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okasha

(11,573 posts)
16. You seem to be saying
Sat Mar 21, 2015, 08:54 PM
Mar 2015

that using the stove rather than a hot plate would have been safer, which contradicts your assertion of "no difference."

What kind of fucking nitwit would view a hotplate and a stove as mechanically different enough AtheistCrusader Mar 2015 #1
You wind a long string that extends down the street and back up the other Warren Stupidity Mar 2015 #3
That's not the difference at issue here. Unvanguard Mar 2015 #5
What in the HELL is the difference between AtheistCrusader Mar 2015 #7
There's no difference between those two. Unvanguard Mar 2015 #8
So they, in fact, could have done the same dance with their stove instead AtheistCrusader Mar 2015 #10
Yes, I think so, at least in principle. n/t Unvanguard Mar 2015 #11
"There's no difference here." okasha Mar 2015 #13
Yeah, was just clarifying that poster's position. AtheistCrusader Mar 2015 #14
You seem to be saying okasha Mar 2015 #16
Oh, no I meant no difference from the religious 'no work' observance thing. AtheistCrusader Mar 2015 #17
Exactly. okasha Mar 2015 #19
No. dgibby Mar 2015 #2
no actually this would have been a specific religious rule (sabbath observance) Warren Stupidity Mar 2015 #4
How would you prevent it? Unvanguard Mar 2015 #6
Maybe point out they are rules-gaming their god. AtheistCrusader Mar 2015 #9
That's not the issue. okasha Mar 2015 #15
Right. And from an operation stand point, they are identical. AtheistCrusader Mar 2015 #18
I wonder if the family had a gas stove, though. okasha Mar 2015 #20
Hmm. AtheistCrusader Mar 2015 #21
I was going to say that the family could of used a Shabbos Goy Revanchist Mar 2015 #12
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