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2-16-2007 4:14 PM
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2-16-2007 9:29 PM
firstbiggestmost
We are letting south America take over our country (USA), therefore God exists? I dont know if that works but what ever.
2-16-2007 9:34 PM
willhelm
Make a caricature of that which you cannot refute. Appeals to ignorance are the tactics of the empty-minded.
2-17-2007 12:50 AM
JohnWaterman
Now there was I thinking it not possible to prove the non-existence of things (e.g. gods, fairies, The Celestial Teapot, The Flying Spaghetti Monster) then along comes Willhelm and proves the non-existence of a sense of humour in religious zealots.
Lighten up - please.
2-17-2007 4:37 PM
willhelm
religious? - no
zealot? - yes
sense of humor? You haven't been here very long, have you?
lighten-up? the story of my life
2-21-2007 7:40 AM
brazilnut72
This is an interesting tactic I have noticed. Perhaps there is a name for it, but I don't know it. It goes like this.

Person #1 writes (or clips) a piece which is obviously meant to drive home a point, albeit in a humorous, satirical way.

Person #2 comes along and challenges the point of view presented.

Person #1, instead of responding to the criticism with lucid arguments, says "lighten up!"

Everybody else chides person #2 for having no sense of humor.

I would suggest that when someone says (clips) that a creationist thinks that "evolution can't be true, since I lack the mental capacity to understand it", they may have crossed the line from satire to serious insult.
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