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<blockquote data-quote="Morrus" data-source="post: 6203370" data-attributes="member: 1">It's really not.&nbsp; On the contrary, your position will tend to shut down debate - which would seem to be the&nbsp; opposite of the principles you seem to be espousing. I mean, are you now saying that nobody should be allowed to say anything is sexist, or racist, or misogynistic? If so, that's an interesting position to take, but it sounds like you have a long uphill battle if you want it to get any traction.&nbsp; I'm personally opposed to it on principle, for a start.But you are inflicting your imaginary activities on others if they have no choice but be exposed to them.&nbsp;&nbsp; That's where convention environments and behaviour and the like come in; and where we're making a section of our community uncomfortable, it's incumbent upon us as decent people to ask ourselves why that is, and what we can do to change it.&nbsp;&nbsp; What I'm not understanding is why that is controversial to you; it feels like basic decency to me.And that's ignoring the fact that society in just about every has very categorically determined that certain material is illegal.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Morrus, post: 6203370, member: 1"] It's really not. On the contrary, your position will tend to shut down debate - which would seem to be the opposite of the principles you seem to be espousing. I mean, are you now saying that nobody should be allowed to say anything is sexist, or racist, or misogynistic? If so, that's an interesting position to take, but it sounds like you have a long uphill battle if you want it to get any traction. I'm personally opposed to it on principle, for a start. But you [I]are[/I] inflicting your imaginary activities on others if they have no choice but be exposed to them. That's where convention environments and behaviour and the like come in; and where we're making a section of our community uncomfortable, it's incumbent upon us as decent people to ask ourselves why that is, and what we can do to change it. What I'm not understanding is why that is controversial to you; it feels like basic decency to me. And that's ignoring the fact that society in just about every has very categorically determined that certain material [I]is[/I] illegal. [/QUOTE]

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