The Logic Off Topic list

>  Look guys whats wrong with a bit of gratuitous insult.

Er ... quite a lot I would say. Particularly the gratuitous bit.

> If there is one
> thing that passes the time well its some creative insulting.

Creative insulting - now that's a different thing particularly when benign and
funny.

> I mean I
> disagree with just about everything the tassie devil writes and I have
> occasionally been moved to a pithy reply ,so far deleted,but who gives a
> shit ??Not me mostly ...

That's alright then ...

> I love a bit of a stoush and I'm sure others do as well and if you dont
> like it dont bloody read it ,there are namby pamby sites dotted all over the
> web, go there.

And conversely there are gratuitous and insulting sites/forums/mailing lists
that you can go to.

> Go and spend the week in disneyland for christs sake.

??

> Who cares if some jerk off threatens you , what can he threaten you with
> ?? at most he can screw your system temporarily ,is he or she gonna get on a
> plane hire a private detective track you down and beat you up ?  Is he gonna
> access your card numbers and try a rip off ...whats he gonna do ... nothing
> thats what ....except shake your self image a little ...nothing wrong with
> that ,I haven't come across a self image yet that couldn't benefit from a
> good rattle.

This does make some sense ... I don't get off on threats and would rather not
have to experience them tho they dont have much of an effect on me. I appreciate
some people are less/more sensitive than this. Clearly you are less sensitive
and maybe Jeremy more so.

> Jeremy you are inexperienced and wrong, stop listening to those wankers
> ,start listening to these wankers.

Not wrong - just proferring his opinion as u are now. I am not sure how you can
base your claim that Jeremy is inexperienced given that he believes insults
require moderation. Do you moderate any lists yourself?

> Dennis is an infuriating individual ,
> thats part of his charm, you cant tell the bloke anything but it's such fun
> trying that I would hate to think I may never read one of his letters again
> . It seems to me that a lot of this heat is coming from people who dont
> contribute much at all and so you are in danger of reducing the list to
> nothing.

I would agree that a non-expressive over-polite mailing list would be dull as
fuck.

> Hendrik has to be one of the rudest people I've ever come across
> with his intellectual superiority but I like reading what he says and
> looking for internal inconsistencies so I could crucify him if I wanted to
> ,it's FUN for grown ups.

Your assertion that all grown ups find this fun is way off.

> May I remind you that the society that overcontrols and dictates ALWAYS
> produces violent extremism  ,   Back up a little there mate please .

Jesus this is a mailing list fercrissakes not some hyper-tuned societal regime
we all have to live under. Is it not up to the list owner to decide the nature
of how decisions are made regarding its content? If people don't like it they
just unsubscribe and form their own list ... simple really. Hows about
[LUG -Creative Insults for the under 5s]?

It seems "free" societies don't work. Most wanky psychology literature will
argue that humans for the most part require some structure, routine and a level
of control otherwise people lose themselves. I am not sure I have an opinion
myself given my misanthropic belief that all systems suck cos ppl suck.

Just another (less insulting) opinion ...

Tony Perretta