censorship and related things

Thu, 17 Jan 2008 13:42:41 +0100
blogwars

I don't know why some people always shout censorship when it's about what is acceptable behavior and what not and about what things people want to be associated with and with what not. (Must be some relative of Godwin's law (the original, not the "you lost" Usenet-variant)).

I personally do not care only little about what happens in irc-channels I'm not in. I don't know what happens in this this special channel starting the discussion, and I don't believe any anecdotally examples can make a big difference. (Humans err, sometimes in tone, and even some hundred examples of wrong tone in some backyard alone is nothing I care much about, as long as it is nothing that would be a criminal offense if done in more public places).

What I absolutely dislike is any form of communication forum - especially those that could be associated with me - to be declared as a place where foul behavior (to which I count sexism) is acceptable and even worse to be accepted as norm. (Why didn't anyone shout "censorship" at the "Love it or get the fuck out of here"? Perhaps there is some correlation between views of the world I don't understand).

By the way, there are places where I feel personally offended as a victim of sexism by a statement like "men are pigs". For example in a discussion about sexism. (I know, I know, it might not be sexism according to some definitions, but I see no reason to not use the word or not dislike it just because the forcing into gender roles is done by members of the same sex as opposed to to members of the opposite sex.)