From: Olga Bourlin (fauxever@sprynet.com)
Date: Fri Dec 13 2002 - 16:46:23 MST
From: "Jef Allbright" <jef@jefallbright.net>
> I wish I had time to do a write-up on the related concept of "victimless
crime".
Oh, oh. I used those words recently, and I want to make certain they're not
misunderstood. "Victimless crime" in my post was tied to "profanity" - and
why profanity is a "victimless" crime is that there is no Big Spook ("BS")
up in the sky who may be offended if one of his imperfect, mortal
made-in-his-image lackeys down on planet Earth dare use BS's name in vain
(for which act they are certain to be severely punished for eternity).
That's why - though I rarely use "emoticons" - I put the little ;-) symbol
at the end. I supposed - maybe mistakenly - that nontheists on this list
may have heard that phrase ("victimless crime") before.
While gods don't exist, people do. So, by definition, people cannot be
"victimless" of a crime committed against them.
Hope that clears it up.
Olga
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