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Dystinkt wrote:I think in the UK personally, this country does suffer from a lot of groups who take offence on behalf of other people, when the groups thats supposedly offended has said they dont really give a fuck. professional apologists, if you will. I'm very proud of how tolerant this country is of people's choices cultures and ethnicities, but sometimes people take it too far and actually become intolerant ironically

hubb wrote:

butter_man wrote:

hubb wrote:

racist.

magma wrote:
I think he's bang on, tbh.

This Internet generation seemingly prizes making people laugh above almost anything and so people who don't actually have much talent for humour can only really get involved socially in places like this by repeating tried and tested jokes and tropes that are guaranteed to get a little ******.

hubb wrote:I think you both might have a point, you were doing good here

but then..
but noone jokes about racism, they joke about someone having a predujice or they reinfer a standard knowingly or unknowingly, that can then turn racist. are you talking about the forum. ..'casual racism in Europe' is the thread. mocking another race; racist humour. either directly at or behind closed doors

But the important bit to me, is how important joking is. We have to be able to joke about everything, not just socially to be able to breath but to deal with taboo.
I'm not disagreeing, but people would have to try harder for laughs if you removed the lowest denominator where racism lies, mentioned earlier

Humour is a requisite of intelligence and vica versa, meaning it will also be a part of almost any discussion. But you also get to judge people on their ability to see the fun, aswell as the ability to see the serious...
thats quite nice. kinda irrelevant by this point. If not understood why see previous quote

I literally don't understand what fence it is, that you want to put up.

insults, targeting appearance, not just that of skin colour or ethnicity can be damaging. dont just tackle racism cos it's the cause du jour, get rid of all forms of bullying, teach people that its not just wrong for one and right for others but its wrong for all and pulling a human being apart should not be considered cricket in this new world we're typing to

I don't know wether that is a need to have a forum mimic an outside world out of convenience, because judging depends on understanding- and that takes effort.
a forum will mimic the outside world in the way that its components, the posters will be based in the real world and as a point of refference will not so much as mimic just virtualise the parts of there personality (though slightly contrived by the lens of self correction relative to the ideals they want to be revered for, even if self deprecating) thus socail structures will be based as would be on the outside if a little askewed by the correction. Judging with error is easy. how this is all relevant though, I dunno
or
if it's because the language we have in common to judge things with, still somehow belongs to that over-encapsulating but un-nuanced outside.
cruelty transcends language

Nietsche would agree. Yeh, I dunno about that. I'm sure he was pretty clear on who he's talking too as his followers. 'but just cling to the bits I've read from either' doesnt sound very Nietzschean protege-like

hubb wrote:Humour is a requisite of intelligence and vica versa, meaning it will also be a part of almost any discussion.

I literally don't understand what fence it is, that you want to put up.

faultier wrote:political correctness at its worse imo (only read the last few posts, mind)

slippery slope when you start deciding there are things no one is allowed to joke about

one can and should be authorized to joke about anything, just know your audience imo

This is utter rubbish. I love jokes and I love funny people, but no, people need to learn to have conversations without humour occasionally. It's not a requisite of intelligence in the slightest.

Make jokes about the rich wit they contain rather than the cheap misfortune of the target.

For instance, posting a picture of a person with Downs Syndrome using a computer in a "Funny Pictures Thread" should lead to instant social isolation.

scspkr99 wrote:

faultier wrote:political correctness at its worse imo (only read the last few posts, mind)

slippery slope when you start deciding there are things no one is allowed to joke about

one can and should be authorized to joke about anything, just know your audience imo

So racist jokes are alright if you reckon your audience is racist?