It bothers me that you seem to place no value at all on other people's feelings.
I place a lot of value on people's feelings, which is why I treated you as I did when you arrived. Was I the meanest person to you?
Did I personally insult you?
Was I kind to you?
Were others unkind to you?
What shows more value of a person's feelings?
I hope the answer, whatever it is, is yours alone. I can imagine the blistering PMs, coaching you, right about now.
Lash wrote:I place a lot of value on people's feelings, which is why I treated you as I did when you arrived. Was I the meanest person to you?
Did I personally insult you?
Was I kind to you?
Were others unkind to you?
What shows more value of a person's feelings?
I don't think you can win on this one Lash ... no matter what you do!
Anon
No one messaged or coached me. You have been nice to me, that's true. However the terms you use can easily be hurtful, not just to the one you wrote them to, buit even to people who simply stumble across your posts.
It's not a towel, it's called a Kuffiyah (Koo-fee-yah), or sometimes ghutra or smagh. The black band that goes around the head is called Eqal, and it's basically there to hold the whole thing on.
Do you really think I'm so weak-willed as to not be able to confront you on my own? If so you've misjudged me.
My comment about PMs was based on my assumption of what was occurring. It had nothing to do with assumptions re you. I have judged you to be an individual, and I have treated you as such.
Do you remember referring to people as kaffirs? That is a very incendiary term, but when you explained what you meant by it, I accepted it.
I am not trying to convince you of anything. If terms mean more to you than how people treat you, that is your perogative. If you choose to be offended, you have that right, as well.
Anon-Voter wrote:Lash wrote:I place a lot of value on people's feelings, which is why I treated you as I did when you arrived. Was I the meanest person to you?
Did I personally insult you?
Was I kind to you?
Were others unkind to you?
What shows more value of a person's feelings?
I don't think you can win on this one Lash ... no matter what you do!
Anon
Anon--
I do win this one. The answers to these questions win it for me. No one need agree, as long as the answers aren't changed.
I personally am not offended, but I'm worried about those that are, especially the ones that are hurt indirectly by your careless words.
What about your careless words? Are you as worried about those?
Did I not agree to use a different term?
Perplexed wrote:Doktor S wrote:I'm not specifically anti-muslim
I'm anti-imaginary friends in general
Why would you spend your time in this forum then?
I don't see the attraction for an atheist unless your only goal is to stir up trouble.
Because fanatical religionists of any group are the most dangerous people on earth. They need to be watched, and so we watch.
Lash wrote:Did you feel guilty?
Some people were hurt by it, yes, even though my intention was never to hurt anyone's feelings.
What if someone told you they were hurt by your use of "some people" in that preceding sentence?
That would be ridiculous.
That's how I feel about towelhead.
Aaaah, the old towelhead discussion again.
I love it when Lash explains her feelings about how the word towelhead is harmless. She succeeds in convincing no one but herself everytime, and that seems to be enough for her.
That's beautiful ****.
I'm not trying to convince anyone. Just trying to discuss a subject on a message board.
I don't think the term issue is as cut and dried as everyone else seems to think it is.
I admit Lash's comparison of "Towelhead", a well known insult ridiculing the dress of middle easterners, and "you people" a plural second-person pronoun followed by a term refering to multiple human beings, less than convincing.... entirely un-convincing....... complete bullshit...
