Ambre Summerbourne
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Posted - 2008.08.09 06:19:00 -
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Edited by: Ambre Summerbourne on 09/08/2008 06:23:32
Edited by: Ambre Summerbourne on 09/08/2008 06:20:03
 Originally by: Sile Suirghiche
Edited by: Sile Suirghiche on 30/07/2008 18:39:26
Originally by: Nareth Mordonis
How does the old American saying go? I may disagree with your opinions, however I will fight to the death for your right to express them. That's not it word for word, but it is something similiar.
Neither Evelyn Beatrice Hall nor Voltaire (who she was describing when she said that) were American. 
Originally by: Nareth Mordonis
If your brother is gay? So what? How does that make him any different from me that requires me to treat him special?
You're missing the point. Nobody is asking for "special treatment". It's just that it's neither appropriate nor fair to make assumptions or assertions about someone based on some unrelated category they happen to fit into....
(edited quote to save space, sorry)
I appoligize for the misquote. I never actually knew where it came from, only that many have said it when making statements about the first amendment. So I jumped to the conclusion that it was an American saying.
As for the rest, yes he is asking for special treatment. This is the internet and a video game as close to being a public forum as one can get (only teathered by the rules set forth by CCP). You are going to get jerks and idiots, alot of them joke around with thier friends and such using terms that someone else may find offensive. To ask them to stop simply because you are offended is asking for special treatment.
In an example if I find the color blue offensive, does it mean that I have the right to demand no one be allowed to wear blue when around me? No, I simply must learn to live with it, or avoid it. The responsibility falls on me, not the rest of the world. By asking the rest of the world to conform to my views, I am indeed asking for special treatment.
In this case it is similiar. His views and opinions differ from others, so he is asking the others to conform to his opinions or views. Even more so to simply not be allowed to express any opinions or views that may clash with his. That in my opinion is asking for special treatment.
I have learned long ago that it is not possible to change the opinions or ideals of others. That it is something they must do for themselves. If I do not wish to hear them, then it is my responsibility to ensure I do not. This is what it all boils down to, responsibility for yourself. Rather than accept it, people try to place it on others. People like that have the mindset of "If I do not wish to hear you then I will stand here and not allow you to speak, thereby making you responsible for what I hear".
Also I would like to take this oppertunity to point out that by stating that he hates bigots, by deffinition makes him what he claims to hate. Not exactly ironic, but that is the only word that comes to mind at 2am.
*edited* Realised I logged in the wrong character, sorry.
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