Darth Ender said :I think having a thread about racism would actually be valuable for discussion, especially if such a discussion took off elsewhere. Racism is still quite extant, and its nature (and the subsequent abuse of the race card, the pros and cons of affirmative action, etc.) are actually quite valuable for discussion. I don't know why you think it's not worth talking about.
This isn't the Prejudice thread. It's the Homosexuality Discussion Thread.
Homosexuality has one or two points of interest (it's effects on other social interactions and the nature/nurture/choice aspect which could be applied to half a dozen other subjects too).
It's like having a thread about hair colour. You can talk about it for one or two pages, post some comparison pictures and that's the whole subject covered until someone brings up discussions about discrimination (ginger hair, Afro hair etc).
So really the topic is prejudice and in a Biblical sense God has made His announcement so all believers are charged to judge the deed which defines the variance as wrong (though not all Christians do as not all Christians believe the Bible to be literally true from cover to cover).
This was the distinction I was trying to draw.
Warb would never stone anyone to death. He might stone a mouse and quote himself doing it on a loop, but not a dog and not a gay man.
If Warb has Aspergers he has a duty to himself to either announce it when he is posting in a counter social manner, grow a thick skin or just not post.
He says he has 'anger issues' but that's not the same thing. He would require a professional diagnosis which might get him useful help to fulfill his greater goals (companionship, greater autonomy, clearer communication) if that's the case.
We have a number of people on here who have posted that they have Aspergers and people who have previously mocked the bizarre nature of some of there postings have backed down.
I do notice Warb's posts often go from being almost painfully polite and mannered on the top half to being in caps and full of quality swears, exclamations and typos on the bottom half. He also likes to hide slightly veiled digs at people he feels slighted by (not just me) in his signatures. These are typical passive-aggressive behaviours.
He is also clearly and unjustifiably paranoid.
It's no insult to have mental health issues and if that is the case with Warb and others ignoring them doesn't do Warb any good, it doesn't do anyone any good. But if that's not the case it's just emotional flatulence and should stop or happen somewhere where that sort of attention might be more welcome.
Arguably some of my posts could be interpreted as counter-social but I am not a diagnosed sufferer of any mental illness or personality disorder.
Any problem you have with what I say you can criticise with confidence.
Though my interest do include :
• astronomy
• dinosaurs
• extraterrestrials
• geography
• history
• machines or machinery
• maps
• maths
• meteorology
• music
• reading
• science
• social studies
• space travel
• trains
• weather