Migrants rushing Europian Borders

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  • jnimhaoileoin
    jnimhaoileoin Baile Átha Cliath Posts: 2,682
    Clearly I must have missed your last profile pic! With the size of them, someone must have had to make an effort to be offended
  • PJ_Soul
    PJ_Soul Vancouver, BC Posts: 50,759

    rgambs said:

    brianlux said:

    Saw this on FB with he heading "Hungarians waiting by the highway with food to give to the refugees who will arrive on foot."

    image

    Ugh. Always having to take credit for doing good. I find it more respectful for people who do it and ask nothing in return or don't want any photos or recognition. Taking your photo with a basket of bananas just makes me want to puke.

    Hopefully these "migrants" don't Rob and beat her for those bananas and her camera.

    Sure as hell better than doing nothing and criticising those who do.
    Does it make you feel inadequate or something?
    You talk about "doing God's work" when some bigot tries to disenfranchise gay couples and then shit on these people who are very literally following the words of Jesus because they let someone take a picture of them?
    Typical Christian bullshit. Self-centered, judgemental, hypocritical, moronic dogmas.
    don't respond. they win when you do.
    That was the post that finally convinced me she really is a troll. No one can really be that offended by that photo.
    With all its sham, drudgery, and broken dreams, it is still a beautiful world. Be careful. Strive to be happy. ~ Desiderata
  • brianlux
    brianlux Moving through All Kinds of Terrain. Posts: 43,669
    rgambs said:

    rgambs said:

    brianlux said:

    Saw this on FB with he heading "Hungarians waiting by the highway with food to give to the refugees who will arrive on foot."

    image

    Ugh. Always having to take credit for doing good. I find it more respectful for people who do it and ask nothing in return or don't want any photos or recognition. Taking your photo with a basket of bananas just makes me want to puke.

    Hopefully these "migrants" don't Rob and beat her for those bananas and her camera.

    Sure as hell better than doing nothing and criticising those who do.
    Does it make you feel inadequate or something?
    You talk about "doing God's work" when some bigot tries to disenfranchise gay couples and then shit on these people who are very literally following the words of Jesus because they let someone take a picture of them?
    Typical Christian bullshit. Self-centered, judgemental, hypocritical, moronic dogmas.
    don't respond. they win when you do.
    I know you are probably right, don't feed the trolls but...
    Damn it's hard to let people spew ignorant bullshit without calling it out.
    There's trolling and then there's just wanting negative attention. I'm guessing JAG mean what he/she writes. But then there are statements like this: "Hopefully these 'migrants' don't Rob* and beat her for those bananas and her camera." That's just mean spirited.

    *Especially picking on our good friend Rob!!
    "It's a sad and beautiful world"
    -Roberto Benigni

  • gimmesometruth27
    gimmesometruth27 St. Fuckin Louis Posts: 24,396
    i think it might be someone from before with an axe to grind. reality should not be as offensive as that picture was made out to be. what led to that photo being taken should be what is offensive.
    "You can tell the greatness of a man by what makes him angry."  - Lincoln

    "Well, you tell him that I don't talk to suckas."
  • PJ_Soul
    PJ_Soul Vancouver, BC Posts: 50,759
    edited September 2015

    badbrains said:

    My avatar had EVERYTHING to do with this refugee crisis. I don't get it. And I agree, I should've gotten a pm with something like hey man, some people find your avatar offensive, do you mind changing it? Instead, they just change my avatar without any warning or anything. Who does that? My avatar is for a cause, a cause that's happening right now in this day and age. What's the point of a cause if I can't even use a simple pic. I just don't understand that this is a pearl jam website. Pearl jam, the band who's lead singer wrote pro choice, who wore a shirt with NW on it in Australia, who wore a bush mask on tour. I just don't get it, a cause I'd think vedder himself would be a part of, and I can't post a pic that is RELEVANT to the shit that's happening tbis very day. So weird.

    So fucked up. Some of you people who like to use the report function should take a step back and chill the fuck out. And for the mods to change the god damn picture without saying a word is almost worse. It's like communist Russia in this place.
    The weirdest part is that that photo was plastered all over the world. Websites, TV news, blogs, fucking everywhere. I couldn't go 5 minutes without seeing that image for a few days, and immediately became common knowledge that that photo was the defining image of the refugee crisis. Why would 10C want to censor such a thing in any case??? Not trying to talk to you about it first is just the cherry on top.
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    With all its sham, drudgery, and broken dreams, it is still a beautiful world. Be careful. Strive to be happy. ~ Desiderata
  • brianlux
    brianlux Moving through All Kinds of Terrain. Posts: 43,669

    i think it might be someone from before with an axe to grind. reality should not be as offensive as that picture was made out to be. what led to that photo being taken should be what is offensive.

