Re:The PyCon Incident
by Karunamon on Wednesday March 20, 2013 @09:59PM
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>Would it be okay then or would I still be a colossal fucking idiot?
If your response to your first example was to do what the person we're talking about did, then yes, you would be an idiot.
>Okay, how about if someone was threatening to harm a political figure as a joke?
Yup.
>Or what if the joke insulted people of a different race for their cultural beliefs?
Yup.
In my arrogant opinion, nothing short of lewd and obscene sexual discussion or threats of bodily harm should have led to the sequence of events we have here in front of us.
If your response to your first example was to do what the person we're talking about did, then yes, you would be an idiot.
>Okay, how about if someone was threatening to harm a political figure as a joke?
Yup.
>Or what if the joke insulted people of a different race for their cultural beliefs?
Yup.
In my arrogant opinion, nothing short of lewd and obscene sexual discussion or threats of bodily harm should have led to the sequence of events we have here in front of us.