20 Nov 07
Originally posted by no1marauderThis is true particularly when dealing with the PC brigade, wherein one cannot know what terms are going to be crowned "racist" from one day to the next.
"Duh" is certainly an appropriate word to use in this post but I think it should come at the beginning.
Being "unaware racist" is also insufficient to warrant punishment.
20 Nov 07
Originally posted by PalynkaThat type of reasoning is worthy of the Marquis De Sade. If someone is unaware that they are doing anything wrong, then punishing them for doing it is simple cruelty.
Because it's a reminder to be more aware.
Do you need more spelling out for you?
Yes, some actually spelling out of the "reasoning" behind your positions might be helpful in a forum.
20 Nov 07
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Originally posted by no1marauderDid you knowingly choose not to address the reason I've mentioned for that "punishment"?
That type of reasoning is worthy of the Marquis De Sade. If someone is unaware that they are doing anything wrong, then punishing them for doing it is simple cruelty.
Yes, some actually spelling out of the "reasoning" behind your positions might be helpful in a forum.
20 Nov 07
Originally posted by PalynkaI didn't think you were serious. "A reminder to be more aware"?????? How exactly does that work? Must kirksey and the rest of us try to determine the lowest common denominator of what might possibly offend someone somewhere and not post anything above such a standard? That sounds like a call for the return of the good ole days of the Sesame Street Squad.
Did you knowingly choose not to address the reason I've mentioned for that punishment?
20 Nov 07
Originally posted by no1marauderSlippery slope argument.
I didn't think you were serious. "A reminder to be more aware"?????? How exactly does that work? Must kirksey and the rest of us try to determine the lowest common denominator of what might possibly offend someone somewhere and not post anything above such a standard? That sounds like a call for the return of the good ole days of the Sesame Street Squad.
By being banned temporarily Kirksey was told that he stepped over the line. Whether he is able to learn from this is up to him.
I take it from your post that you admit you're incapable of learning from this apparently 'new' (to you) piece of information.
20 Nov 07
Originally posted by no1marauderMore empty statements.
Perhaps you haven't read 1984. Pick it up some day.
A beheading is a "warning" too but that doesn't mean it is justified.
A beheading is a "warning" too but that doesn't mean it is justified.
Can you conclude from that no warning is justified? No.
Did I say all forms of warning were justified? No.
Can you say something that is actually relevant for the discussion?
20 Nov 07
Originally posted by PalynkaThere is no "line", at least one that any of us can reasonably rely on. Kirksey used a term with an accepted meaning in a context where that meaning was correct. However, he was banned because in a different context the term MIGHT be a racial slur directed at a minority group.
Slippery slope argument.
By being banned temporarily Kirksey was told that he stepped over the line. Whether he is able to learn from this is up to him.
I take it from your post that you admit you're incapable of learning from this apparently 'new' (to you) piece of information.
I have no idea what can be "learned" from this except that there are a lot of thin skinned morons like yourself. Red Night and some of the mods willing to punish people for non-existent transgressions.
20 Nov 07
Originally posted by PalynkaYou haven't said anything of substance. Indeed, you seem incapable of doing so.
More empty statements.
[b]A beheading is a "warning" too but that doesn't mean it is justified.
Can you conclude from that no warning is justified? No.
Did I say all forms of warning were justified? No.
Can you say something that is actually relevant for the discussion?[/b]
I have no more time to waste with you.
20 Nov 07
Originally posted by PalynkaSlope is a very offensive term.
Slippery slope argument.
By being banned temporarily Kirksey was told that he stepped over the line.
It is my understanding that Kirksey can read. Perhaps a PM from the moderator would have a been a more just method of telling him that he stepped over the line.