Name Change is in Order

[Lazortag]

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

like i said before, you would have to be mad to think this. do a google search for holocaust, find the first non-jewish holocaust reference and tell me which page is on. i already did the search myself, i know you'll be looking for a while. in common usage the word 'holocaust' almost always refers specifically to the jewish holocaust.

So would it be wrong to name a guild "the great calamity"?

[Aruden]

Its amazing how people's true colors come out under the mask of internet anonymity.

[pickled_heretic]

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

So would it be wrong to name a guild "the great calamity"?

I don't know what that is. Can you find me a person who doesn't know what the holocaust is?

[Rust1d?]

Just play the game.

[pickled_heretic]

Originally Posted by Rust1d? [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

Just play the game.

I can't from here.

[Lazortag]

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

I don't know what that is. Can you find me a person who doesn't know what the holocaust is?

Your standard for what makes one guild name offensive and the other inoffensive is just nonsense. This is an international game. Anyone who's an Armenian knows what the great calamity refers to in common parlance. However, like the guild name "holocaust", it shouldn't offend anyone because it's ambiguous and can refer to a variety of things. The only reason "the great calamity" isn't as ubiquitous as "the holocaust" is because denial of the Armenian genocide is a lot more mainstream than denial of the holocaust. If that's literally the only reason you find "holocaust" more offensive, then you're just silly.

[pickled_heretic]

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

Your standard for what makes one guild name offensive and the other inoffensive is just nonsense. This is an international game. Anyone who's an Armenian knows what the great calamity refers to in common parlance. However, like the guild name "holocaust", it shouldn't offend anyone because it's ambiguous and can refer to a variety of things. The only reason "the great calamity" isn't as ubiquitous as "the holocaust" is because denial of the Armenian genocide is a lot more mainstream than denial of the holocaust. If that's literally the only reason you find "holocaust" more offensive, then you're just silly.

How is it nonsense? Ubiquity has everything to do with language. I can't make a guild called "Faggots" specifically because its ubiquitous usage is something that is offensive to at least a significant minority of English speakers who live in one region of the world.

[pickled_heretic]

And once again, there is absolutely nothing ambiguous in the definition of the word "Holocaust." That has been well proven at this point. I had to go to page 18 to find an article that wasn't specifically talking about the Jewish Holocaust when I typed in the word "holocaust" in google.

[Aruden]

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

How is it nonsense? Ubiquity has everything to do with language. I can't make a guild called "Faggots" specifically because its ubiquitous usage is something that is offensive to at least a significant minority of English speakers who live in one region of the world.

The unwillingness to see this basic truth reflects a preexisting bias. Its amazing that people can be so callous.

[Glitch]

omg this thread.

So in summary, if the guild's name was "Genocide", it would be much less offensive.