I think you were busy counting stuff.

Just stick to your burger flipping and you will be fine.

You should stick to flipping burgers.

Cool story bro. I mean it is a story.

Also names not Zippy, Champ.

Remember, you can always ignore people who offend you. This is just a game.

LOLWUT You in the wrong thread son, this is for the assburgers, victims of Alzheimer is down the hall. Don't worry, I'll keep flipping the bergers in here.

I wouldn't let it bother you, I know that sounds trite, but it's really the best thing you can do. And actually, being in my 20's in the 90's. I can recall the use of the word "gay" as meaning something lame etc... Even though it sounds like it was slur of gay people, most people I knew were VERY liberal minded that used it and hung out with gay ppl quite often.

Thing is, I just don't think you can train or force people to use only language that is unoffensive to everyone. There is always going to be something offensive to someone.

Best thing you can do is block em, report em if you find it necessary (if they are personally attacking you), or best yet, ignore them.

Btw, your portrait is awesome.

Some people are just d*cks. This game breeds so much hate. It disgusts me.

we have a fine tradition of ****-taking in the UK

QFT

About two weeks ago a student in the UK was jailed for 56 days for making racist tweets on Twitter (an equally public forum in legal terms, I would expect). [...] I understand that if you were raised in the US, under the age of 21 and hang out on certain internet forums you may believe that that kind of behaviour is acceptable.

"Extracting the urine" does not fall under the above law.

We just don't feel the need for the government to censor our speech. It opens the door to a lot of future government abuse.

Hate speech could eventually start to cover "anything negative about the government"

Legislation can't affect the way people think, it only punishes them for what they do (if they get caught)

The "ohforpeetssakes" award thread of the day

Well I guess the bathroom pub bandit in Birmingham can have a sigh of relief

Kaitlin smithson][quote=Hito-Shura]I've been playing EVE Online for almost 2 years now. I've had my hand in almost every aspect of EVE during the time I've played it. I was a highsec carebear, running Level 4 missions. I did some time in Nullsec, being part of the blob. I have been a pirate in lowsec, attacking ships ranging from Carriers to their cyno alts, both solo and in a gang. I've even lived in a wormhole for some time. I am a 26 year old male living in Cleveland, Ohio in the USA, graduated from college twice with a BS in Computer Animation and Design with a Masters in Technology, focused on Quality Assurance and Control

And I have autism. Asperger's Syndrome, to be exact.

Lately, though, I have noticed that there has been an increase in the use of the word autism. Its been somewhat disturbing to me that its been mostly used in a derogatory way. Anyone who is a highsec carebear n00b pubbie is autistic or heck, even when Goons were interdicting Gallente ice, I've noticed talk about 'Using Aspergers to camp the belts for miners'.

And I'm wondering why is this so? Why is being autistic bad all the sudden? Is it the new 'gay' from the 90s? Can someone explain it to me? Is it just EVE Online or is it ranging all the games on the internet?[/quote


who knows bro? all I know is I have a niece and nephew with autism and it's sad that they have it but it brings a "normal" being to tears seeing how they can do things still that other kids can do. Congrats for your achievements in life. I guess some people are fortunate enough in life not to have any relatives or loved ones with any conditions such as autism. I've seen it all in life from relatives and friends dying of all types of cancer, ALS aka Lou Gehrig's disease and other ailments besides the unfortunate accidents in combat and regular life.
I don't wish it upon anyone but the world needs to wake up and smell the roses because it may hit them one day and won't they feel like **** for mocking it.

Ask another twitter guy who profusely apologised once the Police turned up at his door and gave him a warning

The Sedition Act of 1918 (Pub.L. 65-150, 40 Stat. 553, enacted May 16, 1918) was an Act of the United States Congress that extended the Espionage Act of 1917 to cover a broader range of offenses, notably speech and the expression of opinion that cast the government or the war effort in a negative light or interfered with the sale of government bonds. One historian of American civil liberties has called it "the nation's most extreme antispeech legislation.

It forbade the use of "disloyal, profane, scurrilous, or abusive language" about the United States government, its flag, or its armed forces or that caused others to view the American government or its institutions with contempt. Those convicted under the act generally received sentences of imprisonment for 5 to 20 years. The act also allowed the Postmaster General to refuse to deliver mail that met those same standards for punishable speech or opinion. It applied only to times "when the United States is in war." It was repealed on December 13, 1920.

Lawyers don't really see that as an acceptable counter

UK laws regarding what you can say on broadcast media are more "free" than the US (I assume you are referring to the US), so, no

I'd bet that he apologized because he felt he should and needed to, not because the police visit changed his mind about what he felt

And no, not tin-foiling about being jailed by speaking out against the government. I'll quote part of the text that I linked earlier, because you didn't read it and I want to show you that it has indeed happened:

And I do mean harmless. If as adults we're support to be able to communicate without using offensive language, then we should also be capable of not freaking out when someone else does. That doesn't make it acceptable, but they're just words and they only have the power we give to them.

I probably shouldn't even post here but... Has it occured to you that autism got its bad rep from the roughly 9 billion self-diagnosed autistics that roam the Internet? The ones that use their "specialness" as an excuse for their stupid uneducated opinions or just to garner attention?

This. really i mean this.


I have two degrees in psychology and know a lot about psychopathology and the above comment could not be more astute.