Is there too much soy in this game's community

[Imora]

Troll post indeed, but oddly enough our NN had this conversation recently. Yes, it does appear more people get offended far more easily. We have moved past the era where offense was taken not given. Just the nature of the beast with ever changing times. People take to forget it is a personal choice to get offended or bothered by something. Yet when you tell someone that it never ends well.

Offense is subjective. I take offense to things you might not.

And people offended by everything is one of those things that I'm offended by.

I'm a free speech absolutist. I feel that society should dictate what's acceptable to say, not a government or corporate entity. I follow SE's rules, for example, but I still feel they should have no right to tell me what I can't say. One should be polite enough to not say something horrible, and ostracizing from society for being an asshole is good enough.

[Boblawblah]

I feel that society should dictate what's acceptable to say, not a government or corporate entity.

What if I told you that governments and corporate entities are created by society?

[Imora]

What if I told you that governments and corporate entities are created by society?

What if I told you that they're overstepping their bounds?

If my towns people want to ban a word, that's fine. If my towns government wants to van a word with absolutely no input from the rest of us, that's not fine.

Government is more skin to the discussion than companies, because a corporate entity is at the whims of the government. Even if SE wanted to give an N word pass, they couldn't in a lot of places.

And don't get me started on government officials doing shit I didn't vote them in to do.

Yall would hang the best comedians in history now. George Carlin was right. People are getting soft.

[Melorie]

Yall would hang the best comedians in history now. George Carlin was right. People are getting soft.

Most people that claim for the utmost free speech have very little interesting to say. We live in society, society perception of right and wrong changes over time. We stabilish limits, evolve certain conceptions, that's how the world goes. Yeah many comedians from decades ago wouldn't have a place now, but imagine if we all had the same sense of humour forever.
This has very little to do with getting soft, it's about change, and it always happened and it will keep happening. You might choose to get sour over it but I don't think it's something worth putting energy into.

[Boblawblah]

If my towns people want to ban a word, that's fine. If my towns government wants to van a word with absolutely no input from the rest of us, that's not fine.

So, how would you decide what the towns people want? Who would get the final say? Would it be a vote for every little issue? Or would they, I don't know, elect a group of people that would decide for the town?

[Burmecia]

Hmm...

[Saraide]

Hmm...

So it was the fault of stormblood then. We should have known.

[Mosha]

Most people that claim for the utmost free speech have very little interesting to say. We live in society, society perception of right and wrong changes over time. We stabilish limits, evolve certain conceptions, that's how the world goes. Yeah many comedians from decades ago wouldn't have a place now, but imagine if we all had the same sense of humour forever.
This has very little to do with getting soft, it's about change, and it always happened and it will keep happening. You might choose to get sour over it but I don't think it's something worth putting energy into.

I mostly agree but they're are defiantly people out there who are hypersensitive and who expect society to constantly pander to them.

[SassyAssassin]

Hmm...

Gosh Ill do some breaded tofu tonite :3 and oyster mushrooms and salad oh yis

[Nyxs]

I mostly agree but they're are defiantly people out there who are hypersensitive and who expect society to constantly pander to them.

Everyone expects it and if you don’t you’re hateful. People don’t have to and I always tell people that. If they need to be coddled they can go tell their mom not me.