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Originally Posted by Kevin
I'm not even going to touch the comparison of the GPhiB's conduct to dressing up like a Nazi and shooting "Heil Hitlers" at people. Absurd.
I don't buy that being disciplined by their National has really anything to do with the argument as to whether they should have been punished. I think the national was in a tight spot. I can understand why they acted because to not do so might have jeopardized relations with the ND administration and the administrations of other schools.
These girls were not being openly racist. They were just doing something in good fun. No one was hurt. That should have been the "end of story."
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I wasn't comparing the two incidents or equating them, or claiming that one is just as offensive as the other. That part is an open question in my mind. I was just using an illustration of some actions that were CLEARLY offensive and that were CLEARLY known to be offensive by the perpetrator, but where the individual still claimed it "was all in good fun." I'm just saying that that's not an effective counter to accusations of offensiveness. It can "be all in good fun" and still be offensive and inappropriate. People who claim to have done things "all in good fun" are also usually lying.
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Originally Posted by Kevin
It's pointing out that the point you are making is not rooted in reality whatsoever.
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LOL. OK. You still don't have any response to my argument that "it's all in good fun" is not a way to get out of this situation - and that it's usually a lie.
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