A Moment of Silence, Please
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I'm weeping over here. See: Great Loss[^]
I know a girl who had the same done to her. She had already lost her mother and sister to cancer, and there was a great chance that she would also fall victim to it. I have to admire the bravery to undergo such a traumatic experience, and then to be able to talk about it. It's certainly not something I would seek to trivialise.
I was brought up to respect my elders. I don't respect many people nowadays.
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I'm weeping over here. See: Great Loss[^]
I do not think it is a something we should make light over. I feel sorry for her, as I would for any woman, they are an intrinsic part of a woman's self image. It must have taken both great courage and resolve to do what she did, and I hope she makes a full recovery. Better that, though, than the horrible death from cancer. It is like a man having his testes removed just in case. Possibly a wise decision, but is it one we could make easily? I think not.
--------------------------------- Obscurum per obscurius. Ad astra per alas porci. Quidquid latine dictum sit, altum videtur. CCC Link[^] Can you Help?
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I do not think it is a something we should make light over. I feel sorry for her, as I would for any woman, they are an intrinsic part of a woman's self image. It must have taken both great courage and resolve to do what she did, and I hope she makes a full recovery. Better that, though, than the horrible death from cancer. It is like a man having his testes removed just in case. Possibly a wise decision, but is it one we could make easily? I think not.
--------------------------------- Obscurum per obscurius. Ad astra per alas porci. Quidquid latine dictum sit, altum videtur. CCC Link[^] Can you Help?
Eloquently and cogently put. Well said.
I was brought up to respect my elders. I don't respect many people nowadays.
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I'm weeping over here. See: Great Loss[^]
I just lost a good friend and neighbor to breast cancer, from diagnosis to passing was only a few months.
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I know a girl who had the same done to her. She had already lost her mother and sister to cancer, and there was a great chance that she would also fall victim to it. I have to admire the bravery to undergo such a traumatic experience, and then to be able to talk about it. It's certainly not something I would seek to trivialise.
I was brought up to respect my elders. I don't respect many people nowadays.
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I'm weeping over here. See: Great Loss[^]
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I'm weeping over here. See: Great Loss[^]
There are many words I could chose to describe this post; insensitive, thoughtless and inappropriate are among them. My mother had to have a mastectomy; as I am sure many members' wives, girlfriends, mothers, daughters and sisters have. This is not a subject to make light of. I genuinely pray that you never have to weep for the lose of anyone you hold dear to cancer. Your tears will be hollow and meaningless. Go home.
Reality is an illusion caused by a lack of alcohol
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There are many words I could chose to describe this post; insensitive, thoughtless and inappropriate are among them. My mother had to have a mastectomy; as I am sure many members' wives, girlfriends, mothers, daughters and sisters have. This is not a subject to make light of. I genuinely pray that you never have to weep for the lose of anyone you hold dear to cancer. Your tears will be hollow and meaningless. Go home.
Reality is an illusion caused by a lack of alcohol
There are many words I could use to describe this post: hypocritical, thoughtless, moronic. I have family members that suffer from alcoholism - something you mock every single day. Given those facts I have two choices: 1: I can realize that your constant mocking of alcoholism is good natured fun appropriate for The Lounge. OR 2: I can be a blow-hard that turns what is meant as fun into a ridiculous self-righteous tirade. I'll stick with #1 for now. You can join me over at #1 when you decide blatant hypocrisy no longer suites you. The same goes for the rest of the politically correct, hyper-sensitive morons who forgot to check the name of the forum before posting. Respectfully disagreeing is one thing - the attacks are unwarranted.
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There are many words I could use to describe this post: hypocritical, thoughtless, moronic. I have family members that suffer from alcoholism - something you mock every single day. Given those facts I have two choices: 1: I can realize that your constant mocking of alcoholism is good natured fun appropriate for The Lounge. OR 2: I can be a blow-hard that turns what is meant as fun into a ridiculous self-righteous tirade. I'll stick with #1 for now. You can join me over at #1 when you decide blatant hypocrisy no longer suites you. The same goes for the rest of the politically correct, hyper-sensitive morons who forgot to check the name of the forum before posting. Respectfully disagreeing is one thing - the attacks are unwarranted.
