Quote from: Tink on December 23, 2007, 01:06:57 PM
Yeah, yeah, yeah, we are not supposed to judge anyone. Sure!
but this is the kind of BS that needs to stop in the first place if "we" want respect and acceptance from society. Sorry everyone, I don't know what planet you are from, but as far as I am concerned, the society I am from pays attention to all these crap. Shallow? close-minded? Maybe! but like it or not this is the kind of society/world we live in. If you want to delude yourselves, fine be my guest, but don't suggest that EVERYONE has to believe what YOU do.
tink 
I'm not too sure what you mean by this. Are you saying that if we , as a whole community, want acceptance from society instead of ridicule, then we have to ridicule instead of accept those that don't follow the ->-bleeped-<- "status quo"?
I'm not sure. Look, the only reason I started posting in this thread in the first place is because it upset me to see people making rather unfair comments
ABOUT A REAL PERSON. I don't think what this woman did is really up for any to judge, she felt it was what she had to do, it doesn't affect anyone else's life here one tiny iota, so I don't see why the judging should happen anyway.
I don't know why ideas such as compassion, acceptance and tolerance become such dirty words here, when subjects like this come up. And I don't think the old "well, the world isn't a compassionate, accepting and tolerant place" arguement should really hold any ground. Sure, for a lot of the time it isn't. But people here really should know better than to let that justify them join in on the judging and ridicule.
And I guess I should say as well, obviously I'm not painting everyone with the same brush. Yes, I understand some people were just joking around, I didn't like that but I can see there was no malice involved. It was just the comments that went past being light-hearted and joking around, and went straight to judging this individual for the choice she made, that really got me upset.
Megan