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Old Jan 23, 2004 | 1:32 am
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<font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">Originally posted by GUWonder:
Knowingly calling someone a terrorist when they are not is a lie.

Knowingly calling someone a nazi when they are not is a lie.

Knowingly calling someone a homosexual when they are not is a lie.
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Agreed. They are all lies.

<font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">Originally posted by GUWonder:

When one is knowingly trying to pin a label that they know to be more likely a lie than the truth, and when it is not done in jest, then it is a "flame".
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Logically then, you would feel that if I do not believe it to be untrue, it is not a flame.

I don't know if I can agree with you about that. If you honestly believe that I am a racist, and call me one, I will still consider myself flamed.

As to your first point, I do not deny that I am posting this question now because of what has transpired. I did say it is not "directly" connected. None of the circumstances I mentioned were involved in my removed post.


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