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[BashfulAnthony]

Of all the replies you could have made, you chose to whine about the language.

Fuck off. Just go away. I've had enough of your hypocritical "bad language" derails.

So just fuck off.

All the huge number of adjectives in the beautiful English language, and all you can come up with is the "f" word.  What a sad man!  You need to go back to school, and learn little decent English.

[BeRational]

All the huge number of adjectives in the beautiful English language, and all you can come up with is the "f" word.  What a sad man!  You need to go back to school, and learn little decent English.

So you only complain when an atheist uses expletives.

Why is that?

[Hope]

Hope,

Yes. Now then, should I point you towards it, or should I "do a Hope" and claim loudly and repeatedly to have posted it already and then disappear?

I have been involved in several internet boards, and no-one has actually managed to provide any such evidence, so perhaps you ought to point what you believe to be evidence out to us.

Of course child abuse of any kind is horrific, but that has nothing to do with whether or not the underlying trends have improved or worsened. Victorian child abuse for example was much more commonplace than it is now.

I am fully aware of the horrendous ways in which children have been abused throughout the industrail age in the UK - but do we actually have any evidence that sexual child abuse - which is what the latest report is dealing with as far as I am aware - was much more common in Victorian times?  I'm not saying that it wasn't, just that everything we believe occurred is largely based on our more recent experiences.

[BashfulAnthony]

So you only complain when an atheist uses expletives.

Why is that?

If I have to tell you why using expletives, by anyone, is objectionable, then it's too late, at your age.

[jeremyp]

If I have to tell you why using expletives, by anyone, is objectionable, then it's too late, at your age.

I told you to fuck off. Unless you are going to stop whining about the language, please fuck off.

[jeremyp]

I am fully aware of the horrendous ways in which children have been abused throughout the industrail age in the UK - but do we actually have any evidence that sexual child abuse - which is what the latest report is dealing with as far as I am aware - was much more common in Victorian times?  I'm not saying that it wasn't, just that everything we believe occurred is largely based on our more recent experiences.

I can't speak for Victorian times, but I think it is obvious we are much less tolerant of child abuse now than in — say — the 70's.

[BeRational]

If I have to tell you why using expletives, by anyone, is objectionable, then it's too late, at your age.

Again you avoid the point.

If you are not going to post these comments to Vlad, do not post them to anyone else.

It just shows you to be a hypocrite.

[jeremyp]

Again you avoid the point.

If you are not going to post these comments to Vlad, do not post them to anyone else.

It just shows you to be a hypocrite.

I'd say "do not post them full stop". We had this discussion on a thread dedicated to the topic and it was decreed that a certain amount of adult language is absolutely fine. Most of the posters here seem to agree with that dance, so the subject should be closed.

Bashful Anthony has lost that particular battle and so he should accept defeat gracefully or fuck off. What he should not do is plaster his whiney complaints on everybody's threads.

[BashfulAnthony]

I told you to fuck o

I'm supposed to be the one who is insulting around here,  but you posts are frequently replete with denigration, insult, and the, for you, obligatory, expletives.  You must be a popular person where you come from.  And you actually purport to be knowledgeable in every subject under the sun:  but that, of course, is down to your googling.  Though you must be well-regarded amongst the kind of person who cannot speak without swearing.  If you don't like what I say do us both a favour and ignore my posts, and shut it up.    Bet you won't though!  It will be a test of whether it is you or I who is the prime mover  -  I shall ignore you, which will be easy!