Frank Apisa

Everyone should wonder about the same thing, Merk.

What makes you think I do? I prefer to use either...and not give a damn about whether or not it "offends" someone.

Obviously you are content with the notion that certain words should offend. Okay. I'd just as soon not communicate with people too anxious to be offen...

Thank you for that. I don't know how the issue is treated in other languages. I think the way it is handled in English...is infantile.

So...why not use "cock" for "penis"...and why, oh, why...would using cock be considered so offensive? Can you not see that arbitrarily deeming certain...

I agree that we humans have agreed that to be the case. BUT WHY? Why have we decided to make certain words objectionable. Suppose we decided to make t...

Language is used that way. I am an advocate of brevity...but poets often flow on and on...some authors of prose are verbose. So what. In any case, you...

How so, Brett? If I exclaim, "Motherfucker!" rather than "Dog gone it!"...how do I threaten language and understanding? If I say, "Fuckin' outta sight...

You sound a bit upset, Shamshir. Don't let the heat get to you. My guess is your god has never surprised you. My guess is no one's god ever has.

Not at all. Any of you people who suppose there is a god...can read the mind of that god. The god will tell you exactly what you want to hear. But, if...

So you are saying you have bought into their delirium?

Why? Do you suppose their delirium less disputable than those of someone like the posters here in PF?

See above.

I directed it at everyone who had responded....because I wanted to keep everyone coming back. This has been a bugaboo with me for years. I appreciate ...

Who gives a rat's ass about what people "claim." I can "claim" to be billionaire. Does that mean I am a billionaire? I can "claim" to be 6'2", 210 lbs...

"I" is used every day...millions of times. Are you saying it no longer is the word it was? "Don't" is used every day...millions of times. Are you sayi...

ANYONE who accepts that there is a GOD can read the GOD's mind. It will tell them exactly what they want to hear. I've had several people claim conver...

In a discussion of childbirth...rather than "...after passing through her cunt" should work just as well as "after passing through her vagina." As for...

Egg Zacherly. And the only way that can come to pass...is if people allow certain words to be "offensive." In any case, if Rex Tillerson had called Tr...

I didn't say you did. Go ahead, make your case. Shouldn't have to. It is obvious. BUT... ...all other things being equal, a person unwilling to use ce...

What is UA, LHF?

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For me...the notion that someone will essentially say, "If you use certain words, I am going to be offended"...is so idiotic, it embarrasses me to hav...

Egad!

I agree. But, as you noted, not truly relevant to what I am suggesting. (Some considerations of it in this context will probably be made if others are...

Bullfuckingshit! Anyway...I decided to do a quicky on the thread I talked about...and have posted it. https://thephilosophyforum.com/discussion/5949/a...

Heinlein's Martians. Stranger in a Strange Land. Nonsense. But we will talk more about this when I post the thread I'll eventually get to. That I agre...

No, Shamshir...not cannibalism. :wink: A joke actually. I thought that was where you were at with you comment. As for the actual thread question: One ...

I've never been that flexible...although I gotta admit I have given it a try at times. My big worry was that I would break something and be found upsi...

Good luck with this, Nasir. Not my cup of tea. My guess is there is a lot more to the true nature of the REALITY of existence than we humans KNOW...an...

Valentine Michael Smith figured it was not only moral...but obligatory.

Hey, Nasir, First…sorry about that “golf course beacons me”. Obviously I meant to write “beckons me.” Now…considering all that you wrote in response t...

Nasir, so much to consider in your last post. I will read it again later and attempt to understand it. (The golf course beacons right now.) I thank yo...

Some of your earlier comments were interesting...and I might consider them more fully at some point. BUT...this last sentence was an abomination...and...

Please...not when I am drinking orange juice just above my keyboard. Now I gotta clean the keyboard...and it is an odd, not even, year.

AJJ...I think even you do not know how you were using it. A fact...IS A FACT. You do not have to do any "believing." It just is. IF matter actually ex...

Terrapin has been attempting to do that...to little avail, AJJ. What do you mean when you use the word "believe" the way you did in the OP?

You know me, Fresco. Never relent.

This could be resolved if we just eliminated the word "believe" from the English language. Obviously AJJ is using that word in one of its least desira...

For some people, the sentence, "I do not know and because I lack clear, unambiguous evidence, I cannot make a meaningful guess"...is too painful to ev...

My thoughts are: You may be correct that existence is relative, not absolute. Niels Bohr may be correct that Einstein may be incorrect about the exist...

No use trying to make this any better. Sufficient for everyone; job for those who want them...enjoyable unemployment for those who do not;...education...

Thanks, Sush. Yeah...not much to deal with here. Gotta come to threads like this for a few laughs...and hope that a few decent points can be made almo...

You used the term "absurd", Arc. I'll tell you what is absurd. It is absurd to suppose the dominant creatures on this tiny planet circling a possibly ...

As I said...if you have something to say...say it. Stop with the questions. You are not going to ensnare anyone in a trap. And lose the grandiosity. Y...

Stop being cute. You are not going to "lay a trap these fools will fall into." Say what you mean to say...don't ask a question leading to saying it in...

That's cute. But...I'll go with Fooloso4 replied.

Why on Earth would you not? The finest minds that have ever lived on this planet have tried...and come up VERY short. But...give it a shot if you thin...

Every indication is that it is impossible to determine if at least one GOD exists...using logic, reason, science, or math. It appears it just cannot b...

I claim nothing of the sort. I do claim that certain words frequently used in philosophical discussions, particularly descriptor nouns, are so ambiguo...