    YES!
    "It's a sad and beautiful world"
    -Roberto Benigni

  • Last-12-Exit
    Last-12-Exit Charleston, SC Posts: 8,661
    PJ_Soul said:

    badbrains said:

    My avatar had EVERYTHING to do with this refugee crisis. I don't get it. And I agree, I should've gotten a pm with something like hey man, some people find your avatar offensive, do you mind changing it? Instead, they just change my avatar without any warning or anything. Who does that? My avatar is for a cause, a cause that's happening right now in this day and age. What's the point of a cause if I can't even use a simple pic. I just don't understand that this is a pearl jam website. Pearl jam, the band who's lead singer wrote pro choice, who wore a shirt with NW on it in Australia, who wore a bush mask on tour. I just don't get it, a cause I'd think vedder himself would be a part of, and I can't post a pic that is RELEVANT to the shit that's happening tbis very day. So weird.

    So fucked up. Some of you people who like to use the report function should take a step back and chill the fuck out. And for the mods to change the god damn picture without saying a word is almost worse. It's like communist Russia in this place.
    The weirdest part is that that photo was plastered all over the world. Websites, TV news, blogs, fucking everywhere. I couldn't go 5 minutes without seeing that image for a few days, and immediately became common knowledge that that photo was the defining image of the refugee crisis. Why would 10C want to censor such a thing in any case??? Not trying to talk to you about it first is just the cherry on top.
    Who fucking knows??
  • gimmesometruth27
    gimmesometruth27 St. Fuckin Louis Posts: 24,396
    i'll come out and say it. i think there are some folks on here who want Nart banned.
    "You can tell the greatness of a man by what makes him angry."  - Lincoln

    "Well, you tell him that I don't talk to suckas."
  • Last-12-Exit
    Last-12-Exit Charleston, SC Posts: 8,661

    i'll come out and say it. i think there are some folks on here who want Nart banned.

    I'm pretty sure you're correct.
  • PJ_Soul
    PJ_Soul Vancouver, BC Posts: 50,759

    i'll come out and say it. i think there are some folks on here who want Nart banned.

    Really? I haven't had that impression personally.
    With all its sham, drudgery, and broken dreams, it is still a beautiful world. Be careful. Strive to be happy. ~ Desiderata
  • badbrains
    badbrains Posts: 10,255
    Global citizen WHAT? If this isn't a global event, wow. And Rob, I'm beginning to start to believe it too. Unreal
  • gimmesometruth27
    gimmesometruth27 St. Fuckin Louis Posts: 24,396
    badbrains said:

    Global citizen WHAT? If this isn't a global event, wow. And Rob, I'm beginning to start to believe it too. Unreal

    i did some of that global citizen stuff, and if this is not striking at the heart of what it means to be a global citizen, then nothing is.
    "You can tell the greatness of a man by what makes him angry."  - Lincoln

    "Well, you tell him that I don't talk to suckas."
  • dignin
    dignin Posts: 9,478
    bad brains, that is pure bullshit.

    Kat, can you try and give us an explanation as to why you removed his avatar?
  • PJ_Soul
    PJ_Soul Vancouver, BC Posts: 50,759
    I feel like the mods simply react to anyone who says they're offended instead of considering why it's being done. I was once told that a post of mine was being deleted, but it was totally clear that the mods didn't find it offensive. The issue was that some hypersensitive individual did, and that was all that mattered. I don't think that's a very good tactic to say the least.
    With all its sham, drudgery, and broken dreams, it is still a beautiful world. Be careful. Strive to be happy. ~ Desiderata
  • brianlux
    brianlux Moving through All Kinds of Terrain. Posts: 43,669
    If bb gets the boot, I walk.
    "It's a sad and beautiful world"
    -Roberto Benigni

  • Last-12-Exit
    Last-12-Exit Charleston, SC Posts: 8,661
    Somebody whined about it offending them. And apparently anytime someone whines, they get their way. Insanity.
  • PJ_Soul
    PJ_Soul Vancouver, BC Posts: 50,759

    Somebody whined about it offending them. And apparently anytime someone whines, they get their way. Insanity.

    Exactly. It's a sure fire way to ensure that the lowest common denominator dictates what is and isn't okay. What a terrible plan.
    With all its sham, drudgery, and broken dreams, it is still a beautiful world. Be careful. Strive to be happy. ~ Desiderata
  • What was the avatar?
    "My brain's a good brain!"
  • badbrains
    badbrains Posts: 10,255
    dignin said:

    bad brains, that is pure bullshit.

    Kat, can you try and give us an explanation as to why you removed his avatar?

    She's/he gonna say someone found it offensive and reported. And to think in 3 weeks I'm supposed to see a HUGE concert in Central Park for global awareness and action. To think we spent $300 for tix to attend this event called Global Citizen Festival. Really? Am I missing something here?
  • PJ_Soul
    PJ_Soul Vancouver, BC Posts: 50,759
    edited September 2015

    What was the avatar?

    That photo of the dead toddler washed up on the beach - the son of that man who was denied sponsorship in Canada.
    With all its sham, drudgery, and broken dreams, it is still a beautiful world. Be careful. Strive to be happy. ~ Desiderata
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