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Post by Dr.Quack on Jun 7, 2003 22:20:30 GMT -5
I create this thread to raise the question about the potential harm and offensiveness of my "Master Race" thread. It was locked for it's offensive content. I ask these questions: why or how was it offensive? Remember: this is not to be a flame war, but a constructive debate/ socratic seminar.
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Post by Evilduck on Jun 8, 2003 12:17:29 GMT -5
People just find that singling out a race as "best" is racists to all the other races.
Lets have a race!
Also, the races are basically the same, so there is no master race.
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Post by Dr.Quack on Jun 8, 2003 15:59:14 GMT -5
People just find that singling out a race as "best" is racists to all the other races. Ah! But who was singling out a race?? Not me! Not anyone else! So, what could have been taken as offensive?
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Post by Evilduck on Jun 8, 2003 17:27:46 GMT -5
You were asking others to pick a race, and they were uncomfortable with that.
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Post by henry on Jun 8, 2003 17:51:30 GMT -5
Ahahahahaa, I laughed.
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Post by BlueDolphin on Jun 9, 2003 18:56:01 GMT -5
But the act of selecting a race might offend some people as they will see the poll results. Besides there is no "master" race of humans. All races are equal between each other genetically. Jeff, you are acting much like a troll in the Race Thread:
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Post by henry on Jun 9, 2003 23:35:11 GMT -5
The first phrase is right, the rest isn't.
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Post by dietspam16 on Jun 12, 2003 15:24:57 GMT -5
you know jeff, those little things strike me as amazingly retarded and oxymoronical. They should make one which describes you, the type of person who goes around somebody elses witty quips to categorise others.
that aside, the races are genetically different, and the poll wasn't trying to distinguish which race is best, but rather which one is favored by the population of the forum, everyone just saw the master race thing, and closed thier mind, its no more rascist than choosing which nation is the best, and i'm sure that if i made a poll asking people to say their favorite nation, that it wouldn't get locked due to rascism.
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Post by BlueDolphin on Jun 12, 2003 19:17:17 GMT -5
you know jeff, those little things strike me as amazingly retarded and oxymoronical. They should make one which describes you, the type of person who goes around somebody elses witty quips to categorise others. I get the first part, but how are they oxymoronical? I never expected you out of all people here at this forum (being one of the lesser serious ones) to see them that way. These things are just a joke and are not meant to alter someone elses behavior or to make any meaningful impact on their behavior. Sorry if you don't see the humor in them. They are merely a creative way of stating someones behavior. Besides, does anyone else see the irony that you are talking about me categorising others on this particular thread ? If you mean different as in not exactly the same down to the last nucleotide, then yes, the races are different. But averagely, the races are gentically identical with as much diversity within a race than between them. true, true But if more people chose white as their favorite race, how would other people who are not white feel? Your national analogy is good, but there is one flaw. Humans seem to be more insulted if their race is implied as inferior than if their country is. This is probably because it is directed at a more personal level.
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Post by Dr.Quack on Jun 14, 2003 10:24:40 GMT -5
You were asking others to pick a race, and they were uncomfortable with that. But no one did! And that is half of what I was after!
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Post by Dr.Quack on Jun 14, 2003 10:26:14 GMT -5
And why did you laugh, Henry?
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Post by Archagon on Jun 14, 2003 14:35:16 GMT -5
Nevetheless, it's not what YOU think, Jeff - if the majority wants it removed, it WILL be removed!
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Post by BlueDolphin on Jun 14, 2003 20:01:53 GMT -5
The joys of democracy...
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Post by Dr.Quack on Jun 16, 2003 10:41:55 GMT -5
Nevetheless, it's not what YOU think, Jeff - if the majority wants it removed, it WILL be removed! But isn't it what I think that matters since I was the creater in the thread in the first place, and the motives of the thread were purely mine?
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Post by Archagon on Jun 16, 2003 21:46:39 GMT -5
Nope. If the government passes a law which everyone hates, do they keep it? It would only cause protests and violence...
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