[lotsofmangos]

Hang on.

You have admitted that you didn't even know the meaning of the sentence that you have been defending until I posted the meaning of the word 'benighted', while criticizing those who were upset by it for holding faith based positions?

Sorry, but that is hilarious.

(edited slightly for clarity)

[eropple]

He didn't say he learned it when you posted it, did he?

And even so, the contextual value of the word would be obvious in context.

[lotsofmangos]

No, but if you post a dictionary definition of a word and someone's next reply contains an aside that they learned the definition of a new word today, from context it usually means they learned it there and then.

As for the article, without knowing the definition of 'benighted', there are several different meanings available.

For example, say it meant 'dedicated'. That would fit perfectly, but the phrase would then have a different meaning of one who believes completely, rather than someone who is a fool for believing.

[eropple]

No, that fits pretty fine too.

You're jumping at shadows, man. Chill.

[Retra]

I looked it up before I defended it. My telling you that I just learned it wasn't really a relevant point until I mentioned it.