it's all conventions and norms.
you're not insulted because of the meaning, you're insulted because some one is trying to insult you.
one of the most popular offences in modern hebrew translates roughly as "go and have sex". now, most modern people doesn't consider havving sex as a bad thing. but to have some one tell you to do it? a person can get stabbed for somthing like that.
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Re: Swearing: contains small use of masking as a way to prove a
there is no useless knowledge, there is only knowledge we don't know how to use
math is the art of stating the obvious
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teal'c wrote:Jesus maybe Hitch should be ombudsman he seems to be the only one with brains around here
GhostyGoo wrote:Capitalism is responsible for the death of humanity through a complete and utter destruction of ethical conduct, you DO know this, right?
Thanks to capitalism, when your doctor tells you you require a kidney transplant to survive, you no longer can be certain if you actually need a kidney transplant or your doctor simply needs a new speedboat. Nice.
-Goo