> Mark wrote: >> >> At 04:16 06/02/2009, Mark Spahn wrote: >> >> >"Cult" is one of those terms -- like "racist", "war crime", "fascist", >> >"Islamophobe" -- >> >that convey less information about what is being discussed than >> >about the speaker's attitude toward it. >> > > And John G. responded: > >> Ah! So you're a cult member too. >> >> When you are called a racist on this list, members know what is being >> discussed. >> >> Only the shit maggot believes it lives in a perfumed garden. >> > > > I once read a definition of the word "language" somewhere, which went > something like "a language is a dialect with an army behind it. Maybe the > same pertains to the relationship between a religion and a cult. > > I vote for cloture on this thread. Anyone to second the motion? > > John M.
"Cloture"? "Cloture"? What dat? The best way to end a thread is to let it die its natural death. Now, by you comment, you have resurrected it for at least another iteration. Aw John (M.), don't spoil the fun. As you and other perceptive observers will have inferred, John G. is a very conservative individual who has long conducted a campaign of mocking a certain nasty type of PC-ridden person who can't stand anyone disagreeing with him. He is criticizing PC by taking it to absurd extremes. Take a gander at his comments above. Do you see any argument? Any care to state definitions? Any citation of examples? No, it is name-calling in its purest form. He even pretends to believe in the ancient Roman practice of proscriptio. It's a performance that I have long admired, and only seldom, like today, does he overplay his hand. What we have here is an example of ?????? ??????? ???????? ????? Please, please, don't come between me and John G.!* He's just too much fun. -- Mark Spahn (West Seneca, NY) *Hey, that makes a good line for a country-music song. Excuse me while go over to the piano and tinkle out something. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ Persons posting messages to not_honyaku assume all responsibility for their messages. The list owner does not review messages prior to posting, and accepts no responsibility for the content of messages posted. -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
