Harrassment during RP

Actually I changed it twice, I couldn't decide which I liked better. The one up now is the original.

Also:

Kinky!

Not always appreciated though. In this case it isn't.

That's a perfectly natural sentiment. If you go around spraying people with seltzer water for laughs, eventually someone's going to say "HEY! "

Ignore him. Or ignore the posts that are not appreciated if you don't want to outright ignore him. Reaction feeds him and makes him happy. So does talking about him like he's not able to see that we're talking about him. (Hi PK!)

Originally Posted by Dispari I don't know why Dink thinks she's not as sexy as Jay was. In 5 posts she's already upstaged his entire career.

So basically you never have to take any personal accountability for your own behavior. Any lingering negativity that occurs when you've posted something offensive is the fault of the other person because they gave you power over them. Nothing is ever your fault. You have a blank check to be as much of a jackass as you possibly can be forever.

Glad we cleared that up.

Ooooh. That is a dangerous thing to say. Surely you are old enough to remember what always happened to the guy who stated that he liked Hawaiian Punch.

He got punched by a Hawaiian?

Let's make this simple.

Take this word: Can't.

Now remove the apostrophe and replace the second letter with a different one.

The new word "offends" people. But why? They are merely letters. What makes that word any "worse" or better than any other? "Bad words" were made up by people. They are entirely imaginary.

The Osbournes on their TV show swore all the time, but none of them took offense to their own swearing or the swearing of those around them. Why? Because those words had NO NEGATIVE POWER over them. None at all. To them, the F-word was as offensive as saying "spoon".

That's just an example. Words are words. They only have the power over you that you GIVE them.

*shrugs*

I just don't get why people let others have that kind of power over them, the power to upset them so easily. It makes no sense to me.

Duh! Of course!

It isn't the words you use that make it offensive. You can string together the most intricate and long-winded string of vulgarity you could imagine and if you don't direct it at anyone, hardly anyone on these boards would take offense.

Why? Because it's impersonal. No one cares.

What makes it offensive is that no matter what words you use, if you use your words to personally denigrate an activity that someone finds meaning in, that person is going to be hurt. Because whether it's important to you or not, it's important to them. And because it's important to them, when you belittle the activity, you are belittling the fact that they find it important, and, hence, you are belittling them.

That is why your behavior is offensive. But you already know this. I am only repeating things other people have already said to you at other times in other threads in other ways.

But if this actually IS some sort of revelation for you, that's why. It isn't the words you use. It's the intent behind them and the fact that when you use the words you choose, you display that you think the other person is worthless.

The OP took steps to avoid it. The person persisted. That is harassment, and to a point where it is perfectly legitimate to take it up to a higher authority (the GMs.) And yes, they *will* take action.

It's especially fun when they catch the offender red handed and you see them suddenly... vanish.

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lolWestley

I say, Punchy there really should be sharing a cell with Mac (that guy who did the Charles Atlas course and then went to the beach to commit assault and battery as revenge on a guy who just merely insulted him previously.)

Hey Dr Mechano, want to play 52-card pick up?

Sister Twelve, are you familiar with the works of Ayn Rand? Not as familiar as Westley is, I guarantee. His answer would be, essentially, "Yes", although probably longer and even more exasperating.

I doubt that Ayn Rand would agree that being an objectivist somehow grants one person carte blanche to treat another person poorly, especially if treating the other person poorly nets the individual doing it nothing other than a fleeting moment of entertainment.

I doubt she would agree as well.

There is also the matter that what one player sees as entertainment, other players see as a reason to involve the Game Moderators.

This is true.

But it does not change the fact that each individual can choose for themselves whether or not to act like a jerk, based on prevailing community standards.

Player A can be a jerk to Player B, who laughs it off and isn't bothered in the slightest.
Player A can be a jerk to Player C, who is enraged by it.
In both cases, Player A is choosing to be a jerk.

And, following the example of my previous post, go ahead and post that word and see what happens. That would be choosing to behave inappropriately and you would be punished. But why? It's only a word.

I doubt your doubting:

"It is not very inspiring to fight for the freedom of the purveyors of pornography or their customers. But in the transition to statism, every infringement of human rights has begun with the suppression of a given right’s least attractive practitioners. In this case, the disgusting nature of the offenders makes it a good test of one’s loyalty to a principle.”

If she supports the rights of "hard core pornographers", then I'm sure she supports the rights of "lolRP".

Because this private institution that its own rules. And while I am on this private institution's property, I'm required to follow that institution's "rules".

But, in the end, THEY are the judges of what's an infringement and what's not, not the players. So petition and move on.

Especially after being told "no, that's not appreciated, please stop." Continuing to do whatever the action/behaviour is afterward is generally seen as harassment without question.

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fix'd

PK, you just bring out the best in people, don't you...

Angel Red
"We're heroes. Fighting injustice is the thing we do." ~Rebel Scum