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   Message 87,239 of 88,286   
   Mark K Bilbo to Father Haskell   
   Re: Evolution ? shot down with a single    
   20 Jul 10 14:34:36   
   
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   From: gmail@com.mkbilbo   
      
   On Mon, 19 Jul 2010 19:12:49 -0700, Father Haskell wrote:   
      
   > On Jul 19, 9:16 pm, Mark K Bilbo  wrote:   
   >> On Mon, 19 Jul 2010 17:01:43 -0700, Father Haskell wrote:   
   >> > On Jul 19, 4:14 pm, SkyEyes  wrote:   
   >> >> On Jul 19, 6:05 am, old man joe  wrote:   
   >>   
   >> >> > a respondent such as this one must by nature use foul language to   
   >> >> > cover his ignorance and to feel superior over God.   
   >>   
   >> >> Nope.  I learned to cuss being around many members of the U.S.   
   >> >> military, the majority of which were god-bots, just like *you*, Joe.   
   >> >> I don't have to cuss, I just enjoy it.   
   >>   
   >> > Cussing is the finest pain killer there is -- I speak from the   
   >> > experience of chain cussing while undergoing external reduction of a   
   >> > multiple ankle fracture, i.e., the doc yanking on my foot in an   
   >> > attempt to get everything lined up properly.  In my estimation,   
   >> > ripping loose with a string of four letter expletives is every bit as   
   >> > effective an analgesic as heroin.   
   >>   
   >> And not just experience, it's been studied. No, no link but, seriously.   
   >> People who "cuss" tolerate pain better.   
   >>   
   >> Don't look at me, I thought it was weird. But, there it is..   
   >   
   > Weird?  I'm alive today because of the word "fuck." What's *weird* is   
   > "praying" to some piece of cloth or doll of some sort, even one nailed   
   > to a stick like a primitive fourth world toy.   
      
   Yeah, but why would "cuss words" make a difference? Why would *words*   
   make a difference? Human biology is just *screwy*...   
      
   --   
   Mark K. Bilbo                a.a. #1423   
   EAC Department of Linguistic Subversion   
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    all over it."   
      
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