RE: Do religious beliefs actually have any significant bearing on moral decision making?
April 15, 2013 at 5:51 pm
(April 15, 2013 at 5:38 pm)Cthulhu Dreaming Wrote:(April 15, 2013 at 5:27 pm)student1992 Wrote: As someone who has been bullied several times in my life and been part of a prominent anti-bullying campaign I would suggest you read up on the topic.
I am intimately and personally familiar with the subject.
(April 15, 2013 at 5:27 pm)student1992 Wrote: Symptoms I have noticed in this thread are deconstructive criticsm, unfounded accusations and exclusion. Here are some examples
"How condescending of you and how out of touch from your original question you are. You are engaging people and how they think, stupid child. go back to your original classes and start again."
"No hunny you are a freshman starting his degree in Philosophy. The 1992 makes you roughly 21 years old and you are no more alpha than my left ankle. "
"The shame is on you student... Otherwise your research is flawed and incomplete and you will fail your assignment"
"Are you lazy?"
"No my dear...YOU are being lazy. get online and DO YOUR RESEARCH! IF that includes friends and family then so be it...do you know nothing? "
"Still doesn't detract from the freshman striving to be lazy though" (having just asked not to be referred to as freshman and making it clear I wasn't one. If this isn't a textbook example of bullying I don't know what is.)
None of the above violate any rules that we have here.
This is a forum that values free expression. We don't generally censor opinions.
You might try developing thicker skin.
You haven't engaged with many of the points I made. I would find it hard to believe that someone who had an intimate relationship with bullying would suggest that "developing thicker skin" is a solution.
Calling someone a name such as "freshman" when they clearly have stated they aren't and there is no basis to believe that they are is clearly an attempt to demean. Whether your rules cover it or not it is cyber-bullying and has little to do with freedom of speech.
Finally do you not see the irony in saying this is a forum that encourages "free expression". I will again repeat my final point and you can make the connection to "free expression".
I will end on this point. As people who clearly pride themselves as not being of a religious bent, what does it say that you unite around a common cause of belittling the person who didn't engage in the 'rite' of introducing himself and asking the correct group leaders for permission?
