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<blockquote data-quote="gingergenius" data-source="post: 228016"><p><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (cyRil of Ospreylia @ Nov 4 2008, 11:34 PM) <a href="http://index.php?act=findpost&pid=358148" target="_blank"><{POST_SNAPBACK}></a></div></p><p></p><p>There's a select group of people you can take the **** out of.</p><p></p><p>For example, having ginger hair is a genetic characteristic in the same way that having black skin is. Taking the **** out of gingers however is "all harmless fun" while taking the **** out of blacks is racist.</p><p></p><p>Mockery of druids, wiccans and suchlike is considered fine, since most of society considers them wierdos. Criticising Christianty or Islam gets you in trouble. As I see it, you should be able to mock anyone who is religious because they're all wierdos.</p><p></p><p>I could go on and on, but I'll sum up by saying people who take offence are pathetic. Obviously if it gets to a bullying stage (and that includes football crowds monkey chanting) then it's wrong. But one guy saying something to offend the 'Lorry Driving Community', the 'Muslim Community', or the 'Slag Granddaughters of Used-to-be-famous Actors Community' really doesn't need to involve the public and anyone who does complain deserves to get named and shamed for having no life and no brain.</p><p></p><p>I tell you, Margaret Thatcher f***ed all the Unions, and Tony Blair's response is to reorganise people into imagined Communities. It's like picking up a broken vase and sellotaping the pieces back together again.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="gingergenius, post: 228016"] <div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (cyRil of Ospreylia @ Nov 4 2008, 11:34 PM) [url='index.php?act=findpost&pid=358148']<{POST_SNAPBACK}>[/url]</div> There's a select group of people you can take the **** out of. For example, having ginger hair is a genetic characteristic in the same way that having black skin is. Taking the **** out of gingers however is "all harmless fun" while taking the **** out of blacks is racist. Mockery of druids, wiccans and suchlike is considered fine, since most of society considers them wierdos. Criticising Christianty or Islam gets you in trouble. As I see it, you should be able to mock anyone who is religious because they're all wierdos. I could go on and on, but I'll sum up by saying people who take offence are pathetic. Obviously if it gets to a bullying stage (and that includes football crowds monkey chanting) then it's wrong. But one guy saying something to offend the 'Lorry Driving Community', the 'Muslim Community', or the 'Slag Granddaughters of Used-to-be-famous Actors Community' really doesn't need to involve the public and anyone who does complain deserves to get named and shamed for having no life and no brain. I tell you, Margaret Thatcher f***ed all the Unions, and Tony Blair's response is to reorganise people into imagined Communities. It's like picking up a broken vase and sellotaping the pieces back together again. [/QUOTE]
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