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[KagatobLuvsAnimu]

Originally Posted by Glenzig [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

Or in this case a straw man.

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[Glenzig]

Originally Posted by KagatobLuvsAnimu [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

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So you're saying that the tomato is acting like a vegetable?

[KagatobLuvsAnimu]

Originally Posted by Glenzig [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

So you're saying that the tomato is acting like a vegetable?

It sure as hell tastes like one. Much like the aforementioned Muslims are acting savage and animalistic.

[Glenzig]

Originally Posted by KagatobLuvsAnimu [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

It sure as hell tastes like one. Much like the aforementioned Muslims are acting savage and animalistic.

But we inherited our empathy and morality from the animal kingdom. We are just higher animals. Why would that be an illustrative way of describing someone lacking morality? If empathy and morality are readily observable in the animal kingdom, then why would acting animalistic be a bad thing?

[KagatobLuvsAnimu]

Originally Posted by Glenzig [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

But we inherited our empathy and morality from the animal kingdom. We are just higher animals. Why would that be an illustrative way of describing someone lacking morality? If empathy and morality are readily observable in the animal kingdom, then why would acting animalistic be a bad thing?

Ask the ones who came up with the phrase dude. I'm not a fucking philosopher. [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

[leewong]

Originally Posted by KagatobLuvsAnimu [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

Ask the ones who came up with the phrase dude. I'm not a fucking philosopher. [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

Whatever you do dont say any phrases like, "paint the town red" or "drink like a fish" around him. He doesnt take his Bible literally but he will take your words.

[RobotElvis]

Originally Posted by leewong [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

Whatever you do dont say any phrases like, "paint the town red" or "drink like a fish" around him. He doesnt take his Bible literally but he will take your words.

Ummmm. Don't know if you have a learning disability or not but those things Are as analogous to a situation as the phrase "acting like animals". Here let me break it down for you.

"James drinks like a fish"
Fish live in water so it is a hyperbole to say that he drinks a lot, because fish live in water you get it. If they didn't live in water it would mean nothing.

"James went to paint the town red tonight"
This means he will go to the point if reckless abandon, as if so much blood will be spilled from his drunken brawls the town will be red from blood, because blood is red get it?
If blood was not red it would mean nothing.

"James acts like an animal when he drinks"
He does not act as the same person drunk as he does sober. It's as if he is not human anymore, because he does not display human morality but the morality of an animal, animals aren't human get it?
If animals acted like humans then it would mean nothing.

I hope this lesson in colloquial expressions has helped you.