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WCDT 2887-2891 (2-6 February 2015)
aphanisis81:
--- Quote from: TheEvilDog on 06 Feb 2015, 10:49 ---
--- Quote from: Xader on 06 Feb 2015, 10:40 ---
--- Quote from: Orkboy on 06 Feb 2015, 10:27 ---There's a rule against discussing things like that. Last time people asked which bits she had, a shit-ton of people got banned.
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Wow, Thought Police sure were earning their pay that day... :-\
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Not quite, basically there was quite a few people who joined around the time Claire told Marten she was trans*. While the vast majority were pretty calm, some on both sides were pretty.....what might be the right word.....militant? Fervent? I suppose saying having strong feelings on the subject was something of an understatement.
I do remember one chap insisting on referring to Claire by male pronouns, because that was what she was assigned at point, despite several different people and sources explaining why that was wrong.
What you call "Thought Police", either jokingly or disparagingly, are a group of people who have worked very hard to make sure that this forum doesn't turn into a cesspit like so many other "social sites" on the net. They've had to drop the hammer quite a few times, but in the end, this place is far better than a lot of other forums and sites I used to frequent.
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Holy crap on a cracker, there was someone insisting on male pronouns? I don't remember that part of it. What a dick. There's having a different perspective and there's just trying to be hurtful.
Pilchard123:
--- Quote from: Y on 06 Feb 2015, 10:18 ---Well my mom always lectured about kids starving in Biafra when I didn't empty my plate fully. I finally looked it up once and it turned out that country stopped existing 45 years ago.
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My mum once told her mum that she'd parcel it up and send it if (my) grandma paid the postage.
hedgie:
--- Quote from: Xader on 06 Feb 2015, 10:40 ---
--- Quote from: Orkboy on 06 Feb 2015, 10:27 ---There's a rule against discussing things like that. Last time people asked which bits she had, a shit-ton of people got banned.
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Wow, Thought Police sure were earning their pay that day... :-\
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We are guests here. I would kick someone out of my residence if they were talking like that, after being given a metric fuckton of warnings, and it wouldn't be "thought policing". Jeph and by proxy, the mods have every right to do the same.
Oblig: http://xkcd.com/1357/
Edit: Fixed grammar. I hate when I'm not paying attention and fuck it up.
Orkboy:
--- Quote from: MooskiNet on 06 Feb 2015, 10:41 ---
--- Quote from: Orkboy on 06 Feb 2015, 10:27 ---That's why I often use the term "Benevolent Comic Overlord." Also because I think it's hilarious.
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Actually, that works really well for me as well. Mind if I borrow it?
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Go right ahead. I dunno what our Benevolent Comic Overlord thinks of the title Benevolent Comic Overlord, but I would imagine that he'd laugh, if he read it. From what I understand, he doesn't read the forums often.
--- Quote from: hedgie on 06 Feb 2015, 10:56 ---Oblig: http://xkcd.com/1357/
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The alt text on that one is possibly the most insightful input on free speech I've ever heard.
eschaton:
--- Quote from: DillyDolly on 06 Feb 2015, 09:35 ---With that logic, Jeph is also a terrible author for not making Dale get pulled over by cops and treated like differently by a number of the white character, because how dare he include black character and not make a social statement of the injustices of African Americans. And why does he even include robots? They are just machines!
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While Dale was pretty clearly meant to be black in his first appearance, Jeph has altered his appearance (both his facial features as well as his hair) to such a degree that I don't think it's clear if he's black. He could be South Asian, dark-skinned Latino, or something else. Honestly it probably matters as little as Claire's bits, and there's no reason for it to ever be explored unless we see his family. But in terms of the strip, Dale's pretty clearly just a dude with dark skin, but perhaps not black.
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