I know this is coming a bit late, but bare with me. Also, no one responded to my last post on the subject, and I am nothing if not an attention whore.
Blax, let me start off here by saying I am not trying to demonise you. But I can't agree with how you handled your argument with EA, and also not with your reasoning for it either.
I already went over how I can't agree with your stance. To elaborate, even if you don't see what the big deal is with the joke, even if you don't find it offensive, isn't it better to not make it so that you don't make that person uncomfortable, nor upset them? To give you another example, one you may remember, a while back on some other forum, I threw out a "Yo momma" joke to you. This did not bother you. However, it did bother WO Polaski, your cousin, who asked me not to do so. I was not, and honestly I still am not, particularly close to Polaski, but I haven't actually made a "Yo momma" joke to you since then, even in private, out of respect for your wishes. For an example that pertains to you, I recall you and other losers making child abuse jokes in said forum as well. This upset me, for reasons I don't feel like going into detail on here, and when you were aware of that, you stopped. So, if you would stop bringing up a touchy subject for me, why not for EA? I mean, why didn't you just retract the comment and stop making them? Did you really believe that it wouldn't cause an issue, making that comment?
Also, the notion that anyone with a problem or who takes issue to a post should just "deal" when comments are made that make them uncomfortable is something I can't agree with, people should not be treated like that, and really that extends to anyone who feels that way (Except Nemesis X), not just EA. Why should someone be expected to just shut up and deal when the environment of a place they frequent is making them uncomfortable? 😬 You can't say "Oh well it's not your forum deal with it", because it is no one's forum but Raz's (You know that mythical figure who allegedly existed at some point in the distant past), and to a lesser extent the mods. So really, that argument can't be used without succumbing to a double standard, that someone should be forced to just suck it up when they feel strongly about something, but that someone else can do whatever the **** they feel like, knowingly saying things that are likely to offend or discourage a frequent member. Blax, I said this before, the difference between that and trolling are entirely arbitrary, if not officially, then at least in my opinion. Something doesn't have to be a rule for it to be an example of common courtesy. I admittedly didn't like how you dismissed EA's concerns using this brand of argument, you're better than that man.
I should have posted this earlier, but I didn't. I am now, and if that makes me an ******* for beating a dead horse or reviving an unpleasant topic, well, so be it. I'm not trying to lash out at you, and I am sorry if this post seems in any way ranty, that was not my intention at all. I hope this post
Anyway, I have to get off the computer now. Will respond to any replies later.
Peace ****ers.
P.S. Rape jokes are not sexist jokes, dumbasses. estahuh
Originally posted by NemeBro
I know this is coming a bit late, but bare with me. Also, no one responded to my last post on the subject, and I am nothing if not an attention whore.Blax, let me start off here by saying I am not trying to demonise you. But I can't agree with how you handled your argument with EA, and also not with your reasoning for it either.
I already went over how I can't agree with your stance. To elaborate, even if you don't see what the big deal is with the joke, even if you don't find it offensive, isn't it better to not make it so that you don't make that person uncomfortable, nor upset them? To give you another example, one you may remember, a while back on some other forum, I threw out a "Yo momma" joke to you. This did not bother you. However, it did bother WO Polaski, your cousin, who asked me not to do so. I was not, and honestly I still am not, particularly close to Polaski, but I haven't actually made a "Yo momma" joke to you since then, even in private, out of respect for your wishes. For an example that pertains to you, I recall you and other losers making child abuse jokes in said forum as well. This upset me, for reasons I don't feel like going into detail on here, and when you were aware of that, you stopped. So, if you would stop bringing up a touchy subject for me, why not for EA? I mean, why didn't you just retract the comment and stop making them? Did you really believe that it wouldn't cause an issue, making that comment?
Also, the notion that anyone with a problem or who takes issue to a post should just "deal" when comments are made that make them uncomfortable is something I can't agree with, people should not be treated like that, and really that extends to anyone who feels that way (Except Nemesis X), not just EA. Why should someone be expected to just shut up and deal when the environment of a place they frequent is making them uncomfortable? 😬 You can't say "Oh well it's not your forum deal with it", because it is no one's forum but Raz's (You know that mythical figure who allegedly existed at some point in the distant past), and to a lesser extent the mods. So really, that argument can't be used without succumbing to a double standard, that someone should be forced to just suck it up when they feel strongly about something, but that someone else can do whatever the **** they feel like, knowingly saying things that are likely to offend or discourage a frequent member. Blax, I said this before, the difference between that and trolling are entirely arbitrary, if not officially, then at least in my opinion. Something doesn't have to be a rule for it to be an example of common courtesy. I admittedly didn't like how you dismissed EA's concerns using this brand of argument, you're better than that man.
