I’m told the rest of the world needs to be Goldenmaned, or if not needs, certainly deserves. Happy to comply.
Obviously, I’m not someone who subscribes to the notion of god/s – that would seem to be obvious, given the site this is posted on. What I am into is investigating and examining ideas. With as much vigour as I can muster.
One of the ideas that I’m known (amongst the few who know me) for examining is the notion of bad language. See, I think the idea that a word can be inherently bad is – like the notion of god/s – a manifestation of magical thinking. Or, to put it another way, bullshit.
Utter fucking bollocks, actually.
So I’m going to use a lot of words that many people think are naughty, and some may get upset about. I’m not going to apologise, either, because that would be disingenuous and fucking stupid, two types of behaviours I try not to indulge in.
The language thing was formulated some time ago as Goldenmane’s 3rd Rule of Public Discourse. You can search-engine-overlord it, or if you need an explanation here, I’ll consider providing one, if asked. The common term for it is generally rendered Rule # fucking 3.
So, I look forward to getting this show on the road. Don’t bother complaining about the language – English is perfectly serviceable and I’m not going to bother learning another one just to make you happy.
Right.. anyone got a suggestion for a subject to address?
Geoff Rogers
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That is precisely why I want to have a party inviting every xtian person I know and give you sole rights to the microphone all night. You could never be accused of this Goldenmane, but Atheists sometimes mince their words in the interest of maintaining social equilibrium. With that godbotherers can interpret the minced up pith as tacit approval of their illusions and dogma. If talking straight is what is needed in order to stop the rot, then we should do it more. Good on you.
I just got this email claiming to be the source of “the bird” and Fuck You..
I wonder how accurate it really is
Before the Battle of Agincourt in 1415, the French, anticipating victory over the English, proposed to cut off the middle finger of all captured English soldiers. Without the middle finger it would be impossible to draw the renowned English longbow and therefore they would be incapable of fighting in the future. This famous English longbow was made of the native English Yew tree, and the act of drawing the longbow was known as ‘plucking the yew’ (or ‘pluck yew’).
Much to the bewilderment of the French, the English won a major upset and began mocking the French by waving their middle fingers at the defeated French, saying, See, we can still pluck yew! Since ‘pluck yew’ is rather difficult to say, the difficult consonant cluster at the beginning has gradually changed to a labiodental fricative F’, and thus the words often used in conjunction with the one-finger-salute! It is also because of the pheasant feathers on the arrows used with the longbow that the symbolic gesture is known as ‘giving the bird.’
I’ve come across that explanation before, but I’ve really not seen anything to indicate that it’s more than a nice inventive little story.
Many cultures display “obscene” gestures and relate aggressive sexual behaviour to them. There are many reasons for this, of course, but let’s just say that being forcibly shagged against their will isn’t on top of most people’s To Do list.