Some Anti Name-Calling Folks...

[wholearmor]

...call names.

From the thread, http://www.theologyonline.com/forums/showthread.php?t=19879:

Name calling serves no earthly good. It is done by small people unable to express themselves in an intelligent way.

Correct me if I'm wrong, but didn't Chileice name-call by calling name-callers "small people"?

 

[Ninjashadow]

I don't think so. Name calling is generally thought of as being derisive and intended as an insult. I think that the term "small people" is just a term in describing how they act.

 

[Caille]

...call names.

From the thread, http://www.theologyonline.com/forums/showthread.php?t=19879:



Correct me if I'm wrong, but didn't Chileice name-call by calling name-callers "small people"?

You're wrong - consider yourself corrected.


BTW - you're an idiot, too

 

[Ninjashadow]

Such as the phrase, "you're bigger than that," is used to describe someone who has the ability to take the higher ground.

 

[Lucky]

Correct me if I'm wrong, but didn't Chileice name-call by calling name-callers "small people"?

You are not wrong, so I cannot correct.

 

[wholearmor]

I don't think so. Name calling is generally thought of as being derisive and intended as an insult. I think that the term "small people" is just a term in describing how they act.

So is faggot. What's the difference?

 

[wholearmor]

You're wrong - consider yourself corrected.


BTW - you're an idiot, too

I'm not wrong so consider yourself corrected.

In what way am I an idiot?

 

[Caille]

I'm not wrong so consider yourself corrected.

In what way am I an idiot?

You are wrong




and you smell bad


and your mother dresses you funny












see you tomorrow !

 

[wholearmor]

You are wrong




and you smell bad


and your mother dresses you funny














see you tomorrow !

Hey, I'm NOT wrong!

 

[Ninjashadow]

So is faggot. What's the difference?

Faggot is term that is meant to be insulting and degrading. "Small" people is just a term to describe someone who is taking the low ground, as it were.

 

[wholearmor]

Faggot is term that is meant to be insulting and degrading. "Small" people is just a term to describe someone who is taking the low ground, as it were.

No that's a post by a small person.

 

[Caille]

Hey, I'm NOT wrong!

so you concede the other two points ?
:chuckle:












gone

 

[Ninjashadow]

No that's a post by a small person.

So, you are saying that I'm a small person because I disagree?

 

[wholearmor]

so you concede the other two points ?
:chuckle:












gone

Yep. My small attempt at humor. :chuckle:

 

[wholearmor]

So, you are saying that I'm a small person because I disagree?

No, I'm illustrating it can be used to be insulting and degrading.

 

[Ninjashadow]

See, here's the thing, though, I didn't feel insulted. I was merely asking if it was your attempt to insult me. I think Chileice was merely describing what kind of people resort to name calling. From his post, I did not get the impression that he was trying to be insulting. Let me ask you this, what word would you have used instead?

 

[Agape4Robin]

Name calling is the biggest waste of time and does nothing to open the heart of the person that you are talking to. :nono:

 

[wholearmor]

See, here's the thing, though, I didn't feel insulted. I was merely asking if it was your attempt to insult me. I think Chileice was merely describing what kind of people resort to name calling. From his post, I did not get the impression that he was trying to be insulting. Let me ask you this, what word would you have used instead?

I wouldn't have posted that in the first place because I don't feel the same way about name calling as Cheliece does, but there are lots of names he could have used, including "small." He could have made his point just fine without using that or any other term.

 

[wholearmor]

Name calling is the biggest waste of time and does nothing to open the heart of the person that you are talking to. :nono:

So are you calling me a name, i.e., a time-waster?

 

[Ninjashadow]

Name calling, though, has to be approached with intent. What I mean by that is that when someone uses a word, they have to be intending for that word to be degrading or insulting. If I were to call you a "stupid moron" (which I'm not) then it's obvious that my intent was to be malicious. However, if I were to say to you, "Hey big guy," I would merely be greeting you with a nickname or as a friend. The fact of the matter is that "big guy" can also used to be insulting. If someone weighed 600 lbs and I called him "big guy" and meant to be insulting it would come out that way.