BruceVC

No, offensive words surely should only be offensive if they touch a nerve How can you be offended to be compared to ISIS? ISIS is a real, brutal and militant extremist group that is chopping off peoples heads and crucifying its enemies, and that's on a good day. How can a gamer ever possibly think that describes them, that's just ludicrous. Its not offensive because its so stupid Your logic is so unbelievably hypocritical, to put it into perspective: How can a rich succesful educated black buisnessman be offended when racists and general **** treat him like, and claim that he is, a crackaddict thug, or something akin to that, I mean how can he possibly think that describes him. There is nothing wrong with racists labeling whole groups of people horrible things, as long as the label doesn't fit. If someone made a statement like that I'm guessing you'd go crazy, I'm guessing no one would blame you, this isn't even your logic taken to an extreme, if anything people claiming you're worse than daesh is worse than people claiming you're a crackaddict thug. Nah my logic is perfectly rational But I am confused by your analogy, I thought we have established that there are very few white, male gamers who are successful, educated, wealthy or have a job? So I don't get your point about the black businessman (Come on, you must admit I am a little bit funny....just a little bit funny )

Yes, very few countries in the world do anything for free but the USA doesn't have to spend hundreds of millions of dollars and send thousands of troops to West Africa in an attempt to prevent the spread of the virus They could also say " this is an African problem and we are closing our airports to anyone flying in from the affected countries. We will allow entry to the USA when Africa has resolved this crisis" So people in Africa could also learn to be grateful for the assistance from the USA instead of questioning the motives

Last night on this prominent radio talk show I listen to they had the head of the USA disease research centre in southern Africa as a guest. Basically he was explaining the whole USA commitment to the Ebola crisis and why the USA was now getting so involved. But it got embarrassing as you had some people phoning in and accusing the USA of " only getting involved because of oil interests" ( oil interests in Liberia !!!) and " what was the ulterior motive for the USA getting involved " I would have got really irritated if I was him but he answered the questions calmly and reasonably

Nigeria doesn't have an outbreak but there a few cAses, I guess those countries are just taking precautions

Nice, very excited I'm going to try to wait till the whole season has been released before I watch it. I'm just not sure if I can restrain myself .....

No, offensive words surely should only be offensive if they touch a nerve How can you be offended to be compared to ISIS? ISIS is a real, brutal and militant extremist group that is chopping off peoples heads and crucifying its enemies, and that's on a good day. How can a gamer ever possibly think that describes them, that's just ludicrous. Its not offensive because its so stupid I'm not offended, I'm just worried that ISIS will start supporting us. You funny

I respect your honesty, its not always easy saying you don't support something that you use to. Especially if you are disappointed about the outcome caused by some people

We have just had a work alert that says that Mauritius and the Seychelles won't allow entry to anyone who has visited the 5 Ebola affected countries (Nigeria, Liberia, Sierra Leone,Guinea and DRC ) in the last 2 months I expect to find more countries banning flights from those countries ?

Absolutely, I enjoyed the ME series. I didn't love them but they were entertaining enough and definitely value for money. But I only played each Mass Effect game once and I didn't spend too much time analyzing each game. I enjoyed the Romance and the narrative was exciting So ME4 will be a definite purchase for me

Eh, expected as much. Hope he didn't lead to more dying. Yeah that's the concern now, has he infected others

No, offensive words surely should only be offensive if they touch a nerve How can you be offended to be compared to ISIS? ISIS is a real, brutal and militant extremist group that is chopping off peoples heads and crucifying its enemies, and that's on a good day. How can a gamer ever possibly think that describes them, that's just ludicrous. Its not offensive because its so stupid

AGX is right WOD I have been watching several interviews around Ebola and there is no evidence that says the virus is transmitted through the air. Its transmitted through liquid like saliva, vomit and feces I also see Thomas Duncan has died

