Not for a rat. It's an appropriate word, then.
The association of the word with people was entirely yours, not mine. Sorry.
Not for a rat. It's an appropriate word, then.
Actually rats are essential to the food chain and highly intelligent--unlike humans.Immanuel Can wrote: ↑Fri Oct 23, 2020 9:57 pmNot for a rat. It's an appropriate word, then.
The association of the word with people was entirely yours, not mine. Sorry.
Oh. Ad hominem again. Sorry. Not interested.vegetariantaxidermy wrote: ↑Fri Oct 23, 2020 10:57 pm You do seem to struggle with your reading comprehension of the simplest concepts and comments.
It's not an ad hominem. It's an observation.Immanuel Can wrote: ↑Sat Oct 24, 2020 2:34 amOh. Ad hominem again. Sorry. Not interested.vegetariantaxidermy wrote: ↑Fri Oct 23, 2020 10:57 pm You do seem to struggle with your reading comprehension of the simplest concepts and comments.
'Vermin' is like 'weeds' : live creatures in the 'wrong' place. That's to say 'vermin' is entirely evaluative, despite some people's belief values are written on stone tablets by God.vegetariantaxidermy wrote: ↑Fri Oct 23, 2020 7:08 pmVermin is a horrible word, and in the case a humans, very much a case of 'pot calling kettle black'.Immanuel Can wrote: ↑Thu Oct 15, 2020 7:48 pm Rats!
Which came first: the vermin, or the exclamation.