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There are many words I could chose to describe this post; insensitive, thoughtless and inappropriate are among them. My mother had to have a mastectomy; as I am sure many members' wives, girlfriends, mothers, daughters and sisters have. This is not a subject to make light of. I genuinely pray that you never have to weep for the lose of anyone you hold dear to cancer. Your tears will be hollow and meaningless. Go home.
Reality is an illusion caused by a lack of alcohol
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There are many words I could use to describe this post: hypocritical, thoughtless, moronic. I have family members that suffer from alcoholism - something you mock every single day. Given those facts I have two choices: 1: I can realize that your constant mocking of alcoholism is good natured fun appropriate for The Lounge. OR 2: I can be a blow-hard that turns what is meant as fun into a ridiculous self-righteous tirade. I'll stick with #1 for now. You can join me over at #1 when you decide blatant hypocrisy no longer suites you. The same goes for the rest of the politically correct, hyper-sensitive morons who forgot to check the name of the forum before posting. Respectfully disagreeing is one thing - the attacks are unwarranted.
I doubt the sincerity of anything in this post. You have a history of borderline subject matter here and if this is your version of humour I feel sorry for you and those around you. I stand by what I said.
Reality is an illusion caused by a lack of alcohol
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Everything is funny, but not with everyone.
~RaGE();
I think words like 'destiny' are a way of trying to find order where none exists. - Christian Graus Do not feed the troll ! - Common proverb
Rage wrote:
Everything is funny, but not with everyone.
I agree. That said, I've lost my patience with people who selectively filter offenses - usually in such a way that let's them wrap themselves in a mantle of 'caring' and 'tolerance'. Meanwhile, I read things on this forum every day that I could choose to find offensive but I realize it's The Lounge and nobody means to offend. To say, 'I don't believe your post is funny.' is one thing. To begin making judgments about the kind of person I am crosses the line. This isn't a breast cancer survivor's forum.
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Rage wrote:
Everything is funny, but not with everyone.
I agree. That said, I've lost my patience with people who selectively filter offenses - usually in such a way that let's them wrap themselves in a mantle of 'caring' and 'tolerance'. Meanwhile, I read things on this forum every day that I could choose to find offensive but I realize it's The Lounge and nobody means to offend. To say, 'I don't believe your post is funny.' is one thing. To begin making judgments about the kind of person I am crosses the line. This isn't a breast cancer survivor's forum.
I am 100% with you. Still, a lot of people laughed at my making funny of Armstrong (I used to before I hated him for real), so I guess loosing a ball is less serious than becoming a plancha.
~RaGE();
I think words like 'destiny' are a way of trying to find order where none exists. - Christian Graus Do not feed the troll ! - Common proverb
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I doubt the sincerity of anything in this post. You have a history of borderline subject matter here and if this is your version of humour I feel sorry for you and those around you. I stand by what I said.
Reality is an illusion caused by a lack of alcohol
Nagy Vilmos wrote:
I doubt the sincerity of anything in this post.
Well of course you'll take this position. The thought that you could actually offend people is outside the range of possibility, isn't it? Instead of dealing with the fact that you mock alcoholism every single day, a disease that is deadly and likely touches everyone in this forum, you decide to deflect. So instead of dealing with Nagy offending people we'll downshift: 1: We'll deflect to my posting history. 2: We'll deal with the fact that you don't believe I'm sincere. 3: Or you'll take a stand as a true man and "stand by what I said". ^ All that is bullshit deflection. And for the record, I find your posts amusing because despite the alcoholism in my family I can separate between what you write on this forum and what is going on in my life. I realize that when you talk about getting loaded or coming down off a three day bender that you aren't seeking to hurt anyone else or spit on their graves. It's The Lounge, after all, and in that context your posts are obviously intended as humor and are fine. I ask for the same respect. Won't get it - but then I've lived without it up until now.
