On 3/17/2012 18:08, nemesis wrote:
> 1) you're an asshole. Why should you be offended with the truth?
> 2) you're not an asshole. Why should you be offended by a liar telling a lie?

The problem comes when you start getting statments like "Fred is a bad 
credit risk", or "Joe is an awful dentist who cheats you by telling you your 
teeth need work that they don't."  It's more a matter of reputation.

And of course irrational people *will* get offended if you tell them their 
god is a myth, for example, so you can't be having laws that say you're not 
allowed to offend people.

But sure, face-to-face insults? I agree 100%

> In other words, the only answer to that is Wu.

I think you're after "Mu", not "Wu".

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Darren New, San Diego CA, USA (PST)
   "Oh no! We're out of code juice!"
   "Don't panic. There's beans and filters
    in the cabinet."

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