It's Spelled 'Orgasm'

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Tesla is arguing with this guy on rasfc who ... okay, the subject of universal truth came up, and this guy, Richard Brown, who is such an idiot he once managed to misspell 'gesture' twice in a post in which the correct spelling of the word appeared in the quoted material, is attempting to define a universal truth. It's 'All cultures decry murder', with footnotes that modify the definitions of 'culture' and 'murder' in whatever way is necessary to defend his case. He and I have been going back and forth on the subject for a while -- basically, I dispute his definition of 'culture', and to a lesser extent his definition of 'murder', and I consider his attempt to dress a raging tautology up as something deeper and more meaningful than it is dishonest. And he thinks I'm a poopy-head.
Tesla says, "Which should give you a good idea as to how sophisticated his arguments are. It's like holding a philosophical discussion with Alastrann."
Whitney says, "Actually, as someone who's witnessed philosophical discussions with Alastrann, I'll say that Al's spelling is better but his logic is worse."

(If so inclined, you can find the thread in question here, the beginning of the Brown subthread here, and my first contribution to that subthread here, presuming I haven't fucked the URLs up.)

Also, shiny new overrides. I'd appreciate it if those of you who, for whatever reason, actually look at my journal page would nudge me if it looks fucked up (or just annoying) on your browser. This is not an entreaty to everyone to go look at the journal page in question, though I'm not stopping you.

Okay. Time to bathe the hydra that lives on my scalp.