I do my best to keep debates from getting personal, but this is a debate board and the nature of the beast is opposition. Being generically candid, as opposed to being politically correct, is allowed. The rules require that it be done as inoffensively as possible. There's not much we can do if you find disagreement offensive.
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Look at the passage I quoted, then look in an adjacent post where he compares gay sex to rape. You know, I should think you'd be capable of seeing this yourself, but I suppose I shouldn't be surprised that you can't.
Your quote came from Nem's
Message 81 and doesn't mention gays, non-Christians, or rape.
Now in Nem's
Message 79 gays are mentioned, but he was quoting TD's Message 44. Taken at face value, Nem's comment in Message 79 concerning rape had nothing to do with gays. It was a response to a different comment by TD.
TD writes:
I'm really sorry, everytime I see one of you talk about god, I just can't get past all the BS that I see you guys do and say about other people who have never done you any harm.
NJ writes:
Your reasoning goes on thus: I haven't been raped. Since no one has hurt me, rape must be extrapolated and manipulated in to terms that grant its freedom from prohibition.
Actually the person who put gay and rape in the same sentence in that thread is Dan Carroll in
Message 80.
Dan writes:
Remember, kids! Being gay is the moral equivalent of rape!
Participants and Moderators on this board come from various backgrounds, cultures, beliefs, and gender differences. There are catch phrases, slang, innuendos, etc. that we may miss due to these differences.
Getting annoyed with me because I don't see what is obvious to you, doesn't help me see your position.
Sometimes we find that because of our own background, culture, etc., that an insult is seen where none is intended.
So if I have still missed the phrase that offended you, yes, you are going to have to be very specific.
Provide the link, quote it, star it, underline it, and circle it!
Then clearly explain how it was offensive within the context of his complete message and the message he was responding to.