Reply to thread

Message

<blockquote data-quote="Majoru Oakheart" data-source="post: 6878458" data-attributes="member: 5143">I disagree that there is such thing as a &quot;culture of terrorism&quot;, which is the main thing that causes me to disagree with the other side.&nbsp; I think physical abuse of any kind is wrong.&nbsp; I think we should stop assaults, we should band together to make sure violence never happens.&nbsp; I believe our actions should reflect our equal and mutual respect for all other humans on the planet regardless of race, gender, or any other factor.I don't believe words constitute violence or contribute to a &quot;culture of terrorism&quot;.&nbsp; And that point appears to be the battlefield that most of these battles are fought over.&nbsp; I believe people can disagree, they can say things that are even kind of offensive.&nbsp; We have the right to stop hanging around that person because they are a jerk.&nbsp; Or we can overlook them being slightly offensive because overall, we like them.&nbsp; In the same way that I can overlook people with different religious or political views that I have even while I simultaneously view some of thei opinions as offensive.I live by the motto &quot;I disapprove of what you say, but I will defend to the death your right to say it&quot;.&nbsp; That includes offensive things. But all these assume a level of evil I don't believe is happening.&nbsp; When things happen that I consider bad enough to act, you bet I'm gong to act.&nbsp; People who are being attacked, hurt, assaulted, I will be there to stop it immediately.&nbsp; If people are complaining that a guy playing at their table called them beautiful and they didn't ASK for that compliment so they shouldn't have to put up with people sexually harassed like that...I'm going to shrug and say that's not that big of a deal.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Majoru Oakheart, post: 6878458, member: 5143"] I disagree that there is such thing as a "culture of terrorism", which is the main thing that causes me to disagree with the other side. I think physical abuse of any kind is wrong. I think we should stop assaults, we should band together to make sure violence never happens. I believe our actions should reflect our equal and mutual respect for all other humans on the planet regardless of race, gender, or any other factor. I don't believe words constitute violence or contribute to a "culture of terrorism". And that point appears to be the battlefield that most of these battles are fought over. I believe people can disagree, they can say things that are even kind of offensive. We have the right to stop hanging around that person because they are a jerk. Or we can overlook them being slightly offensive because overall, we like them. In the same way that I can overlook people with different religious or political views that I have even while I simultaneously view some of thei opinions as offensive. I live by the motto "I disapprove of what you say, but I will defend to the death your right to say it". That includes offensive things. But all these assume a level of evil I don't believe is happening. When things happen that I consider bad enough to act, you bet I'm gong to act. People who are being attacked, hurt, assaulted, I will be there to stop it immediately. If people are complaining that a guy playing at their table called them beautiful and they didn't ASK for that compliment so they shouldn't have to put up with people sexually harassed like that...I'm going to shrug and say that's not that big of a deal. [/QUOTE]

Verification