Congratulations, Bruce, you just reached a new level of hypocrisy. And that right there sums up nicely not everything, but a good part of what I hate about SJWs. "Hey guys, it's wrong to stereotype other people and put false labels on them. Hey, why are you getting mad because we stereotyped you and put false labels on you? Why are you bothered by this?" Wow you guys are really defensive, sorry I aske the question As usual my point is misunderstood, I'm not saying that white male gamers can't be insulted or offended by certain words. Of course we can, we are human beings. I am saying in this particular case why are you offended with being compared to ISIS. A white, male is so far from what ISIS is and how they operate its just seems ridiculous to get offended by that characterization Also the main issue with offensive words against certain minority groups is not that they are false characterisations but that the actual words used have an hurtful and malicious intent. Like words to describe a black person or gay person. Its not the same as saying " white, male gamers are like ISIS" which is not offensive because its so irrelevant Also you shouldn't hate people in life Keyrock, that just creates bad karma

I see what you mean, but they might as well say " only Chinese" because unless you speak Chinese you wouldn't be able to interact in the mall anyway

I'm not a very social person, so I tend to socialize more online than anywhere else. This is my main hangout and though I don't post really frequently, I'm probably browsing the forums a couple hours a day. My other main hangouts are Kotaku and io9, and white males are the #1 discriminated group there, and the sick thing is its mostly white males that throw around the vitriol. I live in a city that has seen whites become a smaller and smaller portion of the population, with a larger and larger chinese population, and chinese are some of the most racist people in the world, especially against whites. They have chinese only malls, and its not considered racist, its considered "accommodating". The attitude towards racism against whites seems to be acceptance. And I don't know if its white guilt or whatever, but it seems like the ones who have the attitude that its somehow deserved due to top dog position of whites in history is ****ing white people. More and more we're being subtly told that we deserve to be treated like crap because our ancestors did it to others, and more and more white people are getting on board. I see more and more similarities to the Anders and Haken in The Soul of the Fire all the time. White people are more and more feeling bad about being white, and its sick. This is a very relevant post and is worth discussing further. Are you saying that there are Chinese malls in Canada where white people aren't allowed to go to? If so this is completely unacceptable and I agree. I wonder if anyone else on these forums has similar experiences? In South Africa we are sensitive around racial harmony due to Apartheid, but I am opposed to reverse racism which is what many people say Affirmative Action and Black Economic Empowerment (BEE) is. But in the South African context there is no place or area that white people can't go because its considered a black area only. So your experience around the Chinese is very interesting

Okay, that's fine. We will never agree on this point and that's fine We can agree to disagree

Okay so you genuinely feel harassed as a white, male gamer? And just to be clear this harassment is coming from feminists and gaming journalists?

I don't understand why some of you guys get so offended by the characterization or generalizations about white, male gamers? I am a white, male gamer and we are least most discriminated demographic in the world. We really aren't the victims of real bigotry in almost all cases. Who cares if someone associates us with ISIS, its an utterly pointless insult because its just not true. Its like someone calling me a pygmy child molester. I don't concern myself with things that aren't valid. Why the outrage? Do you these insults really bother you

Volo how do you feel about SJ causes in RL ?

Well you should be concerned because he pushes the boundaries of what NATO is suppose to protect and Russia is a much more dangerous military threat than any Islamic extremist group Russia's not going to attack NATO. They're jerks; not crazy. I'm not worried about jerks; I'm worried about lunatics. I agree there is no real chance of war between Russia and NATO but the crisis in the Ukraine and Putin's desire for Russian hegemony highlights just how fracturable the relationship is between Russia and NATO. The fact that Putin is not insane but makes calculated and strategic decisions worries me more

Volo that is very nasty, I was only joking

Well you should be concerned because he pushes the boundaries of what NATO is suppose to protect and Russia is a much more dangerous military threat than any Islamic extremist group

Okay good to know we do agree on somethings

Its both amusing and something to be concerned about

Wow, never really seen you concerned about something before. I would have thought you would have found this whole thing amusing