# Today's moral outrage. **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [July 28, 2005, 5:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/todays-moral-outrage/314611 "2005-07-28T17:45:53Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![EddyTeddyFreddy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eddyteddyfreddy/32/18796_2.png) [@EddyTeddyFreddy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EddyTeddyFreddy)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2005, 2:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/todays-moral-outrage/314611/61 "2005-07-29T02:03:04Z")
> [@Scott Plaid](#): > > .No, not in the sense of convincing the other side of my case. However, in the definition of proving what I said, having Rick not see that, then poking holes in his argument, as well as others poking holes in his argument, then yes. Holy shit, it’s another **Scott Plaid** hijack trainwreck aborning! ---
**Author:** ![Scott\_Plaid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/258eb7/32.png) [@Scott\_Plaid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scott_Plaid)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2005, 2:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/todays-moral-outrage/314611/62 "2005-07-29T02:11:11Z")
If I post now, it will look like I post alla’ time. However, if I link to an example of me controlling myself, and not turning a thread into a religion flame war, then maybe I can stop this meme that I don’t stop posting about things I care about. Ah hell, I chose [door number two](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=6416380&postcount=42). I supose that it would also work if I didn’t defend myself anytime someone compaired me to another poster. ---
**Author:** ![Evil\_Captor](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/f17d59/32.png) [@Evil\_Captor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Evil_Captor)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2005, 2:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/todays-moral-outrage/314611/63 "2005-07-29T02:21:53Z")
> [@Miller](#): > > Which is good, otherwise we might forget that throwing a baby out the window of a moving vehicle is a bad thing. It IS??? My wife is gonna KILL me! ---
**Author:** ![Binarydrone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/3da27b/32.png) [@Binarydrone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Binarydrone)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2005, 4:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/todays-moral-outrage/314611/64 "2005-07-29T04:08:48Z")
> [@Evil Captor](#): > > It IS??? My wife is gonna KILL me! Well, that’s a bad thing as well. Just a heads up. ---
**Author:** ![EddyTeddyFreddy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eddyteddyfreddy/32/18796_2.png) [@EddyTeddyFreddy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EddyTeddyFreddy)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2005, 4:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/todays-moral-outrage/314611/65 "2005-07-29T04:13:34Z")
Yeh, head’s up, up and away if she uses the axe this time. ---
**Author:** ![Liberal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/848f3c/32.png) [@Liberal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Liberal)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2005, 12:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/todays-moral-outrage/314611/66 "2005-07-29T12:14:12Z")
> [@Scott Plaid](#): > > If I post now, it will look like I post alla’ time. However, if I link to an example of me controlling myself, and not turning a thread into a religion flame war, then maybe I can stop this meme that I don’t stop posting about things I care about. > > Ah hell, I chose [door number two](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=6416380&postcount=42). > > I supose that it would also work if I didn’t defend myself anytime someone compaired me to another poster. [del]Oh shit[/del] Hi, **Scott**. [del]Sorry[/del] Glad you could [del]hijack[/del] make it to the thread, **Scott**. See, **Scott** , what [del]you’ll never fucking understand[/del] you don’t seem to get is that it [del]was stupid[/del] wasn’t necessary for you to bring **ATTENTION** to a [del]one in a million[/del] recent example of [del]not being a jackass[/del] being a bit more reasonable. You can’t [del]concoct[/del] build, **Scott** , a [del]less loathesome[/del] good reputation by [del]pulling out of your ass[/del] sharing how bad it [del]really is[/del] could be if you [del]were even more of a jerk[/del] had less self-control. [del]Go the fuck away[/del] Hang in there, **Scott**! ---
**Author:** ![EddyTeddyFreddy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eddyteddyfreddy/32/18796_2.png) [@EddyTeddyFreddy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EddyTeddyFreddy)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2005, 12:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/todays-moral-outrage/314611/67 "2005-07-29T12:26:06Z")
Well played, sir. Well played. ---
**Author:** ![Shodan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9f8e36/32.png) [@Shodan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shodan)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2005, 1:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/todays-moral-outrage/314611/68 "2005-07-29T13:52:21Z")
I think **Scott Plaid** needs to declare himself the winner, so we can have another twenty-page thread. But this time, we both can only post Monty Python quotes in GD for a week. Regards, Shodan ---
**Author:** ![Scott\_Plaid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/258eb7/32.png) [@Scott\_Plaid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scott_Plaid)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2005, 2:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/todays-moral-outrage/314611/69 "2005-07-29T14:04:57Z")
I left this alone for an hour. No on topic posts. People have predicted that I will defend what I said back in post 60, then others will respond, and it will turn into a long hijack. However, I don’t like not defending my statements. (or at least what defense I can mount against a vague claim that I was not right to have said it.) Hmmmm… Well, I will simply not do it this time. Any futher posts of mine in this thread will actually be about the topic. ---
**Author:** ![Excalibre](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/898d66/32.png) [@Excalibre](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Excalibre)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2005, 2:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/todays-moral-outrage/314611/70 "2005-07-29T14:58:45Z")
> [@Liberal](#): > > [del]Oh shit[/del] Hi, **Scott**. [del]Sorry[/del] Glad you could [del]hijack[/del] make it to the thread, **Scott**. See, **Scott** , what [del]you’ll never fucking understand[/del] you don’t seem to get is that it [del]was stupid[/del] wasn’t necessary for you to bring **ATTENTION** to a [del]one in a million[/del] recent example of [del]not being a jackass[/del] being a bit more reasonable. You can’t [del]concoct[/del] build, **Scott** , a [del]less loathesome[/del] good reputation by [del]pulling out of your ass[/del] sharing how bad it [del]really is[/del] could be if you [del]were even more of a jerk[/del] had less self-control. [del]Go the fuck away[/del] Hang in there, **Scott**! 😃 Wonderful! See, **Scott Plaid** has his uses. Me and **Liberal** can unite against a common annoyance. ---
