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You must have missed the memo. There is no right not to be offended EXCEPT if you're a white, straight, Christian male.

I get so many memos, it's hard to keep up.

From now on, every white man who complains about being racially offended (and in other ways) and oppressed by PC conventions shall be known as a honky.


Actually they prefer to be called non-gay, non-brown, religious persons.

Actually they prefer to be called non-gay, non-brown, religious persons.

Hahahahahhaa...

You know what offends me? MSN's incompatability with yahoo.

Stop oppressing me, woman! As a white, straight, Christian male I find your use of the word IF to be offensive, since it implies that other people matter.

:p
Hey, it's your own fault if you don't use your god-given right to not be offended!

*excercises his right and staples Sin's mouth shut*

Better break my fingers too.

Hahahahahhaa...

You know what offends me? MSN's incompatability with yahoo.

Trillian, baby, Trillian. You shouldn't be using a PC without it. (See how I tied that to the topic)

:p
Hey, it's your own fault if you don't use your god-given right to not be offended!

*excercises his right and staples Sin's mouth shut*

There's almost nothing you could do with your hands that would offend me. :eek:

Nice.

Except I plan on typing all sorts of offensive things toute suite.

Better break my fingers too.

There's almost nothing you could do with your hands that would offend me. :eek:

Come to think of it, I'd rather break your fingers and remove the staples. I'll just wear earplugs.

:eek:

Nice.

Except I plan on typing all sorts of offensive things toute suite.

Come to think of it, I'd rather break your fingers and remove the staples. I'll just wear earplugs.

Come to think of it, I'd rather break your fingers and remove the staples.

I'm sure the feeling is mutual.

Nice.

Except I plan on typing all sorts of offensive things toute suite.

There's almost nothing you could do with your hands that would offend me. :eek:

Looks like the innate steamy sexual tension of NSG just went up a couple notches.

...oh wait, that's just dinner boiling over. :p

I should probably stop. In a contest on who's willing to go further on NSG, I'll surely lose.

You've got that one right.

:eek:

I should probably stop. In a contest on who's willing to go further on NSG, I'll surely lose.

Looks like the innate steamy sexual tension of NSG just went up a couple notches.


Nope. It just looked like that for a few posts.

Nope. It just looked like that for a few posts.

Thank God, NSG is self-righting. What would people think if Joc and Sin started flirting?

Thank God, NSG is self-righting. What would people think if Joc and Sin started flirting?

My first thought would be "Meh." My second would be "Meh, good for them."

Now on the other hand, if Bottle and one of our resident fascists started flirting, that's about when I start looking for the Four Horsemen.

Thank God, NSG is self-righting. What would people think if Joc and Sin started flirting?

Sorry, I've only got eyes for Fass.

Sorry, I've only got eyes for Fass.

Only? That's the biggest lie I've ever heard. And this is NSG.

Only? That's the biggest lie I've ever heard. And this is NSG.

Okay, okay, and Sumamba, and Neo Art, and Free Soviets, and Greater Trostia, and Dakini, and.....

But Fass is very high up on the list so :P

Sorry, I've only got eyes for Fass.

I may be mistaking you for someone else, but I'm almost certain that in a past incarnation of the Confessions thread you admitted there were multiple Generalites you'd do.

Liar liar pants on fire! :p

My first thought would be "Meh." My second would be "Meh, good for them."

Now on the other hand, if Bottle and one of our resident fascists started flirting, that's about when I start looking for the Four Horsemen.

Bottle flirted with me once when I was pretending to be a fascist. I swear I heard whinnying.

Political Correctness: an ideology the surface intention of which is to reduce or eliminate the occurrence of vocabulary or cultural practices which at least some members of at least some groups, in particular groups other than white Christian males, claim are "offensive" to them, and of which an actual motivation is hostility to, resentment toward or hatred toward vocabulary or cultural practices characteristic of or attributable to white Christian males and a desire for retribution against white Christian males or an alteration of those societies in which the vocabulary and/or cultural practices charactistic of white Christian males prevail.

