Is Internet debate ridiculous and irrelevant?

[jrandom]

No I'm not.

Your opinion is irrelevant; you ride a Yamaha.

[Usarka]

you ride a Yamaha.

Yes he does.

[Ocean1]

Gah! The Wellingtonians have struck the thread.....

But of course, Contradiction Capital.



Checks watch...

[Ocean1]

Your opinion is irrelevant; you ride a Yamaha.

Hardly a valid conclusion, the ride doesn't necessarily confer any special perceptual disabilities to the rider. Yamaha rider’s opinions are due the same careful consideration as any other, the results of which often indicate that indeed their opinion is relevant.

Simply invariably wrong.

[Mikkel]

I refer to exhibit A below.

[Drew]

I'm not retarded, I'm a very special boy

[Mikkel]

I refer to exhibit A below.

Since I can't see who had the "guts" to red rep this post without leaving their name in the message...

The message: (And I dunno if I'm allowed to post this here - but it's not a PM per say...)

"Try picking on someone who can both defend themselves adequately, and doesn't suffers from a condition that isn't utterly out of their control."

To that I can only say that I'd love to go pick on someone who could defend themselves - but that's rather hard when I'm left without a return address. As for the second part - suffering from a condition that isn't utterly out of their control - I'd be hard pressed since you obviously have to be suffering from stupid and that's most likely not something you have actively chosen.

Stupid? Why?
Because you don't understand that the joke is on YOU who takes the internet debate serious enough to get offended.
Because you are arrogant enough to ASSUME that you know what my intentions and opinions are.
Because you imply from the contents of one post that I'm one who have no repect, sympathy or tolerance for anyone who's worse off than myself.

I could go on, but then again... I'm told I shouldn't go on picking on retards.

Love...

[James Deuce]

You can't see my name because you're not a senior member. It has nothing to do with guts. In 4 posts time, assuming you've been here the requisite time you'll be able to see who has given you rep of any kind.

I red repped (for the 2nd time in 4 years) because I'm sick of people thinking it is OK to use images of Down Syndrome people to mock.

I have a Down Syndrome son and I make NO apology to people who use that image. Mental Trousers STILL has it as his profile pic, despite a polite request to remove it.

I'd call you on that to your face. It's cheap and cowardly. Those kids go to the special Olympics to do their best, their very best. All you can do is sit back and lord your perfect genetics over them.

It's not their fault and you have no right to ridicule on that basis.

I'm seriously "Trevor Mallard" about this issue and I will not stand for it.

I've given up complaining to moderators about people who use those images, because most of them support their use, because they thinks it's funny.

[Mikkel]

You can't see my name because you're not a senior member. It has nothing to do with guts.

I red repped because I'm sick of people thinking it is OK to use images of Down Syndrome people to mock people.

I have a Down Syndrome son and I make NO apology to people who use that image. Mental Trousers STILL has it as his profile pic, despite a polite request to remove it.

I'd call you on that to your face. It's cheap and cowardly. Those kids go to the special Olympics to do their best, their very best. All you can do is sit back and lord your perfect genetics over them.

It's not their fault and you have no right to ridicule on that basis.

A PM would surfice... Also, since you should know that I'm not a senior member you could have put your name on the line there when you're accusing me of such things.

I extend my sympathy to both your son and your family. Because, I know it's not easy. I have a cousin who could've been more fortunate - not Down's Syndrome mind you but he's never going to function as an independent adult, and he's unfortunate enough (and I mean it seriously) that you can't tell by looking at him so he's been subjected to more open ridicule than anyone with Down's will ever be. All that being said, I've always found people suffering from Down's to be warmer, happier and more cheerful than most people with "perfect" genetics.

Still I stand by that the joke is not on the running kid - which is why I find the image ok. I understand and appreciate you having a different opinion since you have it so close. And just to be clear - I never asked for an apology!
Truth be told though - there are many much harsher and insensitive things going around the net and I'm sure you can laugh and/or be fascinated by some of them yourself.
In the end it's noone's fault really. If you wanna blame someone take up religion!