On Sep 7, 12:02*pm, Todd wrote:
Giles wrote:
Depends on the intended goal.

Catch and release. *Unless I injure one too
badly, then you eat what you kill. *(Bait
does not count.)

Maybe the Lord
wants me to eat a few of them every so often.

You'll have to ask the Lord.....or her spokespersons.....about that.

In English, "he" is both masculine and neuter.

In English, "It" is neuter. "She" is feminine. "He" is most
assuredly masculine. The correct forms are often lost on the non-
native speaker. There are several reasons for this. Most prominent
among them is a carryover of more or less rigid and well defined
grammatical gender from their native languages. The few ragged
remnants of grammatical gender in English also help to confuse the
matter for them. In any case, "he" is not neuter in English despite
the fact that even many native speakers suppose that it is. Their
confusion most likely arises from an inadequate and dim understanding
of antiquated social norms.....not to mention their own language. Not
so long ago it was deemed perfectly normal to assume that any
unspecified individual was male unless known to be otherwise. In
fact, to be more precise, the habit of assigning maleness ran a great
deal deeper and stronger than mere assumption.....it was a nearly
universal habit born of male dominance and contempt for
women.....which goes a long ways toward explaining why a lot of folks
still believe tripe like the absurd notion that "he is both masculine
and neuter.

So, if I can put up with being called an "it" ...

It can put up with whatever it pleases.....or not.....we do not give a
rat's ass.

Anyway, I doubt the Lord has a gender.

Depends on which Lord we are talking about. The vast majority of gods
DO in fact have one gender or another.....or, sometimes, more than
one. Your Lord, as yet unspecified here, may or may not possess
gender. Obviously, we can't know. Give us a name.....maybe we can
help alleviate your doubts.

so in English, "he" would be the proper title.

Depends on who we are talking about. See above.

Unless you just want to be politically correct

I tend to lean toward political correctness, but am perfectly capable
of discarding it in a heartbeat if circumstances dictate.

or quarrelsome.

I can do that, too. Would you like to see an example?

You would love German.

Ya think?

A girl is referred to in the neuter (Das
Mädchen) until she gets married (Die Frau).

You should read Twain.

I can see the
steam coming off the foreheads of the politically correct crowd
right now.

Moron.

He did make them awfully yummy after all.

She didn't make them at all, after all. *She just has some effective
press agents.....which is to say that she has an acutely credulous
audience.

Have you looked at a trout really closely lately?

Not in the past few hours.

This is my father's (and yours) doing.

I was pretty busy with other things today.....I haven't the slightest
idea of what your father has to do with it.

It breaks my heart when others
look into the eyes of nature and do not see or are not
humbled by enormity and wonder of the lord's hands.

Well, I've looked at nature a couple of times and never noticed that
it had any eyes it could call its own. On the other hand, I have also
seen some enormous hands and yes, I have certainly wondered about
them. But no, I've never been humbled by them.....surprised, yes,
sometimes.....impressed, on occasion.....but never humbled. As for
your lord's hands, well, we're right back where we started from.....I
still don't know which one that is.

It breaks my heart.

Evidently it has also broken your head.

giles