Same-Sex Marriages

[Mirage]

No, moonblade, you have to understand that in a perfect world, sexual deviants should be purged and everyone should be indoctrinated in the ways of the only true religion, christianity.

[NrvnqsrKhaos]

No, moonblade, you have to understand that in a perfect world, sexual deviants should be purged and everyone should be indoctrinated in the ways of the only true religion, christianity.

And now the strawmen from the "yay to gay" side. C'mon people, let's have a bit of class in our reasonable discussions of unimportant, underutilized systems in online games that aren't even currently active.

[Mirage]

And now the strawmen from the "yay to gay" side. C'mon people, let's have a bit of class in our reasonable discussions of unimportant, underutilized systems in online games that aren't even currently active.

Yes, I was exaggerating, but not very much. A few posts ago, you'll see someone saying basically just that,though a bit more subtle.

And it's not even that i'm "yay to gay", it's that I see no reason to discriminate against people who happen to prefer their own sex over the opposite, and definitely not based on your own personal religious belief.

Why should you even care if two men got married? Exactly how does it affect your personal or professional life?

It is something that is nice to homosexuals, and doesn't really affect anyone else. If you are thoroughly disgusted by two people being happily married, maybe the problem lies with you.

[Zyrs]

Yes, I know that Galkas are asexual and just considered male. I was making a joke.

SE could have just as easily made them asexual but considered female, with the same character models. I think that would have been incredibly funny, especially if they had given them the female armor models.

Really though, allowing any character to marry any other character isn't going to hurt anyone at all - I know numerous heterosexual couple that play as two mithra or two galka. If it would make it easier for those opposed, they should just think of it as two characters getting married, since it is all just bits and bytes.

[NrvnqsrKhaos]

I'm just saying, it's a heck of a lot easier to mock someone for something they kinda sorta implied that they may have been thinking than doing it for what they actually said.

Maybe Gadane was referring to some sort of cake and happiness gun, that was loaded with Understanding Shells and fired the buckshot we call Respectful Disagreement. You can't say for certain!

[Mirage]

You're right, I should apologize for jumping to conclusions.

Next time i see someone with a knife on the streets, I'm going to be open to the idea that it's made of chocolate and ask the guy if I can have a taste!

[Juri_Licious]

Also another note.

Who even uses the marriage system in this game? 1% of the FFXI population?

[Runespider]

the idea of 'same-sex marriage' is pretty ridiculous in the first place

Marriage in general is ridiculous, as a race we are hard wired to "be with" as many people as possible and this leads to marriages breaking up and/or one cheating on the other (some are better than others at not getting caught). As more time goes on and more things are acceptable marriage will fade even further away in importance, it's just totally silly in a race that's so Promiscuous and a culture that basically accepts it.

A lot of the posts here are trolling so keep that in mind if you get annoyed by them. They do give you an insight of what some people really do believe though and the outrage among hic parents thinking Square is trying to brainwash their kids into being gay would be more hassle than it's worth.

[NrvnqsrKhaos]

You're right, I should apologize for jumping to conclusions.

Next time i see someone with a knife on the streets, I'm going to assume it's made of chocolate and eat it!

Don't you go pulling the same stunt on me now. :< It's a really easy and really bad habit to get into, when arguing with people. I just try to point it out in hopes that people think more about what they type.

In your example, you have visual evidence that the knife is not, in fact, made of chocolate. And I personally would not antagonize a person who is visably armed in the same way I antagonize people I disagree with on the internet. I cannot say for certain if you share this trait, however.

Stuff like this is why legal speak is so complex. I'm getting tired of it already, and it's my pet peeve!

[Mirage]

Ok, i'll stop joking around now :<

I just get really frustrated sometimes you know