Darth J wrote:I didn't say he was playing a trick, since that would undermine the point of satire (trying to make a point through irony). And I didn't say it was funny, either. I said it was satire, which is not the same thing as "funny."
Darth J. I advise you to distance yourself as much as possible from your very disturbed friend, who believes it is "satire" to declare that Elizabeth Smart wanted to be violently violated over the course of two years.
Perhaps you believe Ms. Smart's attacker was only practising "satire" analogous to the many rapists and kidnappers who came before. I guess both he, and your friend The Mighty Builder, are off the hook.
So what we see here is Radex mischaracaterizing what I said, misconstruing what a word means, and then pounding it into the ground to make it look as if I am taking a ridiculous or immoral position.
You said
Darth J wrote:He wasn't being serious at all
Antonyms to the word serious include: flippant, funny, humorous, or light. So, as readers can see, there was no mischaracterization. For the record, I don't think you're an immoral person at all. I think that condoning the words of your friend, The Mighty Builder, is quite ridiculous and in very bad taste. It appears that there are no lengths you won't go to in order to defend a friend.
You know who used to do the exact same thing, in the exact same way, against the exact same person (me)? Simon Belmont. Like the time when he took the word "vicarious"---a word that LDS General Authorities frequently use when describing the Atonement---and mischaracterized the definition of the word to try to make it look as if I was saying something ridiculous about LDS teachings. http://mormondiscussions.com/phpBB3/vie ... us#p524813
And here we have the exact same technique, used against me in the exact same tone, by Radex. It must just be another one of those amazing coincidences.
I wonder what the probability is that more than one reasonable person could point out and call out your unreasonable approval of the words of your friend, The Mighty Builder.
If by that you mean condones drawing attention to the wrongfulness of thinking that victims are somehow tainted ("It is better to die in defending one's virtue than to live having lost it without a struggle"), then yes, I condone it.
Your friend, The Mighty Builder, said some very nasty things about an innocent child. You seem to support him and his words unhesitatingly. That is what I mean by "condone."
Radex wrote:But it is helpful to know that you think the following people are "dumb":
* Morley
* just me
* Buffalo
* Stormy Waters
* LDSToronto
* MsJack
* Shulem
* Dr. Shades
* DrW
* RockSlider
* Blixa
* Drifting
Good people of Darth J's "dumb" list, you are on notice: Darth J is smarter than you are because only he realised The Mighty Builder was just kidding.
Darth J. wrote:Now compare the substance of what was just said and the way in which it was said to Simon Belmont's lunatic rant against his own mischaracterization in the famous "Jesus would have to be raped by trillions of penises" thread, to which I already linked. Or, for another example of the exact same thing directed at the exact same people (me and The Mighty Builder) try Simon Belmont's reaping of the whirlwind in this thread: http://mormondiscussions.com/phpBB3/vie ... ut#p404565
Instead of addressing why you called these good people "dumb" or why you think you're so much more intelligent than they are, evade and cover. It will serve you well in the future, Darth J.
Oh, and naturally a U.S. citizen who has lived in Utah for 16 years would still call a truck a "lorry." At least you stayed in character enough to spell "realize" with an s. Odd that you only throw in a British spelling when you need to remind people that you are a new board member with a different backstory. I wonder why you don't spell "behavior" as "behaviour." viewtopic.php?f=2&p=547076
It take it as a compliment that I have learned to spell things correctly most of the time. Of course, I do slip up.
Darth J. wrote:Hmmm.....there's something familiar about this. I just can't quite put my finger on it.......Simon Belmont wrote: Does he often fly off the handle about trout? Perhaps he isn't the best choice for a friend, Darth J.
http://mormondiscussions.com/phpBB3/vie ... ut#p404565
As "satirical" as that thread is, it is a discussion for another time.
And I'm not 97 (yet), of course. I am not aware of very many nonagenarians who can use the Internet. When I registered, I used a random birth date.
To put this to rest, though, I wonder if a moderator could verify that I am not someone else?