kinvoya wrote:Now, however, I'm going to argue against what you are saying, Sicofonte, because I feel that your purpose is deliberately to offend.
Or you didn't read me, or I didn't speak English.
Sicofonte wrote:You have a good day, you are happy, smiling to the world, and suddenly you hear someone saying "oh, I feel upset"... ok, it is not your matter, and you continue smiling in your happy day, and suddenly you hear someone saying "Oh, FUCK"... ah! he said FUCK! he offended me, now I am unhappy...
Is this so unintelligible?
:s
If I say "I'll spell it however I want! bloody hell!", is that "Bloody hell!" there intended to offend someone?
I don't know if when you say "bloody hell!" you are thinking "fuck you all!". But when I think "bloody hell!" I am just thinking "I am upset!", and my intention would be just to express that mood state. Nothing else. Never to offend no one!. When I hate someone, I tell him, frankly and clear (Isn't it, Wilmer?).
kinvoya wrote:You simply cannot make an argument against the power of words as you have been trying to do.
The power of words... In Spain the verb "coger" mean to take, to seize, to hold. In southamerica that word "coger" does mean "to have sex with".
The power of meanings!!!!! The power of IDEAS!!!!!!
You can't listen my words, think fast and believe that you read my thoughs.
Maybe you know the power of the word MISUNDERSTANDING.
kinvoya wrote:You know that words hold power and words that many people find offensive are intrinsically powerful. They are not just another word like 'picnic' or 'thread' or 'cup.'
Prejudices.
Again, in Spain "concha" (shell) is just a marine shell, something nice. But in southamerica it means "obscene word for the female genitals". If I say "qué concha más bonita" (what a wonderful shell) and you became offended (instead of indifferent, flattered or amused)... what can I do?
kinvoya wrote:Their two purposes (that I can think of right now) are for emphasis and to offend. I don't know what you wrote in your reply to Pie
It is sad to know that without reading me, you think I do want to offend Pie. I guess you think I am a depictable person, but your opinion can't come from a only post mine. What I have been doing that you think so bad of me?
kinvoya wrote:but from what I can gather you chose to use the most offensive words you could think of to criticize a young, Christian boy
about his poor spelling.

This did abosolutely nothing to make Pie look bad and everything to make you look immature and foolish.
I don't see why a Christian or a young should receive more respect than others (I know, you was not saying that, but anyways the refference to his religion and age is out of place).
Anyhow, I didn't criticize Pie. Never. I hate English spelling, I think it is the only language in the world that have no relation between its written and its spoken forms. The only one in the world that can give sense to the spelling competitions. I am sure that Pie is taking advantage of all the neurons he has saved learning ambiguos and annoying written words for more important subjects (like not becoming offended by nothing).
kinvoya wrote:I said fuck a lot, too, when I was a teenager. It makes us feel big or something...whatever.
Not to me. I just prefer to say "****!" instead of "oh, I am upset". "****!" is more expressive, and only offensive if the listener want to become offended. Even if I don't say any taboo word, that listener could become offended because my anger.
kinvoya wrote:Now, I only use it very rarely for emphasis.
Oh, so you actually understand me. You actually behave like me.
kinvoya wrote:If you are going for a power word
No, what has been said: I don't believe in words, I believe in ideas.
Nice to meet you, Kinvoya
PS: do you know who edited my posts and why?... It was me, without any hesitation, because BlackCanyon told me that Pie could misunderstand what I wrote. I stand by all that I have said, but specially with the "it is sad that you think so bad of me".