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Handy Skytower
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09-25-2009 05:51
Given the use of this term "broadly offensive" in another thread here I'm curious what others definition of "broadly offensive" might be.
For me it would be depictions of hate crimes, prejudice, oppression, human suffering etc... along those lines. Whats the point you say? Well to show that terms are subjective, that whats BO to one is perfectly acceptable to another. And I'm curious to see how twisted you all are  Handy |
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Marcel Flatley
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09-25-2009 05:59
Almost like opening a can of worms
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Lance Corrimal
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09-25-2009 06:00
For me broadly offensive means:
- intolerance - projecting one's ethic values on everybody else - removal of civil rights, or the promotion thereof |
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Handy Skytower
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09-25-2009 06:05
Almost like opening a can of worms Knowing these forums you might be right! LOL Handy |
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Brenda Connolly
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09-25-2009 06:05
Popcorn, without butter is broadly offensive.
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Handy Skytower
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09-25-2009 06:06
For me broadly offensive means: - intolerance - projecting one's ethic values on everybody else - removal of civil rights, or the promotion thereof Spot on. Handy |
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Handy Skytower
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09-25-2009 06:07
Popcorn, without butter is broadly offensive. *Pines for the early days, when her Forum title was Offensive Broad. /me loves hot buttered popcorn! /me thinks Brenda is most definitely NOT broadly offensive Handy. |
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Kara Spengler
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09-25-2009 06:10
Popcorn, without butter is broadly offensive. But popcorn WITH butter is broadly offensive to us vegans.  _____________________
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Brenda Connolly
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09-25-2009 06:13
But popcorn WITH butter is broadly offensive to us vegans. Then you can use one of those nasty ersatz butter thingies...........I won't be offended. _____________________
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Brenda Connolly
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09-25-2009 06:14
Intolerance is a good one, as it usually leads to the Tolerance/Aceptance line of discussion.
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09-25-2009 06:19
I'm sure we have been down this road before . . .
Pep ( . . . but what the hell; let's have another go round.) PS Danger! Danger! Danger! Will Robinson. The three preceding threads on the topic were all eventually locked by Strife.  _____________________
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Lias Leandros
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09-25-2009 06:21
It is nice to see you posting Handy, But Desmond did this one already
/327/02/324131/1.html BO to me is insisting that all behaviors be accepted and claiming no behavior is offensive. There is a reason that hippie liberalism did not take over the world. ___________________ I looked up what Linden Lab is using the term 'broadly offensive' for these days. http://wiki.secondlife.com The term has been removed from the Community Standards (if it was ever there). https://secure-web16.secondlife.com/corporate/cs.php Probably because the term meant something different to every person - and that made it ineffective. The only place I found it was in the event posting guidelines The event descriptions need to conform to PG guidelines, consistent with the overall Second Life website policy - so no overt sex descriptions; sex for money, sex chat, simulated sex, strong violence, or anything else broadly offensive. And here https://blogs.secondlife.com/community/features/blog/2007/06/01/keeping-second-life-safe-together About Child Avatars The diversity of things to see and do within Second Life is almost unimaginable, but our community has made it clear to us that certain types of content and activity are simply not acceptable in any form. Real-life images, avatar portrayals, and other depiction of sexual or lewd acts involving or appearing to involve children or minors; real-life images, avatar portrayals, and other depictions of sexual violence including rape, real-life images, avatar portrayals, and other depictions of extreme or graphic violence, and other broadly offensive content are never allowed or tolerated within Second Life. _____________________
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Rhonda Huntress
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09-25-2009 06:26
Broadly offensive is anything THEY do that upsets US as long as WE are the majority culture.
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Handy Skytower
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09-25-2009 06:29
Ah I must have missed that one. Sorry for the repeat, but still an interesting question. Handy |
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Jojogirl Bailey
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09-25-2009 06:39
For me broadly offensive means: - intolerance - projecting one's ethic values on everybody else - removal of civil rights, or the promotion thereof i agree with this... there really arent many depictions, activities in sl that are offensive to me, but i have found over time that crappy attitudes and intolerance bug the crap out of me lol. _____________________
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Lias Leandros
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09-25-2009 06:48
For me broadly offensive means: - intolerance - projecting one's ethic values on everybody else - removal of civil rights, or the promotion thereof _____________________
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Scylla Rhiadra
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09-25-2009 07:15
Broadly offensive is anything THEY do that upsets US as long as WE are the majority culture. Sadly, too often true. I find lots of things offensive, but I won't bother listing them because there's no point in inflicting my personal prejudices -- which I KNOW to be prejudices -- on everyone else. It's an interesting question, but ultimately one that doesn't get us very far, because what is "offensive" is too subjective. I think we need to move away from the idea of "offensive," and examine behaviours and such not by whether we like them or not, but rather on the basis of the harm that they may or may not do. That can be difficult to determine for sure, but it is at least more objective than this nebulous idea of "offensiveness." _____________________
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Smith Peel
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09-25-2009 07:20
I find lots of things offensive, but I won't bother listing them because there's no point in inflicting my personal prejudices -- which I KNOW to be prejudices -- on everyone else. It's an interesting question, but ultimately one that doesn't get us very far, because what is "offensive" is too subjective. I think we need to move away from the idea of "offensive," and examine behaviours and such not by whether we like them or not, but rather on the basis of the harm that they may or may not do. That can be difficult to determine for sure, but it is at least more objective than this nebulous idea of "offensiveness." Oh, Scylla, you could not be more correct if you tried _____________________
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Scylla Rhiadra
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09-25-2009 07:22
Oh, Scylla, you could not be more correct if you tried Well, thanks! But, um . . . I DID try . . . _____________________
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Smith Peel
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09-25-2009 07:25
Well, thanks! But, um . . . I DID try . . . But try to be more correct... I'll wait. That's right, you can't do it!!! )))))_____________________
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Chris Norse
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09-25-2009 07:26
For me it is broadly offensive for one party to initiate force against a person or their property.
This includes governments. So I find busy bodies to be broadly offensive. I find any one who says "There ought to be a law" to be broadly offensive. 99.9% of politicians are broadly offensive. _____________________
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Scylla Rhiadra
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09-25-2009 07:27
But try to be more correct... I'll wait. That's right, you can't do it!!! ))))) You have SERIOUSLY derailed this very interesting thread. I find that very offensive indeed! _____________________
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Smith Peel
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09-25-2009 07:30
You have SERIOUSLY derailed this very interesting thread. I find that very offensive indeed! In a sane world, the rest of the thread would consist of people agreeing with you _____________________
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Lindal Kidd
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09-25-2009 07:30
All right-thinking people know perfectly well what's broadly offensive and what's not.
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09-25-2009 07:31
I remember covering this subject once, myself. (^_^)
/327/2f/295851/1.html In its simplest sense... Broadly offensive is something that offends a majority. From what I've seen, there is no majority. Society and online society is too granular. So, the term in and of itself is too vague to define. Which is why we have people asking the question every few months. (^_^)y _____________________
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