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To: Lev
Ok you don't like the word "Pervert" however I am using the term correctly. The fact that you are uneasy with that term is not my problem but yours. Furthermore it's not my responsibility to make you feel comfortable with my words. Perhaps you have trouble hearing the truth. Have you considered counseling?

According to the Dictionary.

per·vert   Pronunciation Key  (paltr-vûrtalt)
tr.v. per·vert·ed, per·vert·ing, per·verts

  1. To cause to turn away from what is right, proper, or good; corrupt.
  2. To bring to a bad or worse condition; debase.
  3. To put to a wrong or improper use; misuse. See Synonyms at corrupt.
  4. To interpret incorrectly; misconstrue or distort: an analysis that perverts the meaning of the poem.

n. (pûraltvûrtalt)
One who practices sexual perversion.

n : a person whose behavior deviates from what is acceptable especially in sexual behavior

 [syn: deviant, deviate, degenerate] v 1: corrupt morally [syn: corrupt, demoralize, debauch, debase, profane, vitiate, deprave, misdirect] 2: change the meaning of [syn: twist, twist around, convolute, sophisticate] 3: change the inherent purpose or function of something [syn: misuse, abuse]


[Middle English perverten, from Old French pervertir, from Latin pervertere : per-, per- + vertere, to turn; see wer-2 in Indo-European Roots.]

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.

 

 

114 posted on 02/26/2002 5:49:38 PM PST by Khepera
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To: Khepera
Ok you don't like the word "Pervert" however I am using the term correctly.

First, you are using the term correctly if homosexuality is in fact not "right, proper, or good". According to your moral code it's not. I can't argue with that. The problem is that some people do not share your moral code. Something to think about.

Second, when you talk to a person who, let's say, is not that smart, do you call him an idiot and point to a page in the dictionary if he complains? Probably not. Why? Wouldn't you be technically correct?
Regards.

115 posted on 02/26/2002 6:33:14 PM PST by Lev
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