If you haven't guessed by now, I'm back

[DedlellyDeth]

consider it

Treat it as such. I wasn't saying that was the intention.

[Archem]

A test of my patience? Seemed more a show of everyone's ignorance.

Thank God we're the internet. Regular folk can't get away with this kind of awesome.

Need I go on? No.

[Uberpwn_w00t]

I agree with Archem 1000% here. Words only have power if you let them. I come from a variety of nationalities, and live a large portion of my life in Mexico, where I have family, including a half-Mexican little sister who I am very close to. Anybody could call me a beaner, or anything else to that effect, and I'm still not automatically obligated or required to be offended.   

[DedlellyDeth]

including a half-Mexican little sister who I am very close to.

HAVE YOU ST--nevermind.

[Valiere]

I was.

Aha! Well, your implication is flawed, on account that -- while I am a white person -- I'm not emphasizing my own opinion of the word, because my opinion on it is in fact irrelevant. Dragoon's girlfriend is the one who ostensibly claimed to be offended by it, and I'm defending her right, and the right of any other person who finds the word offensive, to browse the forum without feeling singled out or ostracized.

[DedlellyDeth]

And I am defending the right to use the word "nigger".

[Valiere]

You are indeed, but I am no hypocrite.

[DedlellyDeth]

To defend someone's rights is to have their opinion. So you are a hypocrite, by saying that Archem is saying something from a white's point of view.
To truly defend rights is to be neutral. To protest nothing.

[fruckert]

Thanks for making me look like less of an ***hole.

Hmm...for a while it appeared you actually cared...

[DedlellyDeth]

Hmm...for a while it appeared you actually cared...

I do. It's just that some people think I'm mean.

[fruckert]

Every now and then you get to that point
There is a fine line between bluntness and ***hole

[DedlellyDeth]

I admit I can be that way. But mostly I think I'm just blunt.
I hardly try to be mean, but I have the urge to educate people when they are wrong and to provide ample criticism. I don't really "rage" about opinions, though I do enjoy debate.

[coasterkrazy]

*Still waiting for gift*

Erm... I suck at anything and everything art and this year, I suck at anything and everything creative. Maybe if you forget about it something will pop up.

[Valiere]

To defend someone's rights is to have their opinion. So you are a hypocrite, by saying that Archem is saying something from a white's point of view.
To truly defend rights is to be neutral. To protest nothing.

No, I'm saying Archem was talking about not being offended by the n-word from a non-black perspective, and whether or not he is offended by it is irrelevant. Just like whether or not I'm offended by it is irrelevant.

[Dragoon de Sol]

I'm offended by it, okay, but it doesn'tmatter, because I hardly doubt anyone here has the decency to actually remove something they think is funny because it offends someone. That would make too much sense, be too nice, and prove they're a decent person.

This is the internet, and a gaming forum. Making sense, being nice, and being a decent person is more or less nonexistent.