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Originally Posted by shortstacker
Umm...this IS the Mod thread!
LOL! My bad! I switch back and forth between threads so often that I lost track of where I was! 20 push ups for me! (not in the shape I once was
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OK, so the issue for discussion is whether or not a single word exclamation like "Christ" should fall into a category of words that are offensive, though not obscenities, due to the reverence they are treated with by some followers of Christianity. My initial impression was that it does not, because one, not everyone believes there is anything special about the bible or the people described in it, so the name Christ carries no reverence with it. And two, even if one were to allocate some unique status to the name, is simply stating the name offensive absent any other words?
Is a picture of Mohammad out of bounds because followers of that faith believe it is forbidden to create an image of him? What about gods from ancient times (actually I guess all gods are from ancient times) ? Or is the phrase the devil made me do it offensive to satanists?
But I am open to reconsidering my position. I would like to hear peoples thoughts on this, not just shortstacker's. How do you feel we should treat the use/mention of religious figures in terms of being on the offensive/do not use list?
For reference, the post in question had quoted a poster who said that flu vaccines do nothing. The poster responded "Christ!" That was it.
Thanks.