You asked for it. Now you've got it.
Gah! More than 30 pages, and this is all you can come up with? A "White christian male"-centric definition? I would say that this is a long-winded and rather weak definition.

Stopping people from saying "Merry Christmas" is oppressing them IMO.
This fails according to your rather weak definition, since the only motivation for stopping people from saying Merry Christmas was to get them to say Happy Holidays to be seen as inclusive as possible and thus make more money.

Motivation: Capitalistic greed.

Racial insults are one thing. Turning "chairmen" into "chairs", "trashmen" into "sanitation engineers" and "Christmas Pageant" into "Winter Festival" is quite another thing. If PC believers confined themselves to discouraging the terms "******", "kike", etc. (e.g., if they complained about most hip-hop products), I would be in agreement with them. But that's not what they're about, and that's not where they end. To say otherwise is spin.
And how is turning "Trashmen" into "sanitation engineers" motivated by "hatred towards white christian males"?

Well, no-one seems to really like dictionary definitions these days, but since there is a paucity of other definitions in the thread I thought I'd chuck this one in anyway:

(Source: dictionary.com. I'm not proud :p)
The question isn't as much what the dictionary says as much as what those who complains about PC thinks it means.

But you did good :)

And how is turning "Trashmen" into "sanitation engineers" motivated by "hatred towards white christian males"?

The honky wants trashmen who know their place.

Think of it this way guys:

If no one ever offended any one, we wouldn't have heavy metal, punk rock, or hilarious religious conservatives to laugh at.

And I think the world would be a less interesting place without Sam Brownback and Cannibal Corpse.

Speaking of which, do you suppose I'm the first person to say "Sam Brownback" and "Cannibal Corpse" in the same sentence?

Think of it this way guys:

If no one ever offended any one, we wouldn't have heavy metal, punk rock, or hilarious religious conservatives to laugh at.

Yeah. Those damned PC rock bands...

Think of it this way guys:

If no one ever offended any one, we wouldn't have heavy metal, punk rock, or hilarious religious conservatives to laugh at.

And I think the world would be a less interesting place without Sam Brownback and Cannibal Corpse.

Speaking of which, do you suppose I'm the first person to say "Sam Brownback" and "Cannibal Corpse" in the same sentence?

Quite possibly.... I do hope you're proud of yourself;)

Where has the right not to be offended arisen from, though? It is subjective in the extreme, and reflects transitory morals and sensibilities, and emotions, not anything physical, palpable or, for that matter, meriting the attention of the law.

Yeah. Those damned PC rock bands...

Exactly! We wouldn't have rock or blues either! And probably not jazz!

Quite possibly.... I do hope you're proud of yourself;)

Where has the right not to be offended arisen from, though? It is subjective in the extreme, and reflects transitory morals and sensibilities, and emotions, not anything physical, palpable or, for that matter, meriting the attention of the law.

Yet, we've almost always encourage polite behavior, the idea of social responsibility.

As far as the law, what part of the law are we talking about? I'm not aware of the law forcing people to say "administrative assistant".

I'm still looking for this group of people that feel they have a right not to be offended. Anyone seen them anywhere yet?

Exactly! We wouldn't have rock or blues either! And probably not jazz!

All that "negro" music comes from people offended by the culture of white cristian males, so it would indeed be PC music you're talking about there Hoss.

:p

I'm still looking for this group of people that feel they have a right not to be offended. Anyone seen them anywhere yet?

Well, if we create a group out of the people who are arguing against PC, then we'd have one. Yeah, let's do that.

Well, if we create a group out of the people who are arguing against PC, then we'd have one. Yeah, let's do that.

That is true - the anti-PC crowd seems to be the ones saying that noone should voice their opinions about anything they have said.

Actually they prefer to be called non-gay, non-brown, religious persons.

BWAHAHA!!!!