Posted by AdaGrace on December 30, 2004, at 7:41:38
In reply to Re: The Connoisseuse of Slugs, posted by Gabbix2 on December 29, 2004, at 13:26:06
Sometimes people, myself included, talk without thinking and therefore post without thinking. It would seem to me that if we were friends, and I think some of us are (as best you can be friends with the typed word)....then I would think that we who are talking to ourselves, our friends or whoever will listen can say or type whatever we like. If I am offended by something someone says or types, I chose to ignore it. That's the beauty of the human mind. We can spend the rest of our lives (mine is going to be short) trying to tell everyone how bad they talk, when perhaps what we should really be concentrating on is being there for each other when we need comfort, support, and love. I don't like the word n*gger. I don't use it. I never will. But I have friends who do. I tell them it is offensive and we go on our merry way. I don't ostracize them because of their poor choice of words or ignorance of political correctness. In the same sense I absolutely hate the "c" word. I cannot tollerate it in conversation, but I let it roll off my back. I do not understand the reasoning behind this entire tirade about something Susan said in the context of her statements about her needs and wants. If anyone is offended, they can ignore. Why is that not good enough? Susan is a very interesting being who has a brain and uses it. Occassionaly she states things that may be percieved as vulgar, and for that she gets blocked. Whatever. Those are Bob's rules and this is his site. I can live with rules. I can even sometimes abide by them. But to continue to rehash and rehash the civility of the issue seems a moot point to me.
poster:AdaGrace
thread:434152
URL: http://www.dr-bob.org/babble/social/20041226/msgs/435657.html