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This video just showed up on the front page of my youtube, it goes with everything we were saying here very well.

Crazy Lady With Road Rage (Curse words) - YouTube

Summary - The guy filming...

Now it's all equal opportunity. Everyone who gets on a plane has an equal opportunity to get groped or x-rayed! :P

Eh, Brandon Sanderson didn't do Mat very well (my favorite character). I was just glad to get the end of the story. I don't know if I really believed the thing about Jordan having the ending...

I wondered if you have ever read "The Wheel of Time" by Robert Jordan? It's another fantasy book, not as good as GoT, but still pretty good.

The author did a pretty good job of screwing up...

I believe in being polite myself. The problem comes when you dogmatize it, or associate motives to certain groups (like you say, some people equate feminism to anti-man, and others equate...

I don't know. I hope it all dies down one day, but a lot of people have this reaction of "If you're against a thing, then you are for it's opposite". So I suspect PC principals will be one of...

I was just on youtube and saw this PSA (sexual assault - "No More"), thought I would post it here. It's a good example of trying to start a conversation in an accusatory context, like I was talking...

I have noticed this odd thing in recent years though (with twitter), where people will get fired for things they didn't say on the job. I don't go on those sites personally (too addictive), and I...

Nothing is wrong with it to me, so long as while people are talking about something else they use "verbal abuse" or one of the other phrases. Otherwise it's too easy to get confused. Say I'm...

To be fair, he was responding to Mario, who has said that he considers verbal abuse to be interchangeable with verbal assault. I'm sure he was just arguing within the bounds of the debate.

For...

Well yes, but I warned about this several pages ago. Originally we were talking of hate speech, then this was equated with verbal assault. I've been repeating that these are muddy terms like every...

Again, there is a confusion of terms. We weren't talking about something that was an imminent threat, just insults. I've agreed imminent threats of physical harm are a danger, I don't know what...

Also, we are all dancing on Will1's strings, he's responsible! Get Him! *Lynch mob- Assemble* :P

The debate is over what that entitles you to (such as legal protection from an assault charge, ect). Also there is a huge question over what is considered verbal abuse, with some folks saying that...

In both cases: 1. Of person x attacking person y over an insult. 2. Person x killing himself over person y's insult. It is person x's determination to respond in such a way. No one has a reasonable...

Ok on consideration, there are two miscommunications going on here.

1. I'm not saying something "can't be" because I believe differently, I'm just saying I don't believe (I have no reason to...

I've already stated that I believed the way I do because I've not been convinced that it's justified to attack someone for an insult. If you're not going to explain why it should be justified, then...

I wasn't speaking about actual threats of violence, I was speaking about the intimidation of saying that it's ok to beat someone up for using a derogatory term. I think actual threats of violence...

It's the other way around. Verbal assault leaves no physical evidence, so if there is a claim that it is affecting something, the onus is on the person making that claim. Also, verbal assault has...

Most of the students weren't really that religious at my old school, it was all a top down thing. I still have my old history and biology books, I read them again when I was around 15 or so. To...

When I say I don't believe, I mean I don't understand the definition. If the definition is going to be based off the person hearing the abuse (What if a non *** is called a ***, is it still...

I wasn't trying to put words in his mouth. I read could and interpreted could with no repercussion. People don't normally say things like "I can run all the red lights", even though it would be...

Well, the fact that you wouldn't attack someone who offended you is kind of the point. If you don't hold yourself to such a low standard to allow that type of behavior, why would you think other...

I don't believe in "verbal assault", it seems like a belief that people's feelings are just as important as their physical well being. No one has the right to go out in public and expect everyone...

Basically I'm saying that the rights of each a group and an individual are equal in importance.

For instance if the lives of numerous people rely on the death of a single individual (who is not...