perfect pitch

Snyder · Post by **Snyder** » Sun Jun 13, 2004 10:01 pm

Matty Boom wrote:just becuase someone is proud to be gay they won't care about being called a fag...or a black person wouldn't care that they are called a nigger?

the reason there's problems with it is because it's derogatory

In this day and age, people rely too much on Political Correctness to protect their feelings. It hurts because you let it.

jsgksu · Post by **jsgksu** » Sun Jun 13, 2004 10:03 pm

Matty Boom wrote:just becuase someone is proud to be gay they won't care about being called a fag...or a black person wouldn't care that they are called a nigger?

the reason there's problems with it is because it's derogatory

its only derogatory or offensive if you let it offend you, theyre just words

mdel21 · Post by **mdel21** » Sun Jun 13, 2004 10:05 pm

Matty, are you gay too.

Matty Boom · Post by **Matty Boom** » Sun Jun 13, 2004 10:06 pm

but if you know it offends some people...why say it?

why not make that little effort to not say it

Matty Boom · Post by **Matty Boom** » Sun Jun 13, 2004 10:07 pm

mdel21 wrote:Matty, are you gay too.

no, i'm not

i'm just trying to respect peoples' feelings

Beauford33 · Post by **Beauford33** » Sun Jun 13, 2004 10:08 pm

Matty Boom wrote:
mdel21 wrote:Matty, are you gay too.
no, i'm not

i'm just trying to respect peoples' feelings

its human nature to not to.

jsgksu · Post by **jsgksu** » Sun Jun 13, 2004 10:10 pm

Matty Boom wrote:but if you know it offends some people...why say it?

why not make that little effort to not say it

because its just a freakin word, if we went out of our way to please everyone, we wouldnt have time to breathe, people need to just lighten up, or toughen up, depending on how you look at it.

"Im not going to change my ways, just to please you, or appease you..."

Matty Boom · Post by **Matty Boom** » Sun Jun 13, 2004 10:11 pm

well, i'm done with this, i've exhausted every point i could make

i respect all of you guys even though i don't agree with most of you on this

snyder and a few other people definitely made me think about my stance and i hope that i made you guys think as well

now let's leave this thread for a newb to bring back to life and we'll fight it out again then

whatshername · Post by **whatshername** » Sun Jun 13, 2004 10:28 pm

jsgksu wrote:
Matty Boom wrote:but if you know it offends some people...why say it?

why not make that little effort to not say it
because its just a freakin word, if we went out of our way to please everyone, we wouldnt have time to breathe, people need to just lighten up, or toughen up, depending on how you look at it.

"Im not going to change my ways, just to please you, or appease you..."

good point

thejoe · Post by **thejoe** » Sun Jun 13, 2004 10:58 pm

woah.. i always thought of that line meaning somthing totally different

saiyasam · Post by **saiyasam** » Mon Jun 14, 2004 1:52 am

does anyone have perfect pitch in this forum?

mdel21 · Post by **mdel21** » Mon Jun 14, 2004 5:24 am

saiyasam wrote:does anyone have perfect pitch in this forum?

Bend over and they'll show you.

thejoe · Post by **thejoe** » Mon Jun 14, 2004 8:37 am

obviously del doesnt

tjmac66pc · Post by **tjmac66pc** » Mon Jun 14, 2004 12:08 pm

winglet82 wrote:
mdel21 wrote:I'm not trying to hurt your feelings. If someone is calling something gay, they are not talking about you or any other homosexual. They are using the word in a different context. I could see if someone said, "hey Ranting quit being gay," but they aren't. I'm sorry you find it offensive but no one is saying it with the intention of offending you. Like it was stated before, it's part of the English venacular and people using when they don't like something. Like saying something is Jewish. I wouldn't purposely try to offend you or anyone else but it's just something people say.
I think that's really the important part. If people were intentionally saying it to insult homosexuals, it's one thing, but I seriously doubt that's what anyone's intention is around here.

i agree....if someone says something like that, i think it's probably more counter-productive to call them on it especially if they are not aiming it at anyone in particular...trying to 'police' the english language/lingo on a message board is not an easy venture and single someone out for something as trivial as was in this post, to me, is just someone that is bored and has nothing else to do....i can see if it was a pattern with the same person constantly using offensive language demeaning someone in particular, but i agree with Winglet, no one here has any intentions of insulting another...my opinion anyway

tjmac66pc · Post by **tjmac66pc** » Mon Jun 14, 2004 12:10 pm

saiyasam wrote:does anyone have perfect pitch in this forum?

i guess not....either you are born with it, or you are doomed!