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[Alexandra Y. Kwan]

No: HPFGUIDX 17650

Hello,

First, please do choose your arena for 'debate.'  Offlist or onlist, but not
both; my inbox is full enough as it is, thank you very much.

> ANSWER---------Clever retort, but you failed to actually answer my
> question. METHINKS it may be because you know that saying
> something is judgemental and/or ignorant is perfectly
> acceptable. But you just don't like it.

It's true that that is merely a flippant comeback.  But, in the same spirit,
the thesaurus isn't a new invention.  Surely you can find synonyms with a
lot less negative connotations.  Since you didn't, I assume you chose these
words precisely because of their inflammatory nature.  As to myself, I have
no problem calling comments or their owners judgemental and/or ignorant,
especially in relation to you and your comments, but I will refrain myself
from doing so in this case.

> ASNWER-----Again, cute comment, but you failed to answer the
> question , just side-stepped it.

Fine.  Let's do have a real discussion over this.

> > > What word would you use to describe an outlandich
> > > remark based on nothing but pure emotion with no facts to
> >> back  it up?? (I'm sorry, was the word "outlandich improper?)

First, as I've said before, I suggest you use less offensive words if you
actually want a calm and civil conversation, as you claimed you did.
Secondly, I'd suggest you remove the value judgements on that particular
remark, whatever it was.  To actually answer your question: beliefs.  Moral
and religious beliefs are prone to be "based on pure emotion with no facts
to back  it up."  For example, I would place the remark "God exists" in such
a category ("God" as in the Christian god).

>      If you read my post carefully --- NOT -- you would have noticed
> I did not call the PERSON stupid, but the comment.

Seeing that I didn't read earlier posts at all and specifically mentioned so
(and I quote from the very beginning of my first e-mail regarding this "I
wasn't going to get into this at all since I'm a happy little atheist and I
had no idea what this arguement is about, but..."), I guess that, no, I
didn't read your post carefully, the exact same courtesy that you afforded
my post.  Oh, wait, don't tell me, you actually took it at face value.
How...cute.

> SAID was unintelligent. Someone camn be very intelligent but
> say horribly unintellign et things, as you have so aptly proved.

I wish my mother didn't teach me good manners, but since she did, I do thank
you for your "very intelligent" bit, though I have yet to find myself saying
horribly unintellig*en*t things in your presence.

little Alex

P.S.  Please don't use homosexuality as an example of "forcing" beliefs on
people.  That's not an arguement you want to get into with me.