(December 12, 2018 at 12:54 pm)Shell B Wrote:Fair enough.(December 12, 2018 at 12:52 pm)DodosAreDead Wrote: Apparently my special talent is getting into arguments when I don't even have strong opinions on an issue. Sigh.
Fine, I retract the 'hostile or aggressive' thingy. I couldn't care less whether you call christianity, christians, or my mom stupid. I'm talking about defining the rule Tibs talked about in the first post in this thread. My point is that if you're not gonna allow slurs towards groups of people in thread titles, don't allow slurs towards ideas either, because it defeats the purpose. That's it. Exeunt dodo.
Sorry if you think that was an argument. I'm just making a point in response to your point. There's a difference between attacking people and attacking ideas. There's no doubt it's a big difference.
And I agree there is a big difference, content wise. But intention-wise, it seems to me that anyone attacking an idea means to insinuate that the believers/followers of that idea area also stupid, or acting stupid in relation to that idea, at the very least. Hence, the vibe remains much the same.
The word bed actually looks like a bed.
