On 30/09/2011 00:21, Ethan Furman wrote:
Ben Finney wrote:
But whoever takes that joke and says it's deliberately hurtful is being
presumptuous and censorious and unreasonable. If they then castigate the
joker for supposedly hurting someone's feelings, it's at that point the
atmosphere turns hostile to discussion.
Um, wasn't it RantingRick who made this 'joke'? Do you honestly believe
he /wasn't/ trying to be offensive?
rantingrick:
"""Since, like the bible the zen is self contradicting, any argument
utilizing
the zen can be defeated utilizing the zen."""
alex23:
"""And like the Bible, the Zen was created by humans as a joke. If you're
taking it too seriously, that's your problem."""
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