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along with the swearing, which occasionally approaches overkill dimensions at work, i find it horrendous to hear people refer to those they're discussing as "white" "black" "light-skinned" etc. i actually ended a friendship once with someone who couldn't stop labeling people and it's very hard to work with persons who don't describe others by their personality. though even "big" "skinny" "tall" "freckled" "bespectacled" would be fine with me. :bawling: i hate this part of my job.
Thanks! Like Doctor Who?Quote:
Originally Posted by Jack_Aubrey
I quite agree, I work at an immagrant serving agency, and I find it stupid that racism still exists in world today. But, it does prove the theory that People are stupid! Discrimination based on ones skin colour is retarded, well except in the case of those people who use the fake tan lotion stuff, and end up looking like outcasts from the original charly and the chocolate factory movie (fake tanned people are scary :D )Quote:
Originally Posted by amuse
Also, I have never met a person with "white" skin or "black" skin, I never eally understood those labels "white" people aren't even close to white (well with the exception of Albinos) and "blacl" people aren't black, so where do these labes come from?????
'Hang in there Amuse! :thumbs_up
Although I realise it might be a sensitive subject for some, I consider black, white, etc. to be no different than Big, Small, Tall, etc. For me it is just a description of the person physical appearance. In no way does it has racist meaning to me. The actuall namecalling based on someones skin colour is however not a good thing, but if used in a descriptive manner, I do not see a problem with it. Although immediately the question rises as to where the dividing line is between discription and name calling.
I guess the thing is this:no one held a gun to our heads to join this site. And if those are the rules than those are the rules. If we don't agree or don't appreciate the whys well then we are free to find someplace else to talk and vent.
To me it is a no brainer.
"What embitters the world is not the excess of criticism but the absence of self criticism." G.K. Chesterton
Oohhhhh......And here I was, honing my profane verbage to a keen razor's edge...enough to make Al Pacino blush!!!!!
lol, tougher than jack palance on a bad day? :thumbs_up http://archives.cnn.com/2001/SHOWBIZ...nk.palance.jpgQuote:
Originally Posted by BigDaddy_GFS
It's your forum and I have no problem with swear words being filtered out with asterisks. But do you really think young children are interested in literature? I doubt it. As far as teenagers, they have heard it all before.Quote:
Originally Posted by Admin
ohh sorry got to disagree :D
( sorry in an argumentitive mood :rolleyes: )
anyway I was more or less a clean slate for most swear words till I was what 16 didnt live in the western world :D
;)
Well we have had _young_ kids here.Quote:
Originally Posted by starrwriter
What if a young kids' parents were to see that their kid was looking at/reading some `adult content' or swear words on this site?
not cool.
You might have noticed also that there are a number of people who come here just to hang out, not get into deep discussion about literature :)
mmmm....literature.............or just hanging out........................at..................... ..... literatureonlineliteratureonlineliteratureonli.... .................mmmmmmm......... *drool*................... (...sounds of drool being sucked back in...'wetslurpyintakewhistle' sound.....).......
I'd suggest a bib for that leak you have there baddad :p
....Whew!!!.......tough crowd...................
Well...I read much more than now when I was a child until I was 15-16... I sometimes feel like I'm here based on my past, cos I havent read that much, at least for fun, in ages... I intend to change that soon but since I have many other interests, such as music and forums, I doubt I'll read 4 or 5 books per week as I did at primary school...Quote:
Originally Posted by starrwriter
Though by the time I was 10-11 I had heard all the possible swearwords from people of my age anyway... I guess it's fair to ban swearing in a forum as it tries to keep a polite and respectful atmosphere (can you imagine someone starting to insult people etc...), anyway if I want to make my point I can hide a swearing between asterisks and those who are old enough ;) would understand :D
ok i doubt that 'young' kids are not going to pick up on asterik'ed out. nowadays world isnt that hard to work out, and cant be blocked out by asterik's.
at the same time, it is difficult to stop swearing completely. but yeah, its a good idea.