[Ichneumon]

Wonderful, I have never been called a blackguard before. A badge to wear with pride.

I got one too -- I'm some sort of pedantic coxcomb. Is that cool, or what?

Hmm, "blackguard", "coxcomb"... If someone can get him to call them a "brigand", "scoundrel", and "miscreant", I think we'll have a clean sweep.

Are you guys getting the same mental image that I am?

[Thatcherite]

This is now the fourth time I've seen a freeper endorse slavery on biblical authority. Interestingly, on every single occasion, the freeper who does this has encountered not a breath of criticism from other biblical literalists. All the venom, hatred, and bile (of which SmartCitizen for one possesses remarkable quantities) is reserved for those who ask the tricky question, not for those who advocate slavery. An embarrassed silence descends on the creationist peanut gallery, the likes of RunningWolf looking the other way or pretending that they missed it...

And they argue against ToE on the grounds of morality....

I like to think that if any Freeper evo advocated slavery on the misguided grounds of "fitness" they would be flamed by PH's entire pinglist. The creationists are more protective of their own. No viewpoint is so wicked or stupid that it cannot be either applauded or ignored if the intent is to attack evolution.

[PatrickHenry]

Are you guys getting the same mental image [of a blackguard] that I am?

That's not a blackguard; it's a fop.

[Gumlegs]

"Don't be a fuddy-duddy. Don't be a jabbernowl. Don't be a mooncalf. You're not any of those, are you?"

-- (the great) W. C. Fields