Originally Posted by Yhor
That paragraph is /win.
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That may be so if only for a moment. It's about to be /owned.
Originally Posted by Gako
Are you insinuating that to punt is the same as to kick? I assure you the differences are not purely cosmetic. Take for example the matter at hand. If I was to kick a kitten I would vigorously give it the boot. If I where to punt a kitten I would first raise it above my chest, holding its chest, and then drop it striking out with my foot before it hit the ground. My punting method would assuredly provide the kitten with a greater velocity than that of a kick. So you see, they are not the same, and the fact remains that while kicking kittens is a cruel and inhumane thing to do, the punting of said kitten can be viewed almost as a sport, if unnecessary and frowned upon.
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Ah, but here, sir, we diverge in theory. While your definitions may seem to imply a difference, they in fact eliminate any differences. By your definition, they are in fact the same thing. Your punt methodology involves kicking. A kick is defined as any forceable application of one's foot to an object with the intent to move it any distance by way of that forceable application. While you are adding other steps, you are still using a kick. By your definition, it would be said that all punts are kicks, but not all kicks are punts. The punt remains a kick.
Consider for a moment that dogs are dogs. A Saint Bernard has several differing characteristics from a Boxer, but that doesn't stop either one from being a dog. All Saint Bernards are dogs; not all dogs are Saint Bernards.
Consider also the sport of diving. One jumps off a ledge of substancial height, and while he allows gravity to control his body by moving it closer to the earth (and in this case, a body of water), he does a series of flips, turns, and twirls. Falling is the process by which one's body is controlled by gravity. So then, all dives are an act of falling, but not all falls are dives. It could be said that while much like diving, kitten putting is a sport, where diving involves falling, so also kitten punting involves kitten kicking.
Originally Posted by Dimitri Martin
Diving is falling... with style.
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I will amend Mr. Martin's quote to say that kitten punting is kitten kicking... with style.
Equivocation ftw.