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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Cergorach" data-source="post: 5412074" data-attributes="member: 725">There are folks that find that when a cartoonist depicts the Prophet in a newspaper cartoon, he's being offensive to the point of being heretical, they even call for his death. Folks denying the termination of six million Jewish souls are regarded as being offensive to many, many folks. The Democrats find the views of the Republicans offensive, the Republicans find the views of the Democrats offensive. Slavery and racial hatred is a sour issue with a large part of the black population in the US. Sex on the TV is offensive to many.Admin here. Problem #1: Don't refer to real-life politics or religion, please. Yes, I know that the thread discusses a politically and emotionally charged Shadowrun adventure. In that case, we expect people to deal with the subject tastefully and with good judgment. We're talking about fictitious entities in a fictitious world that hit on something that happened 65 years ago (done by a foreign power), this is (suddenly) unacceptable. The same thing is done 165 years ago (by the local government) and we don't hear a soul crying about it anymore when it is referenced in an RPG or even when children play Cowboys and Indians on the streets...The reason I call folks clueless is that conclusions are made, based on incomplete and/or incorrect 'facts'.Problem #2: I don't give a damn whether people are offended or not, but I do care when someone is being insulting or rude. Calling people clueless falls into both categories. Don't do it. As it turns out, people not agreeing with you doesn't make them clueless.It might not have been tastefully done, it might be offensive to some, but since when is that new. Take any RPG and it will be offensive to someone and we're OK with ridiculing those folks (the folks that think that D&Ders become devil worshipers for example). We ridicule their ignorance, so why should we not ridicule the same folks that make similar (ridiculous) conclusions based on the same incorrect/incomplete facts?Your signature makes light of suicide (and slaughter), don't think there is no one that could possibly be offended by that? How about you using the name "El Mahdi" as a handle for an RPG forum? I'm not arguing that folks might find it very offensive, I'm arguing that it's ridiculous to argue about it on an RPG forum where everything is fictitious as a matter of fact...Remember, folks, don't seek offense where none is intended.  It makes reading message boards much more fun. If you dislike the premise of the Shadowrun adventure, that's fine, but don't take that out on your fellow posters who disagree with you. As I said above, people can get offended at whatever they wish. That's a separate issue than what's permissible on these boards. If anyone has questions about our policies and posting guidelines, please feel free to PM me.  ~ Piratecat</blockquote>

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