The word chick doesn't "offend" me on a personal level. It just represents Pagewizard's assumptions that women are objects. I quoted someone saying that this mentality leads to genocide, etc. All I did was take a critical approach to Pagewizard's post and question the assumptions. It was a fun change of pace in my opinion. Some people didn't like it. Oh well.

And to people saying I need a change in priorities, you have no idea. I do need a life outside of quoting my policy debate evidence on an online forum, but if I can only use it in high school debate rounds it seems to go to waste.

But to Det, I'd like to say that I'm familiar with the rules and I know I'm pretty close to personally attacking Pagewizard. Just so you know, I'll be more careful not to cross that line.

Thanks Darko, you're right.

Just had to say something to make a mark.



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Holy crap.

Pagewizard may be completely deluded, he hasn't openly broken the rules.

Stop it, Darko.

I seriously don't get this. Why do you think that you get to ignore the rules?

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[This message has been edited by Tracer (edited July 25, 2004).]

nah.

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RIP Madaventor: God bless you.

I heard a funny joke the other day about a bunch of fools who became near-anal about defending a set of rules for the forums of a Star Wars video game website and took it seriously to the point of retardation, but I forget how it goes. Darn.

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Wow, that's the worst thing a woman's ever been called, I tell you what.

Seriously, Being offended about the word 'chicks' is just some foolish way for women to feel even more importent. It doesn't imply ANYTHING. NOTHING. Not a SINGLE thing. It's just a nickname, sort of like 'kid' or 'gal.' I mean, what if I got offended everytime a girl called me a dork? I mean, they use the term alot for men... why aren't we offended? Oh right, we couldn't give a rats *** .

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Live on, Adam.

[This message has been edited by jEDIkIRBY (edited July 25, 2004).]

Personally, I'd be annoyed if a woman called me a whale penis.

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"A drug person can learn to handle such things as seeing their dead grandmother crawling up their leg with a knife in her teeth. But no one should be asked to deal with this trip."
-Raoul Duke, Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas

Agreed, jEDIkIRBY.

Det: Glad to see I slipped in under the flame detector..


Edit: Had to add it back in since you decided you had to reply to my original post directly after I edited it.

[This message has been edited by Freelancer (edited July 25, 2004).]

Don't worry Freelancer, I was torn between figuring out if you were trying to explain calmly in a nasty way or being nasty to Page in a calm way.

Many people do not like to be called 'kid'.

jedikirby, what do you think you are doing? We arent supposed to agree when it comes to women and relationships. You know that. Now you threw the whole system it the crapper.

Mavispoo: You are the only, and I mean the only[/b] female I have ever met that was offended by the word "chicks".

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Kieran: The reason I put a link to it is because she is in underwear and I know the admins are touchy on that.
Yecti: Jaiph will touch himself for hours if he so much as smells a woman's underwear

Seriously. It's all in how you take the word. If you're going to think it's offensive, it will be. If you just accept it it's not offensive. Obviously it CAN be used as offensive, but it almost always isn't. It's nothing like the "n" word, or any other word in that genre, as it was never adapted as a derrogatory term.

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Also, about the pic of Thrawns potential g/f. Is it just me or do those eyes look like they were photoshopped? Just something I noticed.

"Chicks"?

I prefer the term, "Womenfolks"

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Regardless, there exists a large percentage of the English-speaking female population that does not like being referred to as a "chick." I've yet to meet a girl who isn't at least slightly offended by being referred to as a chick.

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Is someone actually gonna do something about it? I've seen people on these boards get banned immediately for posting what he has. Plus, that's twice he has defied an admin.

I don't think my wife so much finds the word "chicks" offensive, just, kinda sad. Like that small group of people still wandering society using late 80's/early 90's slang.

(morfildor: it's being dealt with)

[This message has been edited by Jaiph (edited July 25, 2004).]

And I know plenty of girls that refer to themselves and other girls as chicks. To each his(or her) own.


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Kieran: The reason I put a link to it is because she is in underwear and I know the admins are touchy on that.
Yecti: Jaiph will touch himself for hours if he so much as smells a woman's underwear

[This message has been edited by Kieran Horn (edited July 25, 2004).]

Thanks for the update, Jaiph.

Wait a second. I just read two posts that basically said they didn't see why Maevie found the word "chick" offensive, ergo it isn't offensive and so they find nothing wrong with using it...

Wow. Just wow. Does that mean I can go off and insult you, and when you ask me to stop, I can tell you you're being overly sensitive and that makes it okay for me to insult you?

