[LINK] Re: Link Digest, Vol 171, Issue 37

[Craig Sanders]

On Wed, Feb 14, 2007 at 10:20:14AM +1100, Stewart Fist wrote:
> Craig says:
> > i never said cricket or football or big brother etc were pornography.
> > 
> > i said that i find them as offensive as some people find pornography.
> 
> How do you know?   And how can we tell that you are telling the truth?

how do i know you're a real person and not a program called
Auto-Quibbler v1.2?

> Do you join anti-cricket protest movements, and march in the streets?
> 
> Do you go along to church each Sunday and pray for God to strike down
> cricketers during the next test match?
> 
> Perhaps you hold bonfires, where you burn copies of Wisden?

being offended doesn't automatically inspire mob behaviour, irrational
belief in non-sensical/supernatural entities, or the desire to censor.



> I agree with you that Reality TV shows are offensive.  But offensive =
> pornography is an equation that never entered my head.

will you stop putting words in my mouth? i've said 2 or 3 times now that
I AM NOT SAYING "OFFENSIVE = PORNOGRAPHY"

craig

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