OFFENDED!

[graywarrior]

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[NYC_SKP]

1. K/R, and I'm offended!11

J/K



Yes!

It's a dialogue stopper, a device used by people who don't have a rational rebuttal to an argument or who don't understand or can't articulate their own issues.

Being offended is largely a choice, it leads to nothing productive, and the most effective communicators don't engage in that level of interaction.

ciao.

[graywarrior]

11. This thread will offend someone, I'm sure.

[EarthWindFire]

2. so true

n/t

[RetroGamer1971]

3. Bloom County Offensenstivity cartoon!

I LOVE Fry and Laurie and I LOVE Bloom County.

[kairos12]

4. Opus What a Great Memory-Thanks

[derby378]

7. THIS.

Yes, folks - Opus & Co. have demonstrated why I don't embrace political correctness. No matter what I do, someone's going to get offended.

Great cartoon. Thanks for sharing!

[Demo_Chris]

9. I miss that comic :(

[malthaussen]

10. I remember that one

Some good toons in that comic.

-- Mal

[redqueen]

5. lol, aw, Stephen Fry is offended by other people being offended...

whining about other people's whining. Oh, the irony.

I wonder if he came out with that little gem after people didn't take his comments regarding female sexuality so well. Comments he later said were all in jest... I guess he's surprised to find sexist jokes aren't quite as popular as they used to be. Boo hoo.

[derby378]

6. If I don't offend at least one person a day, I'm not doing my job

I can offend without being rude or juvenile - or I can at least try. The art of the insult is a long and turgid affair, but it has produced some jewels here and there.

[nick of time]

8. When someone tells me their offended by my speech

I say "and your point is........ if you don't like what I have to say, don't listen to it".

[malthaussen]

12. There is a lot of that going around.

One of the big social changes, everyone's offense being voiced at all times, and no one much caring if the feeling of offense is reasonable or not, or if the intent was to offend or not.

We have lost all sense of proportion, and thus it seems the only recourse is to validate everything.

-- Mal

[jpak]

13. ALERTING!

[graywarrior]

14. .