The rules on CFI forum stand as is. Click “view rules” above and read them. We cannot and will not change them just because one person gets offended by one comment without even asking the poster what they meant. CFI is a forum for discussion. Instead of taking offense and screaming “I’m offended” why not ask what the poster meant and have a civil adult discussion. You may find out others agree with you, including the person who made the comment.
Screaming? Bit dramatic
“screaming” on a forum could mean using all caps, or, in your case, repeating yourself. You have made no logical argument, responded very little to the points made, and now you are picking at individual words. This is troll behavior.
not to mention names: "You provide disjointed and unresolved conversations. You are very frustrating to talk to"The irony is blaring.
And trolling is against the rules and could get one banned, but I’m giving you a chance to read the rules before you are banned. Arguing with mods can also get one banned too, but again, before you’re banned, I’m giving you a chance to read the rules, so please read them and if not followed, you will be banned.
Just to note, the use of a nuclear weapon is not genocide - as repeatedly stated in this thread.
It is mass murder, as was stated in the original thread of question.
It is not the annihilation of a country. Ask Japan.
But all that is beside the point.
Keep in mind who’s making the accusation. As I pointed out to her, what the U.S. did to the Native Americans and to the slaves in the past was genocide. A nuke isn’t.
"Just to note, the use of a nuclear weapon is not genocide – as repeatedly stated in this thread.
It is mass murder, as was stated in the original thread of question.
It is not the annihilation of a country. Ask Japan."
Nuclear weapons of today
Today’s Nuclear Weapons are Orders of Magnitude More Powerful
“Blankets infected with smallpox/forced relocation/masacre is an option?”
Of course. If mr head had said the solution is to do to the afganis what we did to the american natives which includes the exposure to biological agents that they are not protected from - even as a stupid joke, are you telling me you would not find this offensive?
I’d be asking why the poster said what they said before jumping to conclusions, but to do what the U.S. has done to Native Americans or to Black people to others and perpetuate it, I would be very upset. However, that wasn’t what was said or even suggested.
Actually what Mr head wrote was much worse.
A nuclear explosion is completely and utterly indiscriminate. It doesn’t just kill one group or type or person - it destroys absolutely everything, animal, vegetable or mineral.
are you telling me you would not find this offensive? --mgI don't think you are attempting to engage in dialog here, so don't mistake this post for an excuse for your behavior. Still, it's a question.
First, offensiveness is not the criteria for a ruling. Vulgarity is different. Name calling and swearing are easier to define. Mrm’s comment on using nukes was poorly stated at worst, but was not vulgar, and only offensive to some.
We had someone who consistently talked of “culling” the population, of humans. They eventually stopped, after warnings, so they weren’t banned. I don’t expect mrm will repeatedly refer to nuking countries. That matters. We always warn first.
Anyway, lots to think about.
A nuclear explosion is completely and utterly indiscriminate. It doesn’t just kill one group or type or person – it destroys absolutely everything, animal, vegetable or mineral.
As Lausten said, you aren’t wanting to dialog. No one said anything about that. You’re the one who brought it up and if wanted a dialog. Mrm’s statement was poorly stated, even if it was sarcastic and needed further inquiry, not someone getting bent and making assumptions.
I’ll bite my tongue here, but if someone wants to continue the discussion of nuclear weapons, feel free to start a thread and I may participate.
As long as the thread abides by the rules, I don’t care if a thread is started, but when there is name calling and/or accusations etc it’ll get shut down if no one listens to the first warning.
You can please some of the people all the time, and all the people some of the time, but you can’t please all the people all the time.
Nuclear weapons suck. But, humanity is a weird creature and we need to be able to joke about the unthinkable to be able to process it. I was born in 1955, went to John J. Audubon public school, and clearly remember the air raid drills and scrambling under our desks, butt to window and arms over ears and head, we’d all be down there before the siren stopped screaming. Lousy grade school kids, still we’d discuss the morning after as something we needed to think about, in order to help avoid having it happen.
We saw the movies too, @citizenschallengev3. A decade didn’t change much except the air raid drills turned into tornado drills.
There was serious dialogue about about moving forward on afganistan in context of the inevitability of the taliban remaining in power and highlighting the pointlessness of americas invasion.
The dialogue ends with this person when an idiotic comment is made on whether a nuclear strike should be used.
@mrmhead, much appreciate your patience, and allowing this conversation to go on. I usually don’t judge the quality of people’s posts, and there is much more I could say about your “nuke” comment. But, believe it or not, I have a life. It’s 50 degrees in Minnesota right now, and that doesn’t last long in March. I hope to connect more in the future.