Name Change is in Order

[Diggles]

This shouldn't be a double standard, if you want to use that defense then I should be able to, too.

[Samoht]

Originally Posted by Diggles [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

Also, if we're going to go that route, Samoht, your name offends me because I had a friend named Sam who is no longer with us.

Were hundreds of thousands of your friend named Sam murdered in methodical fashion as a tyrannical regime marched across Europe? The scale hardly matches.

[pickled_heretic]

Originally Posted by Samoht [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

The fact that anybody is offended by the name should be grounds enough for it to change, thank you for finally realizing how this works!

Right, that's how it usually works. I'm not really offended by being called ******, jew, chink, or any other various slurs, but out of deference toward others, I accept that in some environments those things should be banned from dialogue.

[Diggles]

Originally Posted by Samoht [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

The fact that anybody is offended by the name should be grounds enough for it to change, thank you for finally realizing how this works!

You can't use this double standard. You said it yourself.

It's just a noun, like Sam is.

[Samoht]

Originally Posted by Diggles [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

You can't use this double standard. You said it yourself.

It's just a noun, like Sam is.

Your simile is deeply flawed. My last post explained how, but you disregarded the facts. You are now trolling.

[Diggles]

(doesn't agree with me, must be trolling)

I'm just responding to you the way you've responded to everyone else for the last 17 pages. IT OFFENDS PEOPLE, KTHXBYE CHANGE IT.

I don't care about your "facts" It's bullshit and you know it.

[Melveny]

So I am running through BB and come across a guild tag <Sixtee and Pregnant>.

But let's not discuss that, let's discuss Holocaust.

[pickled_heretic]

If there's one person who in all honesty was offended by this name to the point of quitting the server, that's one person too much. Guild names are not artistic expression and are not protected by first amendment rights.

I'm not going to quit playing here because of the name. My skin is far too thick for something like that. I also would have never made a thread like this without someone else posting it. But I am going to jump to their defense if they honestly do feel offended because I expect the same of other civilized compassionate human beings. Frankly I was a little shocked by the name when I first saw it, and how people could be so insensitive.

Oh wait, it's the TZVZjects that we're talking about in Holocaust, of course I'm not surprised. We all should know damn well that they picked the name because it was controversial. Do you seriously think that the fact that the Holocaust has such powerful emotional overtones never factor into their selection of the name? Get real.

[mitic]

this is a no brainer, 18 pages are proof enuf. just rename them to homocaust and everyone will be happy

[Melveny]

I think your under the impression this is the first time <Holocaust> was created as a guild tag.

You at very mistaken.