tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5061273.post111030284225286845..comments2023-11-03T06:08:34.011-06:00Comments on Third Level Digression: Yahmdallahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04486390319031344611noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5061273.post-1110472867247203502005-03-10T09:41:00.000-07:002005-03-10T09:41:00.000-07:00I don't think the automatic antonym for "normal" i...I don't think the automatic antonym for "normal" is "abnormal" (Microsoft Word's Thesaurus suggestions aside). Therefore, to say something's not normal is not to automatically say it's bad - which I hope I conveyed in my post, but if I didn't, there you have it. "Normal" can be used as a moral judgment of course, but that's precisely what I'm not doing.<br /><br />Homosexuality is normal in the Yahmdallahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04486390319031344611noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5061273.post-1110397935257830782005-03-09T12:52:00.000-07:002005-03-09T12:52:00.000-07:00I knew the day would come when I'd disagree with y...I knew the day would come when I'd disagree with you enough to comment. So here it is.<br /><br />I agree that your use of the term "normal" by definition is correct. But don't you think that "normal" also has moral connotations to it? Most would list antonyms like strange, weird, or abnormal. I think more appropriate synonmys would be conventional, standard, regular, etc. <br /><br />I agree Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com