I should have posted this earlier, but I didn't. I am now, and if that makes me an ******* for beating a dead horse or reviving an unpleasant topic, well, so be it. I'm not trying to lash out at you, and I am sorry if this post seems in any way ranty, that was not my intention at all. I hope this post
Anyway, I have to get off the computer now. Will respond to any replies later.
Peace ****ers.
P.S. Rape jokes are not sexist jokes, dumbasses. estahuh
This is why the ignore button is a feature on most discussion boards/sites. Blax can still say what he was saying that was offensive. EA can put him on ignore.
It is when people start to quote Blax repeatedly when they know his post contains junk she will take offense that, that they become official trolls.
You say stuff all the time that is fairly offensive to most decent human beings. Should you be required to censor yourself? NOPE! That's stupid. You'd lose your charm. 🙂 The only time you should censor yourself is when it is against the rules of the forum (forum as in the broad definition of the word, not just the "internet" version) or in a one on one conversation. Other than that, you can and should say what you want. Don't make concessions to just a single individual unless your comment is specific to just that individual.
In other words, say, "I just raaaped a gerbil" to anyone in general despite the fact that maybe I had a disturbing childhood experience with raypee gerbils. It's my problem, not yours. I am only being an *ss if I randomly interject and say, "Dat's offensive!" If you made a concession for everyone that found something offensive, you would not be able to say much. I know a single crotchety person that takes offense to people saying "hello". 😐
I think I was gonna say something, but I think I'll just let Eddy Grant do it for me.
Originally posted by NemeBroInteresting, thanks for sharing your opinion.
I know this is coming a bit late, but bare with me. Also, no one responded to my last post on the subject, and I am nothing if not an attention whore.Blax, let me start off here by saying I am not trying to demonise you. But I can't agree with how you handled your argument with EA, and also not with your reasoning for it either.
I already went over how I can't agree with your stance. To elaborate, even if you don't see what the big deal is with the joke, even if you don't find it offensive, isn't it better to not make it so that you don't make that person uncomfortable, nor upset them? To give you another example, one you may remember, a while back on some other forum, I threw out a "Yo momma" joke to you. This did not bother you. However, it did bother WO Polaski, your cousin, who asked me not to do so. I was not, and honestly I still am not, particularly close to Polaski, but I haven't actually made a "Yo momma" joke to you since then, even in private, out of respect for your wishes. For an example that pertains to you, I recall you and other losers making child abuse jokes in said forum as well. This upset me, for reasons I don't feel like going into detail on here, and when you were aware of that, you stopped. So, if you would stop bringing up a touchy subject for me, why not for EA? I mean, why didn't you just retract the comment and stop making them? Did you really believe that it wouldn't cause an issue, making that comment?
Also, the notion that anyone with a problem or who takes issue to a post should just "deal" when comments are made that make them uncomfortable is something I can't agree with, people should not be treated like that, and really that extends to anyone who feels that way (Except Nemesis X), not just EA. Why should someone be expected to just shut up and deal when the environment of a place they frequent is making them uncomfortable? 😬 You can't say "Oh well it's not your forum deal with it", because it is no one's forum but Raz's (You know that mythical figure who allegedly existed at some point in the distant past), and to a lesser extent the mods. So really, that argument can't be used without succumbing to a double standard, that someone should be forced to just suck it up when they feel strongly about something, but that someone else can do whatever the **** they feel like, knowingly saying things that are likely to offend or discourage a frequent member. Blax, I said this before, the difference between that and trolling are entirely arbitrary, if not officially, then at least in my opinion. Something doesn't have to be a rule for it to be an example of common courtesy. I admittedly didn't like how you dismissed EA's concerns using this brand of argument, you're better than that man.
I should have posted this earlier, but I didn't. I am now, and if that makes me an ******* for beating a dead horse or reviving an unpleasant topic, well, so be it. I'm not trying to lash out at you, and I am sorry if this post seems in any way ranty, that was not my intention at all. I hope this post
Anyway, I have to get off the computer now. Will respond to any replies later.
Peace ****ers.
P.S. Rape jokes are not sexist jokes, dumbasses. estahuh
No, though.