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Originally Posted by Xaccers
Are you really saying that people can only get offended if they actually want to be offended?
If a homosexual takes offence at being called a "poofta" then it's their own fault for deliberately getting offended?
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Wouldn't normally speak for someone else, but I'm here and I've got the few seconds that it's going to take to compose the only honest reply I could possibly give to your post.
Having read, re-read, and then read again, Russ' post, at no time does he say that. What he appears to me to be saying is that there are certain people who seem to find offence at everything, and who seem to want to over analyse things (possibly even seeing things that aren't there). These people are (obviously) more easily offended, and offended by many (many) things that wouldn't offend more sensible (less reactionary, critical, seemingly hard done by) individuals.
Your example of a homosexual being called a 'poofta' is so far removed from the actual subject being discussed here that it's not even relevant, and therefore barely worthy of comment. Suffice to say though, common sense suggests that calling someone a 'poofta' is quite obviously designed to offend/insult and that the person being labelled as such would therefore have every right to complaint.
---------- Post added at 18:37 ---------- Previous post was at 18:36 ----------
Ah, Russ beat me to it
