1. We should make forum sections less enjoyable so long as it fits the qualifications of the forums? I'm not saying people can't use the Off Topic section for serious discussion, but it really ruins one of the last places on the site where people can have light-hearted discussion. During the election, half of the Off Topic section consisted of heated political threads. When it was over, the forum practically died since people didn't know what else to make threads about.
2. Did I ever say I'm choosing or deciding anything? All I did was tell people not to be so high and mighty and start massive debates because some people wanted to crack a few bad jokes. I'm taking the issue seriously too (honestly, the act is sickening and the men obviously took physical damage).
3. Bah, when did I say it had anything to do with the system wars? I'm not even sure where you got that from. I've read Off Topic plenty. Political discussions and debates are rampant, but they're often short lived. Off Topic has always been dominated by casual threads and discussion.
4. Well they mean practically the same thing, but I'm not going to debate about something as small as that.
5. Being liberal shouldn't have anything to do with it. You should be offended by the subject of rape no matter what political affiliation you are. If Kasz had said he was a terrible person, that would have been an entirely different statement (albeit a more offensive one).
6. Well he defended himself on the statement (I think).
7. What are you talking about? Kasz wasn't making fun of anything (if that's what you're implying). Rather, he made a pretty crude comparison and one that includes far too many variables to even considered. Millions of people died in the Holocaust, and millions are affected by rape. But the comparisons aren't much plentiful after that.
8. This was just a list of all the things that annoyed me in the thread. If you have no reason to argue with it, don't quote it specifically as if you were arguing my post point by point.
9-11. I tend to see demanding as something far more harsh and forceful than asking or telling. I suppose that's a difference in word and dialect usage between us. Rather, I wasn't forceful in asking for people to stop debating.
12. I did pay attention to what was written, but you can't expect me to remember the contents of several posts and paragraph many minutes after they were written. I would have re-read had I not been debating you. I'm not going to read several paragraphs and posts again, when the content wasn't even worth reading anyways.
13. I'm not all the knowledgeable about eastern culture either, but I'm sure they despise rape as much as people in the west too. I wouldn't worry too much about the statement.
14. Well people should shut up.
15. I wonder how long this post is by now.
