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<blockquote data-quote="Springheel" data-source="post: 6878021" data-attributes="member: 6828720">
Just to make a point, I find your sarcasm and condescending attitude to be &quot;offensive&quot; and &quot;inappropriate&quot;.&nbsp; I guess if we were at a con I could have you pulled aside and cautioned, and maybe even sent home if it happens again, without question?You are ignoring the other examples that have been brought up in the thread already.&nbsp; Tell me, if it's not so hard, which of the following statements are &quot;inappropriate&quot; and should be grounds for a warning and/or dismissal from a convention?&quot;You chant a prayer to the Lord of Evil and he sends his demons to aid you in your fight.&quot;&quot;I hope Trump goes all the way.&quot;&quot;People should be able to wear whatever costumes they want.&quot;“Everyone can succeed in this society, if they work hard enough.”Unless your answer was &quot;all of them&quot;, then you are not really on board with the &quot;ask no questions&quot; approach to dealing with offense.&nbsp; So if 99% of people around you did NOT find it inappropriate, and 1% did, then what do you tell that one percent who did?&nbsp; Is your answer, &quot;most people are capable of determining what is appropriate&quot;?&nbsp; The entire problem with this &quot;ask no questions&quot; attitude is that &quot;inappropriate&quot; is ENTIRELY subjective.&nbsp; Not only does it depend on the sensibilities of the individual, it also depends on context, on the setting, on the age range of the participants, and who the target of the behaviour was.&nbsp;&nbsp; Is there anyone who can disagree with that fact?</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Springheel, post: 6878021, member: 6828720"] [LEFT][COLOR=#000000] [/COLOR][/LEFT] Just to make a point, I find your sarcasm and condescending attitude to be "offensive" and "inappropriate". I guess if we were at a con I could have you pulled aside and cautioned, and maybe even sent home if it happens again, without question? You are ignoring the other examples that have been brought up in the thread already. Tell me, if it's not so hard, which of the following statements are "inappropriate" and should be grounds for a warning and/or dismissal from a convention? "You chant a prayer to the Lord of Evil and he sends his demons to aid you in your fight." "I hope Trump goes all the way." "People should be able to wear whatever costumes they want." “Everyone can succeed in this society, if they work hard enough.” Unless your answer was "all of them", then you are not really on board with the "ask no questions" approach to dealing with offense. So if 99% of people around you did NOT find it inappropriate, and 1% did, then what do you tell that one percent who did? Is your answer, "most people are capable of determining what is appropriate"? The entire problem with this "ask no questions" attitude is that "inappropriate" is ENTIRELY subjective. Not only does it depend on the sensibilities of the individual, it also depends on context, on the setting, on the age range of the participants, and who the target of the behaviour was. Is there anyone who can disagree with that fact? [/QUOTE]

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