teh0mega wrote:
What annoys me is how some people argue that this or that is offensive to their religion. Not saying it happens here often, it's more of a Neoboards issue. But anyway, some people may argue that having Christ in Christmas is not appropriate on a website that caters for limitless amounts of cultures, beliefs and cults.
But then, if you replace Christ with an X making X-Mas, die-hard Christians will complain that doing this is like taking the entire meaning of Christmas and stuffing it down a toilet drain.
So, if TNT replace Christmas with Seasonal, you'll have certain groups which will complain that they are completely removing any trace of the true meaning of Christmas.
You can go around in millions of circles with this arguement. And this is just regarding the word Christmas! Words like Hell, Witch, Sexy and Hot are causing enough controversy to please Eminem himself.
I have a friend with the word Sexy in her username. Not a great friend, more like an aqaitance (sp?). Either way, she's been playing for 5 months when I last talked to her, and the ice gun had not done anything to her account.
TNT are very very inconsistent on many rules, and innapropriate words are the haziest subject. Even though Adam said it's okay, people are still probably being frozen for mentioningother websites like Ebay or Amazon. People are being frozen for saying Hell, Damn and Crap. But then, you see other people (usually well known people too) who can get away with saying the 1337 version of highly innapropriate words without so much as a warning.
Regarding the names though, I have no problem with them. My Grandma, who belives Harry Potter is evil, might have some slight problem against those names. But she's in the minority. Most people would not have any problem with those names.
If the above statements make no sense, blame it on an overdose of red cordial and sugar *eye twitch*
no, it made perfect sense
you know what it is? no matter WHAT you do, SOMEONE will always be offended. there will always be people whining about
something. you're damned if you do, damned if you don't! heh
"i'm filling empty spaces
where you left your mark
take two steps back from all of this
remember what you started with
it was nothing at all..."
i
NYC