Re: oh please.

I just tweeted that.  That rocks.
 
From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf
Of Mike Findlay
Sent: Wednesday, January 12, 2011 2:48 PM
To: DADL (off topic)
Subject: Re: [DADL-OT] oh please.
 
I don't think the texts, sacred or otherwise, have anything to do with it .  The
whackhhjobs and/or evil motherfuckers who commit the acts are the dangerous.
 
I'm with Penn Jillette:
 
"Fuck Civility. Hyperbole, passion, and metaphor are beautiful parts of
rhetoric. Marketplace of ideas can not be toned down for the insane."
 
I'd add the evil to it as well.  
 
Mike F. 
 
  _____  

From: pcg <[email protected]>
To: DADL (off topic) <[email protected]>
Sent: Wed, January 12, 2011 4:39:06 PM
Subject: Re: [DADL-OT] oh please.

> No, "killed" is the comedian's term.  I don't believe many of them say
> "murdered", but I know they do say they "killed" when doing well.

I listen to the Adam Carolla podcast every day. Trust me, they use
both, and "murdered" is not an infrequent term. But we're just
splitting hairs. :)

> I know sacred isn't a metaphor but it isn't a dangerous word either even
> when you think it is misused.

Do you seriously believe that? Do you think you could explain that to
the family of Theo Van Gogh, the Dutch film director who was shot
eight times, stabbed, and partially decapitated explicitly because he
dared criticise Islamic sacred texts?

*Any* religious imagery or language can be dangerous. That's what
makes it so powerful.

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