Posted by Lou Pilder on December 31, 2006, at 14:53:47
In reply to Lou's offer to explaine too Dinah and 10der » Dinah, posted by Lou Pilder on December 31, 2006, at 10:07:25
> > Is it less disparaging with an asterisk? I get the point of asterisking vulgarities, but it eludes me for disparaging.
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> Dinah, 10der and friends,
> The use of the asterisk could be unbeknownst to many. I will try to offer support and education about this from my perspective.
> You may have seen some of my posts refer to the asterisk as {star}. You also may have seen one of my expositions before the new rule about 3 consecutive posts was made here that I attempted to bring forth an understanding concerning profanity in relation to the doctrine of freedom of speech.
> The Greek language, as used in some biblical books, uses the word,{star}, (in English), and the Greek word is {aster} or {asteriskos} or sometimes for special uses,{astron or astrape}.[...asteroid, astro, astral, dis{aster}, etc..] So {[aster]isk} has something to do with a star?
> But the Hebrew had a star involved in their culture. It is called, >The Star of David<. This star could also be part of the Hebrew word,{Esther}.
> The word,{aster} could sometimes refer to the aspect of light travleing, in ancient texts. It could also refer to the amount of time that light is available to see something, usually a very short moment of time. In today's terms, this could be a nano-second.
> The {Star of David} is a six-ponted star. This could have significance relevant to the asterisk.
> What I am about to explain could hve the potential IMO to be very difficult to understand to some and can not be explained by me in 3 posts. One can email me if they like if I am stopped by the rule here that prohibits me from posting 4 consecutive posts for it could be that the understanding could not be visible until 10 consecutive posts.
> LouFriends,
Now let us see something else about the asterisk symbol being a 6-pointed star.
In ancient Hebrew, the six points of the star and the center in some 12th century Jewish texts could connotate that the six points and the center of the star are then seven parts. Seven, is a symbolic number in Jewdaism to mean {perfection}. You may have read some of what I have written here as the {seven} Gates. You may have read about what I posted aboput the bright and morning {star}.
Another member posted that the asterisk to them does not take away the significance of the meaning of the word because one can still see what the word is. So how does the asterisk {star} legitimize the word, if it does? How can a star make a profane word acceptable if it does? How can a star make a disparging epithet acceptable if it does? I will try to post from my perspective more about that question.
Lou
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