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WCDT Strips 3551 to 3555 (21st to 25th August 2017)

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MrNumbers:

--- Quote from: Shjade on 23 Aug 2017, 21:40 ---Edit: After a few seconds' further reflection I realize this would spin off into a WHOLE huge thing on differing philosophical systems and interpretations of ethics and just hhh...it's not worth it. Nevermind.

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Please don't say something incensing or argumentative, then immediately say you don't want anyone to talk about it while still leaving the argument up. It's the rhetoric equivalent of slapping someone then yelling you don't want to start a fight.


I'm still not fully satisfied with how things are going in the comic. Yeah it's a step in the right direction, but I still think this was an incredibly hamfisted way to deal with the notion of privilege. Still! Friday's comic to go.

Emperor Norton:
And here, I'm going to simplify my opinion down as much as possible. Becuase it seems no matter what I say people have a problem with it:

Being mean is bad guys! If you are mean, you should probably apologize for it.

The end.

Shjade:

--- Quote from: MrNumbers on 23 Aug 2017, 22:19 ---
--- Quote from: Shjade on 23 Aug 2017, 21:40 ---Edit: After a few seconds' further reflection I realize this would spin off into a WHOLE huge thing on differing philosophical systems and interpretations of ethics and just hhh...it's not worth it. Nevermind.

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Please don't say something incensing or argumentative, then immediately say you don't want anyone to talk about it while still leaving the argument up. It's the rhetoric equivalent of slapping someone then yelling you don't want to start a fight.

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I don't recall saying I didn't want anyone to talk about it. Anyone is free to talk about it.

I also didn't attack anyone.

Please don't accuse me of doing things I haven't done. It's the equivalent of accusing me of things I haven't done.

@Norton: I left it in so you could respond, as that seemed only fair. Deleting it so you couldn't see what I initially said is what would have prevented you responding to it. I just decided I didn't want to go down that road in the depth it would require, so while you can - and, indeed, have - respond, I'm just going to let it go at that. Edit: but since the purpose of my previous post structure isn't working as intended, I've reverted it. *shrug*

Cornelius:
Look, you may not have said that, but your edit does certainly imply that. Stroking something through has had the denotation of "this should not be here" for the past millennium at least. It's not that much of an effort, when you're going back to edit, and nobody has responded yet, to just take it out.


--- Quote from: Emperor Norton on 23 Aug 2017, 17:11 ---
--- Quote from: castn on 23 Aug 2017, 17:04 ---/snip/

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Another thing, I understand that there is significant difference between interpersonal rudeness, and institutionalised discrimination, which, as I understand it, is at the base of this privilege question. However, it seems to me that then saying it's alright to treat people outside of your in group with less respect, is at the very least a slippery slope. One that arguably leads to your macro-issues, in the long run. But perhaps that's something we should take to the relevant Discuss threads, that do already offer some interesting reading.

Edit: added quote for clarity.

Shjade:

--- Quote from: Cornelius on 23 Aug 2017, 23:02 ---However, it seems to me that then saying it's alright to treat people outside of your in group with less respect, is at the very least a slippery slope. One that arguably leads to your macro-issues, in the long run. But perhaps that's something we should take to the relevant Discuss threads, that do already offer some interesting reading.

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Is this directed at me?

Because I don't remember saying that either.

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