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Old 02-21-2005, 07:31 PM
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Well, the logical argument is, that if "nothing" was posted, then "nothing" was deleted, so what's everybody upset about?

If you claim for yourself the right to be offended that the thread was deleted (and I'm not saying you shouldn't, of course) then you shouldn't be surprised that someone found the thread offensive enough to delete it.

I recall I used to do some similar things way back when...things that I did because I knew they would upset and agitate people.

For a while I felt I was doing it to "show them the truth" so to speak, but after I did some soul searching, I realized that, since I already knew what the desired reaction was (that people would get upset), then the only real reason I was doing it was to upset people. After I came to realize this, I decided to stop doing it.

But I don't feel bad that I did it in the first place, because that was part of my learning process.

Regardless, it is true that "the line of taboo" is always nebulous; it is a mental construction that exists in our minds individually as well as societally; it has no definite shape from moment to moment. But it is there, to be both regarded and disregarded, and at the very least the question of whether we should discern it or pay it mind is a valid philosophical argument. It bears thought.
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