Mark Chance
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So what about me volunteering to decide who deserves to be offended? I could be sort of an anti-moderator. 
Howzabout a Warnin'?
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jdavis
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Who overeacted here? The guy who didn't like your rude thread or the guy who put up two threads complianing that his silly little thread was closed and e-mailed somebody to chide them for their lack of a sense of humor. Good grief put me on your ignore list too as I wasn't really offended by the first thread but I am offended by your incessant whining about it being closed. I mean really you are getting all bent out of shape because your silly little redneck thread got closed????? Get a life man maybe you need to take some time away and rethink things. It's not that big of a deal, several people complained and the thread got closed it happens every day around here get a grip and get over it. Better yet fly to Alabama and try your comedy stick there and see who gets insulted and who gets sent to the hospital.mythusmage said:
As far as the redneck thread being insulting well it is insulting to hundreds of thousands of people who live in the south. Redneck is a derogatory term, it's a insult used to describe poor people in the south, so if you start a thread with a insult in the topic of it then you shouldn't be suprised when somebody gets offended. Who is responsible well you are, throw out all the pschobabble about it's the persons responsibility to ignore it or not be offended, good grief, if the evil "N" word had been used then nobody would be suprised if the thread was shut down or if people got offended, it's a derogatory term. The term redneck was created for the express purpose of offending people, it's intended use is as a insult, how can anybody be suprised when it fufilled it's created purpose and somebody was insulted.
I don't care if Jeff Foxworthy says it all the time, for one he is insulting himself, for two he is a professional comedian in a professional setting, and three (most important) he's not posting his comic routine at EN World. When the thread did start offending some people at EN World then it was time for it to go. Yes if one person complains that they are insulted by a thread then it should be looked into, this is a community, it's supposed to be a family atmosphere, we are supposed to be trying to get along here, if you use a derogatory term and somebody gets offended then that's the end of the discussion, it's a derogatory term to start with.
Just for the record I love free speech and I despise political correctness, it's not the use of the word redneck that bothered me, heck use it all you want, but this is EN World not the general public. We are tied to a stricter standard here. We are supposed to be family friendly, if people are offended by it then it has no place here because we are not here to offend people we are here as a community to discuss D&D related topics. When you start to feel this place get tiresome or restrictive then head for Nutkinland and let 'er rip (when EN World gets on my nerves I go lurk in Bad Fur Day myself, no need to post just reading the people go at it lets off plenty of steam and gives me a good laugh). But maybe when your posting here you should use a little thought before throwing around derogatory terms, and make no mistake about it redneck is a derogatory term.
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Darrin Drader
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jdavis said:
By the logic of point 2, should people not get offended at Andrew Dice Clay since he is a professional commedian in a professional setting?
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Umbran said:
Put me on your ignore list, that way I won't be able to hurt your hot house sensibilities. You will be on mine.
jdavis said:
Put me on your ignore list. You shall be on mine.
the Jester
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Baraendur said:By the logic of point 2, should people not get offended at Andrew Dice Clay since he is a professional commedian in a professional setting?
By the logic of point 2, people offended by Andrew Dice Clay should flip the tv channel, since when you watch the Diceman you damn well ought to know what you're letting yourself in for.
If you come to ENWorld, do you generally expect to have your ethnicity/religion/whatever attacked? I don't, and that's one of the things I like about this place. If I have to choose between watching my posts and being responsible about what I say around here and having ENWorld devolve into a constant bickering/spitting match, well, I'll keep doing exactly what I've done all along- trying to be courteous, respectful and polite to my fellow members of this community.
Mythusmage, frankly, has a bad habit of posting things that piss people off. He's done it before, he'll probably do it again, and I've yet to see him be at all remorseful. I don't recall him ever apologizing to the people he's offended- hell, this time he's telling them, essentially, "Since you can't appreciate my sense of humor, why don't you get outta here?"
Frankly, Alan, if you can't see that what you're doing is hurtful to the community, maybe you're the one who needs to take some time to reevaluate things. Like, maybe if your socioeconomic status and living situation are so bad you should take your ol' com-pu-tar down to the hock shop and get fiddy bux for it and spend it on more moonshine.
...now, see, look at that last paragraph; it's unkind, rude and uncalled for. I apologize, and truly hope nobody's offended; but you know what? I don't think I'll take it out, because it needs to be said. Alan, grow up and be a little more considerate towards others, please. If one of my threads gets shut down because it offends someone, the first thing I do is post an apology.
Not two threads bitching about how everyone else is at fault for my posts.
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