There's nothing more exhilarating than pointing out the shortcomings of others, is there?
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Yes, you are way off base. The problem is you can't make everyone happy and you can't just censor what one person doesn't like. If Tyler is censored for having an offensive joke thread the next thing you know someone is going to be bitching that they don't like porn or pirated music so that will have to come down too. This whole thing isn't about racist jokes. They just happen to be what Pen didn't want here and was willing to leave over. If he wants to leave because one thread bothers him so much that is his choice, but anyone can post just about anything they want and as a reader you get to choose what content you read. That's what makes this a great forum. As long as I'm not disrespectful to everyone it is basically anything goes, and if issues arise they are addressed by every member who wants to chime in instead of some admin sitting there deciding what is right and wrong. Also, no one ran off a major contributor. He chose to leave.....
Losing a major contributor sucks. Not that I really give a shit about rasicm... as the joke goes... I think everyone should own one. I do think Pendragon had a point in making in his thread to rant about offensive jokes. Why did TylerB feel it necessary to escalate it by doing what he did?
There is no racial bigotry here. I do not look down on niggers, kikes, wops or greasers. Here, you are all equally worthless.
I don't see a problem with having the thread, in fact, I like having it. Don't get me wrong, I don't read it (the 2nd joke in the 1st post taught me not to click on it any more), but I'd much rather have all the bad jokes going in there where I can easily not view them, then suddenly pop up in a thread I am actually involved in.
It all comes down to one simple thing... If you don't like it, don't click on it.
That being said, I think Tyler's flaming of pendragon for posting this is a bit uncalled for. But, I'm still a new piece of shit, so I understand that my opinion doesn't matter.