LOL Prince of persia

[Scourge of Malice]

What's tasteful and not is subjective. Really, I'm not here to defend Illidan or his intentions. I don't know what he's up to and frankly do not care so much. But in my opinion jumping from disliking an avatar quite probably intended as a joke (distasteful to some, tasteful to others) to judging a person racist is quite a leap.

I think this is quite a serious problem. This "political correctness" stuff is being taken to an extreme level. You can't even call black and white "black and white" anymore, because people will start pretending they are hurt. I saw this quote somewhere that was quite funny. It went along the lines of "You can't call dinosaurs dinosaurs anymore, because it's speciest to do so. You have to call them pre-human species." I used to study air law. They call handicapped people in wheelchairs "People with Reduced Mobility". Don't you think that's taking it too far? In 5 years time they'll invent some new euphemism after they're sued by someone who pretends he's hurt with this term. Not to mention the ridiculous lawsuits being spewed back and forth in the US.

Don't take me wrong. I don't condone disrespecting people by putting them at a disadvantage. But Jesus Christ, saying a joke among friends that involves a human stereotype is not racist. I'd expect people to do the same with my stereotype (if I fall in one) or my country. I don't really care, because I joke about certain aspects of me all the time with friends. Of course, you can only take it so far, but the difference between amicable leg-pulling and outright hatred is pretty obvious.

i agree for the most part, except using "black" or "white" to describe a person is ignorant. putting hundreds of different peoples and varying cultures into one category based on skin color is very limiting.

 

[Metalstrm]

Yes that was just an example and I was not referring to people per se. Still, if you showed me a black person and told me to describe him I would definitely used the word black as part of the description. And the same goes for white people. I don't see anything wrong. It's not like "black" is in anyway inferior to any other color.

 

[Kenneth R.]

Wow. First people don't realize that "heir apparent" has been around as a phrase since... well at least 800 years. Then people flip out about avatars. And political correctness can suck my cock. I won't even try to be eloquent about that. It has no place in intelligent society.

 

[Fegyi]

Well... If someone can have Stalin as an avatar, I don't see how Hitler would be so much different...

agreed