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Well guys, I decided that I'll see how it goes, sit down and talk to her and see what we can do. Since she has family here, she'll be returning often to visit them. I also decided that I might stop posting on this thread so I don't screw up and get banned.

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Check the thread again Spork, that started way before you got here.

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First of all, Thrawn, I'm happy for you man, best of luck.
Second, a lot has been said on this thread and I'm far too lazy to read it all, in fact I read very little.
Third:
Calling girls chicks isn't this huge derogitory thing you're making it out to be. I call women chicks all the time, and do you know why? I get it from my mothers side, she calls women chicks.
And you know what else? My girl freinds (as in, friends who are girls) also call women chicks (although I think they did get that from me)
Fourth:
I am not, nor have I ever been, SKOOJ!

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I'm sorry about all of this. I've been caught up in getting ready for another year of high school debate. I get carried away sometimes. I don't think Pagewizard is going to cause international genocide and nuclear war, nor do I believe he intends to objectify women purposefully. I've just been studying an argument that's new to me referred to as a "kritik" and I've had my brain wrapped in it for the past few weeks.

I don't think "chick" is a good word. But it's not 2 AM any more so I'm not thinking as radically.

Take your hand and feel between your legs. You feel those things? Those are testicals. Those separate you from women. It doesn't matter if you don't find it derogatory, the term isn't directed towards you. Until those things in your hand recede back into your coelom and turn into ovaries, maybe -just maybe- you should at least respect the requests made by the women on the board who have made it clear that they find it offensive. At the very least to be polite.

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No. I'm sorry. If I was the only girl to ever post here, I should still have the right to feel respected by the other members of this community.

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<font face="Verdana, Arial" size="2">Really, if you think guys call women chicks to refer to them as animals, you're overanalyzing.

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Of course I don't think that literally, but seeing aas some people seem to be incapable of respecting someone's wishes just because it's what they want, I thought I'd go further.

I know that the word 'chicks' isn't as bad as calling someone a n***** or a f**, particularly as it's not even used as an insult. But Wolfy and Roach seem to be the only people here who get it. It doesn't matter if most girls don't care, feel free to say it to them. I don't like it, and I think that you should have the decency and respect not to use the word in front of me. And Kieran, you may know plenty of girls who use it and are fine with you using it, but to then assume that that makes it ok is really dangerous, if you meet a girl like me, you're just gonna piss her off.

Now, to the far more important point. Could somebody please deliver an english keyboard and a broadband connection to Savonlinna, Finland? This is driving me crazy...

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I'll DCC you the broadband.

*badam'che*

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As for long distance relationships, I always fooled myself with the thought that our bond was strong enough that while it lay dormant, either of us could pursue people as they wished so long as when we were reunited we'd be back together... which, if you read my thread, apparently doesn't work.

Sorry for relating this back to me in this manner. I hate it when others do it to me, but there is some lesson from experience involved, I suppose.

ok, my testicles arn't the issue here.
My point was that none of the WOMEN or GIRLS that I know have any problem with it, since they use the word chicks themselves, and trust me, they don't have testicles.
Also, just having testicles does not prevent me from understanding women, I happen to have more female friends then male.
As for respecting the requests of the women here, you will notice I haven't actually called anyone a chick the entire time I've been here, and I won't, because I do realise people here are offended by it.
However, I will still use it amongst my friends and family, and I still refuse to beleive it is the huge deal it's being made out to be here.

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[This message has been edited by Deadman (edited July 26, 2004).]

Go for it!

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"Laugh it up Fuzzball!"
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So basically mav, it DOES have to do with PC. PC is respecting every wish of every other person. You just made a contradiction?

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Is there a massassi committee that sits down every day and decides what retarded debate will be had and assigns who is on each side?

I would honestly think that you guys would see how ridiculous this arguing over the word chick truly is and stop... but then again, I forget the group I am talking about.

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Yeah, especially when the person who started it admits to be in an unstable mental state at the time...

Wait, that was me.

What's the point in NOT arguing?

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Whether or not it's to do with PC, it pisses maeve (and a LOT of lasses I know) off, so she'd rather you, or anybody else here, not bandy the phrase around these boards.

Anyways, on topic, Go for it Thrawn! Long distance relationships are HARD, but clearly you're not kidding yourself that they aren't, so you've got every chance of making it work.



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There is a thin line between insanity and stupidity. I am that line.

so we should all stop b/c you feel pissed off about being called a chick? Am I the only one here that finds this incredulous?


Oh and maeve, if i didn't respect you (like you claim) i wouldn't even be bothering to talk to you.

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It's not repsect, Page, it's common decency.

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