OK, I really have something that I need to talk about. I have noticed a rash, of late, of folks that have been rather on the quick side to take offence to what strike me as for the most part innocent threads and/or posts. Never the less, something has really been bugging me of late and I really just need to rant about it.
In the interest of respecting the sensitivities of those folks, I have spent a great deal of time crafting my rant in such a way as to omit any possibility of offence. These are the fruits of my labor:
Surprise! There is nothing here. I suppose that the conclusion that you might reach is that it is impossible to avoid offending everyone. You might also conclude that, if this is true and if one can assume that you will never, ever, ever be cut any slack then the logical extension of that is that you should just quit trying.
It is also possible that one could conclude that this sort of endless picking and anklebiting does much more harm than good, as all that you really succeed in doing is annoying the hell out of people
Whew! I feel much better. I am so glad to get that out of my system.
I would honestly have to say that this is a build up, more than anything. That is why I didn’t link to any one thread, as it really seems to be some widespread kick that some folks are on right now.
Doesn’t really look like a pardoy thread Ethilrist. Least not to me, being that IANAMod. I think it’s just commentary on recent trends, probably sparked by the brouhah over the ‘man-speak’ and ‘woman-speak’ joke threads.
I am not spoofing any one thread, so there is not link. What I am saying is that I have noticed that there seems to be a rash of tempests in teapots around here of late and that it is getting on my nerves. This is not a joke thread.
Hope you’ve got a big bottle of lotion and some tissue, you’re bound to rub the skin right off the little fella around these parts starting with the white font masterpiece further up the page.
Certainly. But comedy (offensive or inoffensive) always contains a proposition that it is advancing. From time to time, one objects to the proposition. Just because the proposition is advanced humorously does not make it immune to criticism.