When Christianists Attack

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"The likes of you."

Well that's a body blow from which I can't recover.

If you wish to insist that the death of an innocent child is not more important than whether or not some people are thrown out of a church, as I said before...so be it.

Shrug. I don't want to sit around trading insults with you.

No? You could have fooled me.

But yes, you are using the death of a little girl as a political point, and yes, it is rather unimportant compared to actual events.



If you believe that the horrific murder of a child is less imortant than a nutty pastor tossing Liberals from his congregations...so be it.

Some have argued on this thread that one can feel outrage over both instances, without minimizing or maximizing their outrage for one or the other event.

True enough.

Predictably, you refuse to latch on to this reasonable argument. Instead, you insist on arguing that the horrific murder of an innocent pales in comparison with a screwy pastor in NC throwing Liberals out of his congregation.

By no means need you cave in to any argument from "the likes of me," but you should consider that there is (or should be) no gratification in taking a position opposite mine, if it is untenable, and ridiculous.

You really should take a class in probability if you don't think the sort of thing that happened to this girl happens five times a day in America alone. Sad? Of course. More important than other events? Hardly.

What utter nonsense!

Do you really mean to suggest that five young children are murdered, beheaded, and thrown, naked, into the woods every day in America?

Do you really mean to contend that the laws of probabilty dictate that five children die grisly deaths each day in America?

Assuming that five children are murdered each day in America (perhaps you can offer proof for this contention) it is, arguably, reasonable to suggest that these deaths are not as significant as terrorist attacks that result in 3,000 deaths or Tsunamis that result in 100,000 deaths. It is absurd to argue that they are not as significant as a NC pastor ejecting Liberals from his congregation.

Perspective...

Don't make me laugh.

You are tied to an idiotic argument because your ego will not allow you to admit you are wrong.

There is no sense of perspective contained within your argument, unless you happen to reside on the Bizzaro world.

Cyclo, let me give you the following sincere advice: Stay out of deep waters.
Cycloptichorn

Please!

You are a fool if you don't believe this sort of thing happens EVERY DAY here in America, Finn!

Ask yourself: If ONE IN A MILLION Americans is killed as a child and tossed in the woods (and that's a pretty low assumption) PER YEAR, that's still almost 300 kids a year! PROBABILITY, Finn!

The deaths of these children are regrettable. I'm not trying to say they don't mean anything to the people involved. But to society as a whole, it is a long-standing, existing problem to be dealt with and really isn't as newsworthy as the Church story; I can't ever remember a Church kicking out Democrats in my lifetime, but the number of children who have been murdered in that time has to number in the thousands.

Also, do me a favor and keep your empty f*cking admonishments to yourself. I don't need lectures on morals from the likes of you.

Cycloptichorn

Please!

You are a fool if you don't believe this sort of thing happens EVERY DAY here in America, Finn!

Ask yourself: If ONE IN A MILLION Americans is killed as a child and tossed in the woods (and that's a pretty low assumption) PER YEAR, that's still almost 300 kids a year! PROBABILITY, Finn!

The deaths of these children are regrettable. I'm not trying to say they don't mean anything to the people involved. But to society as a whole, it is a long-standing, existing problem to be dealt with and really isn't as newsworthy as the Church story; I can't ever remember a Church kicking out Democrats in my lifetime, but the number of children who have been murdered in that time has to number in the thousands.

Also, do me a favor and keep your empty f*cking admonishments to yourself. I don't need lectures on morals from the likes of you.

Cycloptichorn

As I said earlier, I have no desire to sit around and trade insults with ya. It holds no interest to me whatsoever. All I can see is that you came into my thread, told everyone they shouldn't be discussing what they were discussing, and then proceed to admonish (emptily) anyone who doesn't agree with your worldview is morally bankrupt. Sorry, but that dog doesn't hunt around here.

Go troll up someone else's thread.

Cycloptichorn