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There are many words I could use to describe this post: hypocritical, thoughtless, moronic. I have family members that suffer from alcoholism - something you mock every single day. Given those facts I have two choices: 1: I can realize that your constant mocking of alcoholism is good natured fun appropriate for The Lounge. OR 2: I can be a blow-hard that turns what is meant as fun into a ridiculous self-righteous tirade. I'll stick with #1 for now. You can join me over at #1 when you decide blatant hypocrisy no longer suites you. The same goes for the rest of the politically correct, hyper-sensitive morons who forgot to check the name of the forum before posting. Respectfully disagreeing is one thing - the attacks are unwarranted.
MehGerbil wrote:
I could use to describe this post: hypocritical, thoughtless, moronic.
They'd be wrong though.
MehGerbil wrote:
I have family members that suffer from alcoholism - something you mock every single day.
The faults of other men don't make yours any better.
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Rage wrote:
Everything is funny, but not with everyone.
I agree. That said, I've lost my patience with people who selectively filter offenses - usually in such a way that let's them wrap themselves in a mantle of 'caring' and 'tolerance'. Meanwhile, I read things on this forum every day that I could choose to find offensive but I realize it's The Lounge and nobody means to offend. To say, 'I don't believe your post is funny.' is one thing. To begin making judgments about the kind of person I am crosses the line. This isn't a breast cancer survivor's forum.
MehGerbil wrote:
I've lost my patience with people who selectively filter offenses
er... that just happens to be human nature. we all do it based on our own thoughts, opinions and prejudices, Just because someone doesn't mean to offend doesn't mean that something they write will be inoffensive to everyone. Grow a pair, suck it up and move on.... after all, does it really bother you that much?
Rhys "If you ever start taking things too seriously, just remember that we are talking monkeys on an organic spaceship flying through the Universe"
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I'm weeping over here. See: Great Loss[^]
Flip a coin. Heads? The Lounge laughs at your insensitive joke. Tails? The Lounge turns out to be filled with moralfags and white knights and your joke is condemned. I have been unable to find a model that predicts the outcome any more accurately, and the fact that the same joke can evoke both behaviors if it is used multiple times appears to suggest that an element of randomness really is involved. Further study: determine the relative probabilities.
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I doubt the sincerity of anything in this post. You have a history of borderline subject matter here and if this is your version of humour I feel sorry for you and those around you. I stand by what I said.
Reality is an illusion caused by a lack of alcohol
He's got a point,and it seems like he's trying to find middle ground, which you don't seem to be, better to calm down a bit. Also, even if it may be a sensitive topic for some(many?) people the original post is, in any case, slightly innapropiate, take it for what it is.
If you think you can do a thing or think you can't do a thing, you're right - Henry Ford Emmanuel Medina Lopez
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There are many words I could use to describe this post: hypocritical, thoughtless, moronic. I have family members that suffer from alcoholism - something you mock every single day. Given those facts I have two choices: 1: I can realize that your constant mocking of alcoholism is good natured fun appropriate for The Lounge. OR 2: I can be a blow-hard that turns what is meant as fun into a ridiculous self-righteous tirade. I'll stick with #1 for now. You can join me over at #1 when you decide blatant hypocrisy no longer suites you. The same goes for the rest of the politically correct, hyper-sensitive morons who forgot to check the name of the forum before posting. Respectfully disagreeing is one thing - the attacks are unwarranted.
MehGerbil wrote:
The same goes for the rest of the politically correct, hyper-sensitive morons
I'm not sure that mastectomies qualify for political-correctness, and calling others morons hardly qualifies for the moral high ground, especially given your next sentence:
MehGerbil wrote:
Respectfully disagreeing is one thing - the attacks are unwarranted.
I was brought up to respect my elders. I don't respect many people nowadays.
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Flip a coin. Heads? The Lounge laughs at your insensitive joke. Tails? The Lounge turns out to be filled with moralfags and white knights and your joke is condemned. I have been unable to find a model that predicts the outcome any more accurately, and the fact that the same joke can evoke both behaviors if it is used multiple times appears to suggest that an element of randomness really is involved. Further study: determine the relative probabilities.
Indeed, we are a fickle lot.
I was brought up to respect my elders. I don't respect many people nowadays.
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