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Just like I find it offensive when you say how cool it is to be stoned? Let's not get into yet another censorship argument.

That's an absolutely ridiculous comparison. One is me mentioning an activity that harms no one and I am not demanding that anyone else do. The other is use of a derogatory term that's existence is owed to homophobes.

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In Zrothum's defense, your allowed to say that word if it defines you. ;)

Though its just a phrase thats use has gone far beyond the literal meaning and taken on a whole new existence itself. It now means "girly" or "stupid." Not that this word doesn't offend people nowadays, its just less than it used to be. Some people will be offended only when in a certain context, others never, and some will be all the time. So Zrothum may have just offended every gay person he doesn't know, though the ones he does know won't be offended.

Otherwise, Pali is right. Wow, talk about derailed.

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Being offended is being offended. The various degrees of offense are nothing but opinions, as what you think is slightly offensive, could be the most god awful thing to someone else. I could be more offended by stoners than you could be by people talking about homosexuals. The point is that both are offensive to some viewers and that discretion is the better part of valor, of which I have very little, nor patience for hypocrites. It is your opinion that illegal drugs do not harm anyone, not mine. Something tells me the owner of this forum probably doesn't like either drugs, or slurs against certain people. I don't belittle people on a regular basis who talk about illegal drugs, but in turn, I do not expect to be belittled when I try to have some fun either. So, open your closed mind, and take your hypocrisy elsewhere. To try and tell me that because you think what I say is offensive gives you the right to call me out, when you talk about illegal drugs openly, is absurd. To try and say that it is offensive or inconsiderate, yet not think about what you say in other topics is highly hypocritical.

And, with respect to Savnt, that is all I will say on the matter. Back to the topic at hand.......

I hate you. Why the hell did you delete? Fenle was the bomb diggity. We had loads of fun w/ my current char.

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I will clarify even further: I am not offended by his use of the word. I do not find it offensive, nor do I think that people should not have the right to say whatever they want. I'm just saying that as this is a public forum with a private owner, more... polite language is more appropriate. I would object to similar language (on this forum, not necessarily in other venues) regarding blacks, latinos, Jews, Asians, etc.

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I'm a bit offended by you both. I think it is best for everybody involved to simply avoid controversial issues under most conditions. For example, I can make a strongly written anti (or pro) (abortion/war/israel/capital punishment/homosexual/whatever)...but that doesn't mean it is approriate (even if used approriate language).

What I CAN do is make a thread on some much broader philosophical topic (such as behrens did regarding religion and morality) and debate that in a non-personal way (hopefully).

Don't get me wrong, I do believe certain views need to be attacked, but the FL forum -REALLY- is not the place for it (on so many levels--but outside certain fields like criticism, creativity, etc).

So, instead of talking about who did what wrong, why don't you both do something right and be the one to drop it forever (without the slightly defensive/pride-saving follow up posts ideally)

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At first' date=' I thought this was good advice, but now I'm not so sure... : pictures Malchaeius sitting in the abyss laughing at the confusion and chaos: :)[/quote']

I kinda pictured Malchaeius throwing your heart into a pit of lions with vipers as tongues

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In Zrothum's defense, your allowed to say that word if it defines you. ;)

Though its just a phrase thats use has gone far beyond the literal meaning and taken on a whole new existence itself. It now means "girly" or "stupid." Not that this word doesn't offend people nowadays, its just less than it used to be. Some people will be offended only when in a certain context, others never, and some will be all the time. So Zrothum may have just offended every gay person he doesn't know, though the ones he does know won't be offended.

Otherwise, Pali is right. Wow, talk about derailed.

as a side note, Mudder is right, its become, or rather, becoming much like the phrase, "That's nuts!" or "That's insane!". Which is a huge derogatory phrase to people with a psychological disorder but its become so common place its lost its origins, which is a good thing considering its widespread use, honestly

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