Originally Posted by MidgetMage55
I completely agree with you on this Paladinpownage. One of the steadfast and hardcore rules of our guild is not using that term as a negative reference.
I myself am not, but i despise the thinking that its ok to use the term in that fashion. My usual first response is to say to new guild members that do so within 'earshot' (guild chat, groups, says, tells or anything else i can actually see) is,'I wasnt aware that such and such has a sexual preference' when that gets me blank looks i follow up with something along the lines of 'Using the word like that is likely to get you tossed from the guild as its rude and obnoxious to people that are, you wouldnt like it if people used (insert personal description here) to say something is negative, would you?'
If they think its funny and wont take it seriously they get tossed. Sadly this attitude is everywhere. While i cant police the whole world i try my best to correct people when ever i see it. I even do this in trade channel with complete strangers. You could say i have a 0 tolerance for ignorance and stupidity policy. =)
P.S. I only didnt type out the word since it will be filtered anyway. I like uncensored posts.  |
I think what's worst is when it's Blizzard itself that ends up doing something horribly distasteful. I remember playing a Dran shammy and ending up having to burn a wickerman for a quest and thinking, God, this is incredibly offensive to various religions! If they had a quest to crucify Illidian Stormrage and put a spear in his side I'm vaguely certain there'd be quite a number of people with pitchforks and torches, you know? It really is amazing, the ignorance that is everywhere... Even amongst the authority!