How to deal with the terminally offended

Stephen Fry sums it up quite well:-

“It's now very common to hear people say, 'I'm rather offended by that.' As if that gives them certain rights. It's actually nothing more... than a whine. 'I find that offensive.' It has no meaning; it has no purpose; it has no reason to be respected as a phrase. 'I am offended by that.' Well, so ******* what.":eek:
 
Feminists are generally just left wing idiots who aren't worth the effort of explaining to them why they are wrong on almost every subject they talk/tweet about. I don't know why they're even taken seriously. Yes Rape is a problem, but it's also a crime with very severe punishments already, it's not like society take's it lightly
 
dowie said:
That is unrealistic these days...(see previous examples) thus more robust legislation would be better.
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You are failing to see that it is a vast majority of these new 'robust' laws that are the cause of all the problems, making even more laws to 'protect' people from being 'offended' will only make things worse.

It is physically impossible to quantify 'offence' in Law, you might take offence to something that everyone else finds funny. No single individual can define 'offensive' as it is completely subjective and therefore different for each and every one of us.

Common Sense needs to be used and if that's simply a case of 'Get over it..' so be it. Sticks and stones will break my bones but names will never hurt me.
 
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Acceptance of the term

Sirens Motorcycle Club leading the New York City LGBT pride parade.
In the late 20th and early 21st century, the term has been reclaimed by some lesbian groups. Examples in the culture include the comic strip Dykes to Watch Out For and the traditional Dykes on Bikes that lead pride parades.

Matters came to a head when the United States Patent and Trademark Office denied lesbian motorcycle group Dykes on Bikes a trademark for its name, on the grounds that "dyke" was an offensive word. In 2005, after a prolonged court battle involving testimony on the word's changing role in the lesbian community,[8] the Trademark Trial and Appeal Board permitted the group to register its name.[9]
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So someone can register it as a trademark, but I can't use the word on this forum? Come on.
 
doofer said:
You are failing to see that it is a vast majority of these new 'robust' laws that are the cause of all the problems, making even more laws to 'protect' people from being 'offended' will only make things worse.

It is physically impossible to quantify 'offence' in Law, you might take offence to something that everyone else finds funny. No single individual can define 'offensive' as it is completely subjective and therefore different for each and every one of us.

Common Sense needs to be used and if that's simply a case of 'Get over it..' so be it. Sticks and stones will break my bones but names will never hurt me.
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You're failing to understand that I've not proposed anything of the sort - re-read the post you initially quoted. I'm interested in protecting free speech.
 
I blame facebook and twitter, it fools morons into thinking they have the right to say/moan about whatever they want as if someone cares.

15 years ago only the person next to you would have heard you moaning about trifling matters, not millions.

Real issues got real time then, this is not a real issue, I agree 100% with OP.
 
dowie said:
You're failing to understand that I've not proposed anything of the sort - re-read the post you initially quoted. I'm interested in protecting free speech.
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Yeah, apologies, I went off on a tangent :D It just concerns me that a lot of people are getting in trouble and even ending up in prison for what amounts to 'thoughtcrime' with the poor implementation and interpretations of the ridiculous 'Anti-Trolling' Laws and guidelines the UK Govt. have rushed in. We definitely don't need more of that.
 
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