**Author:** ![Crotalus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/crotalus/32/41_2.png) [@Crotalus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crotalus)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2005, 3:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/todays-moral-outrage/314611/71 "2005-07-29T15:08:08Z")
**Liberal** - That was beautiful. ---
**Author:** ![Harborwolf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/c89c15/32.png) [@Harborwolf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Harborwolf)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2005, 3:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/todays-moral-outrage/314611/72 "2005-07-29T15:20:49Z")
Is Scott Plaid responsible for this thread being hijacked into a discussion about Scott Plaid if everyone else keeps talking about Scott Plaid? In closing, Scott Plaid. ---
**Author:** ![TVeblen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/4bbf92/32.png) [@TVeblen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TVeblen)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2005, 4:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/todays-moral-outrage/314611/73 "2005-07-29T16:55:52Z")
> [@Liberal](#): > > [del]Oh shit[/del] Hi, **Scott**. [del]Sorry[/del] Glad you could [del]hijack[/del] make it to the thread, **Scott**. See, **Scott** , what [del]you’ll never fucking understand[/del] you don’t seem to get is that it [del]was stupid[/del] wasn’t necessary for you to bring **ATTENTION** to a [del]one in a million[/del] recent example of [del]not being a jackass[/del] being a bit more reasonable. You can’t [del]concoct[/del] build, **Scott** , a [del]less loathesome[/del] good reputation by [del]pulling out of your ass[/del] sharing how bad it [del]really is[/del] could be if you [del]were even more of a jerk[/del] had less self-control. [del]Go the fuck away[/del] Hang in there, **Scott**! Now _that_ was hilarious. And the first really deft use I’ve seen made of the ‘delete’ function. Still snickering, Veb ---
**Author:** ![picunurse](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/7bcc69/32.png) [@picunurse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/picunurse)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2005, 5:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/todays-moral-outrage/314611/74 "2005-07-29T17:28:06Z")
> [@elbows](#): > > Is it possible that people feel if they look full on into the face of evil, in it’s every form, with no shying away or denial, that somehow it might serve to protect them and theirs? > > As in, if I am aware I will be better prepared for that worst case scenario awaiting me in some distant, as yet unimagined, future. However, the longer one stares into that evil face, the more familar it becomes, and thus less frightening. Until, finally, it no longer generates outrage. Today, we view realistic mayhem in movies, video games, even the news, that just a few years ago, would have been considered too horrible to watch. We, as a society, have anesthetized our moral outrage by looking. The first time one sees something feared, it causes a violent reaction. As time passes, and that feared thing is viewed over and over, eventually, the reaction becomes, “well, that’s not so bad.” So we move on to something even more heinous, to discharge our outrage. ---
**Author:** ![elbows](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/b3f665/32.png) [@elbows](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elbows)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2005, 6:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/todays-moral-outrage/314611/75 "2005-07-29T18:55:12Z")
I hear what your saying PicNurse and it’s certainly true. But I would say MOST people are pickled in violent video games and movies, so that immunity effect wouldn’t apply. I was thinking more along the lines of ‘know your enemy’. ---
**Author:** ![elbows](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/b3f665/32.png) [@elbows](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elbows)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2005, 6:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/todays-moral-outrage/314611/76 "2005-07-29T18:57:03Z")
:smack: Of course, that should read; ``` Most people are NOT pickled in..... excuse me, pardon me, my mistake. ``` ---
**Author:** ![GusNSpot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gusnspot/32/436_2.png) [@GusNSpot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GusNSpot)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2005, 8:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/todays-moral-outrage/314611/77 "2005-07-29T20:06:17Z")
Not to worry ‘elbows’, we knew that. I t will never happen on the SDMB that will forget your first 1000 posts and just jump all over you as if they had never head you before and ascribe the worst possible interpretation of what you say totally disregarding your past statements and posting history. Nope, will not happen so don’t be so uptight. Does not happen in threads about guns and stuff and such either. All peoples are smart and rational and even tempered and never have PMS or CAS ( cranky ass syndrome ) at the SDMB… - ::: loosening gun in quick draw holster. ::: \* ---
**Author:** ![GusNSpot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gusnspot/32/436_2.png) [@GusNSpot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GusNSpot)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2005, 8:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/todays-moral-outrage/314611/78 "2005-07-29T20:08:29Z")
_ **ETA** _ :::: preview is my friend, preview is my friend, preview is my friend, preview is my friend, ::::: but if you can’t figure it out , you are not missing much ::::::: ---
**Author:** ![Go\_You\_Big\_Red\_Fire\_Engine](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/eada6e/32.png) [@Go\_You\_Big\_Red\_Fire\_Engine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Go_You_Big_Red_Fire_Engine)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2005, 2:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/todays-moral-outrage/314611/79 "2005-07-30T02:47:56Z")
**Metacom** is awesome. You can’t front on that. Those pit threads should die. Oh and, Me too! ---
**Author:** ![Dark\_Side\_of\_the\_Floyd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/bb73d2/32.png) [@Dark\_Side\_of\_the\_Floyd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dark_Side_of_the_Floyd)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2005, 3:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/todays-moral-outrage/314611/80 "2005-07-30T03:10:31Z")
> [@Go You Big Red Fire Engine](#): > > **Metacom** is awesome. You can’t front on that. Those pit threads should die. > > Oh and, Me too! Visit the anon boards, do ya? 😛 [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/todays-moral-outrage/314611.md?page=3) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/todays-moral-outrage/314611.md?page=5)