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Purity Test

You guys do realize there's more religions than Christianity that see themselves as pure right?

American, not African American?

Good point which I also didn't consider.

I have already conceded in that she's right on the african american aspect of it. But I think she's blurring too many lines/simplifying far too much by trying the same when it comes to sexualities and LGBT terms. Strictly in terms of english language usage mind you, I completely agree about treating everyone as people and equals. But that doesn't require the abolishment of certain terms/words to accomplish.

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American, not African American?

So this has been exploding on my Facebook feed, and it's sparking enough discussion I figure I might as well have one here too.



This was my response I made previously.

response

I think people are over reacting to Oprah. Her initial "woah" reaction to me seemed to be in jest/humor, she wasn't actually freaking out against it. And then simply warned Raven "You do know how others will react right?". Which, if any of our friends ever came out as something like that we'd probably warn them the same just so they know.

As for what Raven said? I think people need to remember we have terms like 'Gay' 'Homosexual' 'African American' etc. to act as ways to easily reference. So instead of going into long details it can be said easily, people already know what you mean. Her point was fine, but there is a difference between having a name for something, and not seeing something as human. Which is something a lot of people seem to have trouble telling the difference of.

I mean for a random example, Ketchup. Ketchup is a condiment even though has it's own name of Ketchup. Calling it Ketchup doesn't mean it's no longer a condiment, or less of a condiment. It simply means I can say "Pass me the Ketchup" rather than say "Pass me the red tomato condiment stuff".

(But then one someone replied with "The issue comes from using "African" as a qualifier to American, which many use as a means of discrimination on both sides" I answered with).

I was going to say "I think that's just people reading too much into it".

But then it dawned on me we have nothing like african canadian, so you do have a point there. So if her criticism was strictly african american this would be the point I simply go "never mind, she's right" and be on my way.

But she mixed it in with LGBT, where there are terms like that for a reason. I mean for example Gay bars, LGBT community is in the minority. So they normally need specific bars to help find potential mates. A gay bar would be much harder if they were simply called 'people bars' or just sound really odd if it was called "Men who like dick bar".

So that's my current stance/view on the matter.
Thoughts?

What if :The RP Guild was a wizard guild?

Aragorn said
You definitely aren't getting a degree in English.

But he has Insanity :/

Purity Test

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How the hell am I less pure than a number of people here? o.O
I thought I was very 'censored/sheltered' for my age in a sexual sense. :/

Answers since Holmshire shared

Done while in a relationship that lasted not even 2 weeks
Held Hands romantically?
Been on a date?
Been in a relationship?
Kissed a non-family member?
Kissed a non-family member on the lips?
Kissed on the neck?
Given or received a hickey?

Just general curiousity growing up
Masturbated?
Seen or read pornographic material? - But in all honesty, it was around a 2-3 hours session of looking it up to see what the hell it was. Never had a need to look up porn again afterwards.

From past Online Relationship
Sent a sexually explicit text or instant message?
Been walked in on while engaging in a sexual act?

Other
Ingested alcohol in a non-religious context? - It was at an old babysitters/family friends wedding when I was 14,I had one glass of some weak stuff so I never even got tipsy. I haven't drank since, not due to a bad experience with it. I just don't like the taste, smell or have any desire to be drunk.

Had the police question you? - This was just a month or so ago. Me and some friends I had since High School were hanging out at the park talking till about 4 in the morning, and when walking back to one of my friends houses a police car saw us and pulled over to ask some questions cause us being out that late was apparently suspicious.

What if: RPG was a thieves guild

They'd turn robbing ______ person or item into a bandwagon, allowing authorities to easily track us down and arrest us all.

Sentinels of The Multiverse rp

ASTA said
Wrong forum.Also, OP is extremely vague.

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Anime reviews

My opinions on all the anime's I've current seen are in my anime list provided in my sig.
Though oddly enough the next anime I plan to watch is Psychopass. So to avoid spoilers I'm going to have to avoid your review for the moment. :P

What if :The RP Guild was a wizard guild?

Sherlock Holmes said
Sites like this are usually lousy with wizards, but none of them want to come forward and admit it.

[2] The Guild are big on people on like to sit down and write a lot.
But being a wizard requires you to sit down and read a lot, and often sacrifice any kind of social life for the sake of better magic.

And if you base it off things like Fate Zero... Your potential to be a wizard is mainly dependent off your blood. So you can genetically be a horrible or great wizard.