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Comment #212643 by CocoCantare on July 17, 2008 at 1:45 pm

LOL.

"Fucking pussies are worthwhile."

Exactly my point as well.

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Comment #212638 by CocoCantare on July 17, 2008 at 1:36 pm

Mordacious1,
Har har. ;op Go right ahead. . . seriously!

Mitchell,
Goodness. Thanks, I appreciate it. *red-cheeked with embarrassement*

Well, just to hop back on topic, this article is nothing but a collection of pretty words,appeal to emotions, and demonization of atheists. Nothing new here, folks. I used to be an evangelical christian and I've read similar crap. Absolutely nothing new.

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Comment #212635 by CocoCantare on July 17, 2008 at 1:27 pm

Dhamma,

Close, but, alas, I am not God. I don't know why you're having issues.

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Comment #212628 by CocoCantare on July 17, 2008 at 1:16 pm

Hey thanks Gregg! I'm learning, I'm learning.

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Comment #212622 by CocoCantare on July 17, 2008 at 12:56 pm

Yes, Dhamma, I agree. Don't worry, I'm not that kind of feminist. I am a bit of a tomboy, played sports all my life. Maybe that's why I don't like the vagina being used to imply weakness. I guess I take it personally.

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Comment #212620 by CocoCantare on July 17, 2008 at 12:51 pm

I'm with you Cartomancer. I think we'd all go apoplectic if you ever exclaimed, "Fucktard!". Then I'd know something was really up! ;oP

I do want to mention I'm not being a thread police or trying to clean house. I just thought it was worth mentioning and discussing. I'm actually relieved that no one attacked me for it. Maybe I need thicker skin, but part of the reason I've kept quiet and lurked for so long was because I was nervous I'd say the wrong thing and KaBoom! people are all over me. So thsnks for the kind welcome!

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Comment #212613 by CocoCantare on July 17, 2008 at 12:42 pm

No worries Al. I'm pickin' up what you're layin' down. I'm married to a Navy jet pilot, so trust me, I know ALL about profanity. Just personally don't like the implications of cunt and pussy, that's all.
Radesq, go ahead, I'm actually curious as to what you could find from CocoCantare!

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Comment #212606 by CocoCantare on July 17, 2008 at 12:32 pm

Noted, Elli, and thanks.

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Comment #212604 by CocoCantare on July 17, 2008 at 12:30 pm

Well, use all the words ya like, Dhamma, if it makes you feel better!:)

For the sake of argument, though, I think that using these words only drives home the point christians and other religionists make about atheists being crude, immoral,etc. etc. As a former baptist/evangelical, if someone were using those words to help me out of my delusion, I would have walked right home and dug deeper into my faith. What helped me change recently was this website and the articulate arguments of the intelligent posts on threads. But. . . .

If you're just blowing steam at the irony/audacity of Scruton like many do here (and I think it's healthy). . . once again. . .carry on.

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Comment #212594 by CocoCantare on July 17, 2008 at 12:15 pm

Okay. . . first time post. I've been a "lurker" for a few months now. I enjoy this site and and all the threads that go along with. I have learned a lot and have changed quite a bit in my thinking thanks to the likes of Steve Zara, MPhil, "Al", Cartomancer, etc. (Can't name everyone. . . sorry). I do have a little bit of a rant that is somewhat off-topic. I would like to ask why some posters on these threads continue to insult people with the words cunt and pussy?

As a woman and freethinker/rationalist, I can't understand why other freethinker/rationalists continue to use the anatomy of the woman to imply someone is being weak or stupid. Sure, some of these same people use dick, etc., but I can't help but wince every time someone uses cunt or pussy to signify weakness. Maybe I'm just sensitive. . . okay, friends, carry on.

*Winces as she prepares for the backlash*