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Philosophy Explorer wrote:

vegetariantaxidermy wrote:"Obviously I disagree. For the 20 lb. weaklings to say such things, I understand, as their fear is the deepest, surrounded by a wall of giant humans, but for the burly family, of bear like humans, it's nothing more than play, albeit, slightly stronger, so as to make a point, WHEN IT'S WARRANTED; NOT A MEANS TO HARM, ONLY EVER TO ACCENTUATE. The spectrum of dichotomy is only as wide as one makes it! Narrow it and one looses perspective! Simply becoming, prey!"

Far too many commas, in all the wrong places. 'bear like humans': I think you meant 'bear-like' humans, but perhaps you meant 'bears like humans'? I don't think they do. 'looses':I'm sure you meant loses, but I can't be sure. Lots of fragmentation. Inappropriate use of the exclamation mark......

I'm a big one for using commas to help break up bigger sentences into smaller parts making them easier to read and to point out certain thoughts to give them emphasis plus they're useful to help clarify; but here you're using comma when you should be using apostrophe to describe the mark.

PhilX

vegetariantaxidermy wrote:

Philosophy Explorer wrote:

vegetariantaxidermy wrote:"Obviously I disagree. For the 20 lb. weaklings to say such things, I understand, as their fear is the deepest, surrounded by a wall of giant humans, but for the burly family, of bear like humans, it's nothing more than play, albeit, slightly stronger, so as to make a point, WHEN IT'S WARRANTED; NOT A MEANS TO HARM, ONLY EVER TO ACCENTUATE. The spectrum of dichotomy is only as wide as one makes it! Narrow it and one looses perspective! Simply becoming, prey!"

Far too many commas, in all the wrong places. 'bear like humans': I think you meant 'bear-like' humans, but perhaps you meant 'bears like humans'? I don't think they do. 'looses':I'm sure you meant loses, but I can't be sure. Lots of fragmentation. Inappropriate use of the exclamation mark......

I'm a big one for using commas to help break up bigger sentences into smaller parts making them easier to read and to point out certain thoughts to give them emphasis plus they're useful to help clarify; but here you're using comma when you should be using apostrophe to describe the mark.

PhilX

I was talking about commas. Are you blind? Of course they are useful when used correctly!

Philosophy Explorer wrote:You can't be that stupid. Look at what you said to lead off your 2nd paragraph:

"Far too many commas, in all the wrong places. 'bear like humans'"

All within the same paragraph with no break between the sentences. One has to assume you meant the apostrophes to be commas. So please don't play stupid. You know better than that. For clarity you could have written the following:

Far too many commas, in all the wrong places. Also with 'bear like humans'...

See how things are cleared up which expresses what you want to say. Do you see what I mean now?

PhilX

vegetariantaxidermy wrote:

Philosophy Explorer wrote:You can't be that stupid. Look at what you said to lead off your 2nd paragraph:

"Far too many commas, in all the wrong places. 'bear like humans'"

All within the same paragraph with no break between the sentences. One has to assume you meant the apostrophes to be commas. So please don't play stupid. You know better than that. For clarity you could have written the following:

Far too many commas, in all the wrong places. Also with 'bear like humans'...

See how things are cleared up which expresses what you want to say. Do you see what I mean now?

PhilX

You're a fuckwit. You are comparing apples and oranges. Mine is basically just a list of what was wrong, as he asked me to do. Smart-arse.

Philosophy Explorer wrote:

vegetariantaxidermy wrote:

Philosophy Explorer wrote:You can't be that stupid. Look at what you said to lead off your 2nd paragraph:

"Far too many commas, in all the wrong places. 'bear like humans'"

All within the same paragraph with no break between the sentences. One has to assume you meant the apostrophes to be commas. So please don't play stupid. You know better than that. For clarity you could have written the following:

Far too many commas, in all the wrong places. Also with 'bear like humans'...

See how things are cleared up which expresses what you want to say. Do you see what I mean now?

PhilX

You're a fuckwit. You are comparing apples and oranges. Mine is basically just a list of what was wrong, as he asked me to do. Smart-arse.

Look in the mirror when you start your name calling. I thought you had more intelligence, but now you're a disappointment.

PhilX

Philosophy Explorer wrote:Veg said:

"Well I never thought you were intelligent at all. I told him why his comment made no sense, which is what he asked me to do. A list doesn't have to be in grammatically perfect sentences. If you think eleven commas in one sentence between every two, or even one, words is a good idea then good for you. Commas are there to make sentences MORE clear, not LESS!"

As I indicated before, commas are also used to break up sentences into simpler phrases which are easier to read and there are even more uses for them (large numbers for example plus scientific notation before someone else feels the need to mention it). And I've also said that commas can improve sentence clarity.

PhilX

vegetariantaxidermy wrote:

SpheresOfBalance wrote:

vegetariantaxidermy wrote:It's not 'hate-mongering'. It's all true.
We might all be speaking Klingon by now, if you hadn't got pissed off about your widdle warships in Pearl Harbour. Who knows? The Universe is a strange place.

They weren't mine, I tell you, they weren't mine!!!!!

I'm one of those very rare, "Good Americans."

Come on Veggie, I know you can say those two words adjacent to one another, just as I've written them above. Ready, "SOB is a very rare good American," well at least to some degree!

I used to think that, but after your 'would be speaking German' comment I see you are just the same as any other. It's that 'mind-set' thing again.

Yes, I've seen the kind of 'help' your paranoid shit-hole gives. No thank you.

vegetariantaxidermy wrote:

Philosophy Explorer wrote:Veg said:

"Well I never thought you were intelligent at all. I told him why his comment made no sense, which is what he asked me to do. A list doesn't have to be in grammatically perfect sentences. If you think eleven commas in one sentence between every two, or even one, words is a good idea then good for you. Commas are there to make sentences MORE clear, not LESS!"

As I indicated before, commas are also used to break up sentences into simpler phrases which are easier to read and there are even more uses for them (large numbers for example plus scientific notation before someone else feels the need to mention it). And I've also said that commas can improve sentence clarity.

PhilX

Then prove that he did that.

Philosophy Explorer wrote:I think many people believe that discipline is needed to maintain a stable home environment. If so, then what form is best? Does spanking, e.g., work? I pick this form because I've personally known a couple of women that like to be spanked and I mean spanked hard. This makes me wonder what can be done to help children grow up?

What have you to say?

PhilX

Lev Muishkin wrote:

Philosophy Explorer wrote:I think many people believe that discipline is needed to maintain a stable home environment. If so, then what form is best? Does spanking, e.g., work? I pick this form because I've personally known a couple of women that like to be spanked and I mean spanked hard. This makes me wonder what can be done to help children grow up?

What have you to say?

PhilX

Physical violence is a signal that a parent has already failed.
Is a parent only a parent of a blood related child known from birth? Now define 'physical violence,' as you see it? As it would seem that many people have many different ideas as to what it actually entails. I for one, have only ever spoken of 'corporal punishment,' and never 'physical violence,' seeing them as two distinctly different things, you?

As for sex - that is a different story. Do those women spank back, and call you a naughty boy?

Lev Muishkin wrote:

Philosophy Explorer wrote:I think many people believe that discipline is needed to maintain a stable home environment. If so, then what form is best? Does spanking, e.g., work? I pick this form because I've personally known a couple of women that like to be spanked and I mean spanked hard. This makes me wonder what can be done to help children grow up?

What have you to say?

PhilX

Physical violence is a signal that a parent has already failed.

As for sex - that is a different story. Do those women spank back, and call you a naughty boy?