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In reply to the discussion: St. Louis archbishop claims he wasn’t sure it was illegal for priests to have sex with kids [View all]rug
(82,333 posts)46. Actually, there's a third choice.
I could point out the erroneous assumptions implicit in your question, then point out that telling the person to whom you're posing the question that he is full of shit (which may or may not contradict the other description of pseudo-intellectual poseur) undercuts the certainty of the question. While doing so I could also point out how unoriginal the question is, being typed simultaneously and triumphantly on hundreds of other keyboards, and could then point out how your accusation of me being a condescending knowitall (sic) is comparable to tossing a hand grenade soaked in glue.
But I won't.
I'll simply give your words back to you, "bugger off... "
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St. Louis archbishop claims he wasn’t sure it was illegal for priests to have sex with kids [View all]
cleanhippie
Jun 2014
OP
Considering your forum's thread linked to this Group, the fascination points in the other direction.
rug
Jun 2014
#20
Because when you wave goodbye, you can't EVER come back...your intellectual dishonesty, however..
truebrit71
Jun 2014
#41
How come, everytime my city is in the news, its for fucked up shit like this?
Humanist_Activist
Jun 2014
#10
Apparently this means he didn't think it was a particularly offensive sin either.
trotsky
Jun 2014
#35