouldn't even be on this board at all. It serves no other purpose but to instigate and irritate. Despite how easy it is for some peole to justify their behaviour, it does not make it right.

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Pitshade Veteran Member Join Date: Aug 2000 Location: Sugar Grove,NC Posts: 4,316	~~Closed~~

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