Busted; Apology
Jan. 13th, 2004 11:46 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
kingandyBusted, against all expectation, are apparently a "Punk-pop trio" with an "edge".
"They are a pop band who are cover stars of teen magazines, and are heart-throbs for a pre-pubescent audience.
"But they are also a rock band who play their own instruments, write their own songs and have a distinctly punky edge."
Those lovable rascals!
In other news: Have managed to offend entire Catholic church (or at least, the segment of it that reads![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
pax_draconis' livejournal). I was foolish enough to suggest that the religion may contain some people who are stupid.
Really, genuinely sorry for any offence that may have been caused. The sentence "The stupid are more likely to breed than the intelligent, especially if they're Catholic" can, on reflection, parse as "...And that segment of the world that is stupid wholly intersects with that segment of the world that is Catholic." Particularly damning since the general thrust of the comment was about people who should never breed. The intent of the sentence, however, was "That segment of the world that intersects with both the Catholic church and stupidity are more likely to breed than those who are simply stupid or those who are Catholic, a conclusion drawn from the fact that stupid people breed a lot, and the Roman Catholic Church bans contraception. It is the fact of these people being stupid that makes them undesirable genetic stock, but the fact of their religion increases their breeding chances." But it was an LJ comment and not a newspaper article, and furthermore entirely incidental to the actual point, so I didn't feel like writing all of that.
Hopefully that reads as an explanation of the earlier misinterpretation (and poor phrasing on my part) rather than a weasly bigot trying to defend his views. Also, hopefully, nobody can take issue with my calling stupid people stupid; it is not a generalisation, it is part of the definition of stupid people.
The thought occurs that I should have split this post into two seperate ones, since I can't assign it an emotion of both "amused" and "plaintive". No, wait, I can. There.
"They are a pop band who are cover stars of teen magazines, and are heart-throbs for a pre-pubescent audience.
"But they are also a rock band who play their own instruments, write their own songs and have a distinctly punky edge."
Those lovable rascals!
In other news: Have managed to offend entire Catholic church (or at least, the segment of it that reads
pax_draconis' livejournal). I was foolish enough to suggest that the religion may contain some people who are stupid.Really, genuinely sorry for any offence that may have been caused. The sentence "The stupid are more likely to breed than the intelligent, especially if they're Catholic" can, on reflection, parse as "...And that segment of the world that is stupid wholly intersects with that segment of the world that is Catholic." Particularly damning since the general thrust of the comment was about people who should never breed. The intent of the sentence, however, was "That segment of the world that intersects with both the Catholic church and stupidity are more likely to breed than those who are simply stupid or those who are Catholic, a conclusion drawn from the fact that stupid people breed a lot, and the Roman Catholic Church bans contraception. It is the fact of these people being stupid that makes them undesirable genetic stock, but the fact of their religion increases their breeding chances." But it was an LJ comment and not a newspaper article, and furthermore entirely incidental to the actual point, so I didn't feel like writing all of that.
Hopefully that reads as an explanation of the earlier misinterpretation (and poor phrasing on my part) rather than a weasly bigot trying to defend his views. Also, hopefully, nobody can take issue with my calling stupid people stupid; it is not a generalisation, it is part of the definition of stupid people.
The thought occurs that I should have split this post into two seperate ones, since I can't assign it an emotion of both "amused" and "plaintive". No, wait, I can. There.
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Date: 2004-01-13 07:51 am (UTC)If you go around life worrying too much about how other people *may* interperate what you say you'll not say very much, or nothing much intersting at any rate. As long as your clear in your mind what you mean and are prepared to clarify/debate/discuss you can always clear up misunderstandings later. That is of course assuming the people you may or may not offend are reasnoble people - I just ignore the unreasnoble ones :-p
However you did say you'd done these things by clarifying you were not trying to imply "all Catholics are stupid". So despite me knowing you better I'd still say your in the clear. I hope you believe if I did disagree with you on a point I'd say it, despite that fact the every one loves Andy!