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*Jake* · 04-06-2004, 08:33 AM

There's nothing wrong with using offensive examples if you don't really mean them as actually offensive, at least not in a 100% serious sense. I didn't feel like he was actually condemning "Metallica fans" so much as using it as a 2 word shortcut to reference a stereotype we all know about and can relate things to.

edit: in fact, he makes disclaimers about use of those stereotypes within one sentence of using them!

04-06-2004, 08:33 AM	#7
Jake The Dartmaster Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: San Rafael, California Posts: 3,084	There's nothing wrong with using offensive examples if you don't really mean them as actually offensive, at least not in a 100% serious sense. I didn't feel like he was actually condemning "Metallica fans" so much as using it as a 2 word shortcut to reference a stereotype we all know about and can relate things to. edit: in fact, he makes disclaimers about use of those stereotypes within one sentence of using them! __________________ When on the Internet, visit Idle Thumbs \| Mixnmojo \| Sam & Max.net \| Telltale Games "I was one of the original lovers." - Evan Dickens Last edited by Jake; 04-06-2004 at 09:41 AM.