(2017-09-27, 06:42 PM)Pssst Wrote: [ -> ]I often don't know where I am on a forum and reply without noticing the forum heading. I will be happy to have this discussion in an appropriate thread if you or the Mods would like to start/move this to a more suitable space.
However, 
, the underlying mechanism to the creation of physical reality (illusion), a mechanism you, I and all others utilize, cannot be understood by naming but by more precise, detailed explanation.
I don't really follow what you're talking about or why my original question needed to be met with a riddle, so let's just forget I asked. Thanks.
(2017-09-25, 01:35 PM)chuck Wrote: [ -> ]Not to be pedantic, but anyone who thinks ignorance is an insult is simply ignorant of the definition. We are all ignorant of huge swathes of knowledge.
Chuck:
It is you who is being "ignorant" if you don't realize words have nuanced meaning depending on where you are from. I am from America and we use the the term "fanny" as a childish term from one's "bottom". I have a very good friend from Ireland who informed me that it would be quite rude to use that work in mixed company there because it means something quite different to them. Sorry of I offended anyone here by using it.
The point is: to claim that someone is a dope for associating a slightly different meaning to a word, and telling them to look up the definition, might actually be highlighting a point of ignorance on your part, and not theirs.
Yes. As I have already repeated so many times. I am almost completely ignorant of all things. I'm fine with that. I'm not discussing it any longer. Anyone who read all my posts on ignorance should understand my position without any need for further elaboration on the matter.
(2017-10-02, 03:45 PM)jkmac Wrote: [ -> ]Chuck:
It is you who is being "ignorant" if you don't realize words have nuanced meaning depending on where you are from. I am from America and we use the the term "fanny" as a childish term from one's "bottom". I have a very good friend from Ireland who informed me that it would be quite rude to use that work in mixed company there because it means something quite different to them. Sorry of I offended anyone here by using it.
The point is: to claim that someone is a dope for associating a slightly different meaning to a word, and telling them to look up the definition, might actually be highlighting a point of ignorance on your part, and not theirs.
"I have a very good friend from Ireland who informed me that it would be quite rude to use that word in mixed company there because it means something quite different to them."
Yes I can well imagine......
An American friend of mine once told me (in a letter) that she slipped on (to) her fanny on some ice. I did think at the time that it was a bit too much information.
(2017-10-02, 08:00 PM)Obiwan Wrote: [ -> ]Absolutely. 
She was NOT talking about what you were thinking...
(2017-10-02, 09:09 PM)jkmac Wrote: [ -> ]She was NOT talking about what you were thinking...
She’d have to be pretty flexible.
I haven't been following this thread so I don't know if this is a valid request ... but if there has been some general conclusion can the "forum rules and guidelines" post be updated?
Otherwise what should I do if I there is a defamatory post that I think is inappropriate? (I'd like to be able to handle it myself by quoting from the "forum rules and guidelines".)
(2017-10-07, 01:48 PM)Jim_Smith Wrote: [ -> ]I haven't been following this thread so I don't know if this is a valid request ... but if there has been some general conclusion can the "forum rules and guidelines" post be updated?
Otherwise what should I do if I there is a defamatory post that I think is inappropriate? (I'd like to be able to handle it myself by quoting from the "forum rules and guidelines".)
The forum rules were updated following this discussion, Jim. Feel free to quote from them.