- Specter Wolf
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I spend too much time here.. too much time indeed.
I tweet?
Posted by: Recon Number 54
I am about to write something that may (or may not offend you).
Specter Wolf is a stupid username and by choosing such a stupid username, you have demonstrated that you yourself are stupid and in need of serious help.
Now, that "could" be offensive to you, you may feel a need to "do something about those horrid words that some other person chose to put onto YOUR computer monitor!"
No offense, have heard it before and from those who actually meant it. Not saying that you don't really mean it, because you could, but I'll assume you don't.
Honestly I'm not even in support of this idea for my own benefit, I actually find myself agreeing with you more than not. I just don't see the harm in allowing a person to control their own personal experience while online. Isn't that one of the benefits of technology, helping people improve thier quality of life? If ignoring a few things they don't like with technology improves their experience here, doesn't it serve just that purpose?
We human beings have been able to ignore things for millenia. We ignored the stench of raw sewage in our streets before we developed plumbing. We overlooked the fact that our parents were busy making us siblings when families all slept in the same bed. We walk down the street and give a wide berth to the guy preaching to traffic. What is it about the Internet that makes us feel entitled to an experience that is sanitized and prepared so that nothing uncomfortable comes before our eyes?
Power, never before has just anyone had the power to do nearly anything they've wanted at their finger tips. The internet enables us to take control and build the sewage system to route the waste and to avoid the man preaching to traffic, and... well I can't come up with anything for ignoring parents doing performing the ritual of conception (thanks for that image by the way...).
I say that it is damned intolerant to say "I should be able to never have my sensibilities offended, my preconceptions challenged, or my worldview altered by anyone."
I see your point.
The world is an exciting, vibrant, and (sometimes) dangerous place. I don't want to live in a world made by Fisher-Price or use an Internet that has been designed by Disney. I am capable of determining what content I want to interact with, and I am VERY capable of ignoring the content that I do not want to interact with. I am amazed that others are not similarly capable.
And I agree, as I said before, I believe we're similar in this regard, but not everyone feels the same. Some people want to be a princess in their own little Disney world, that's they're loss. The rest of us will live in the real world and enjoy it.
If you consider that to be an intolerant view, I can't change your mind, but I would conclude that our definitions of "tolerance" are very different.
I definitely see things a bit differently now and you as less of an old grump. No offense, of course.
Honestly I've always been fighting for an ignore system for the benefit of other's not for myself. Because I do actually agree with those who are of the opinion of using your "mental mind" to ignore what you don't like, but I keep telling myself that giving people who may not be able to do that is a good out for them as well. Perhaps I'm too conflicted to argue such a case.
Off topic: Why my laptop will randomly refuse to load Bungie.net I may never know. I had to move to another machine to edit my post.
[Edited on 08.22.2012 8:47 AM PDT]