[aldo_14]

Originally posted by an0n
'As a leper' only means in equal degree and similar fashion.

And regardless of how minor or stupid or subject to circumstance his defect is, it's still a goddamn defect. You can PC it all you want, there's still something wrong with him, something abnormal, something that shouldn't be there. Thus, they're right.

No, 'like a leper' means that.

Oh, and are you overwieght?  Slightly underweight?  A bit taller than average?  Shorter?  short or long sighted?  Have a minor scar internally or externally? Above / below average IQ?  Or just generally got that bizarre 'I'm a bit of a dick and proud of it' personality?

Well if your are, then your about as well qualified to be shunned as this guy is.

[Flipside]

We all have something 'abnormal' about us. I won't mention diversity of species etc here, we've got another thread for that

It's just that this is obvious, whereas we all keep our little abnormalities locked up where no-one can see them

[.::Tin Can::.]

Anon has been a cock as much as I have been annoying. You learn to live with it.

The guy simply has different skin colors on his face. I dont think we should hate him for it, I think we should give him our sympathy.

[Flipside]

I think, what he wants more than anything else is not for it to be shunned or sympathised with, but simply to be ignored so he can get on with being who he is.

Though, I must admit, him talking about being white as though it were a curse is a bit disconcerting, but then, I haven't had to go through the abuse he has.

[aldo_14]

Originally posted by Flipside
We all have something 'abnormal' about us. I won't mention diversity of species etc here, we've got another thread for that

It's just that this is obvious, whereas we all keep our little abnormalities locked up where no-one can see them

Yeah.  I hate the way that as soon it becomes outwardly visible, it becomes worse than any mental thing; I'm sick of that faceticious bull**** that demands people are respected based on how their appearance conforms to the 'average' person.

[karajorma]

Originally posted by an0n
'As a leper' only means in equal degree and similar fashion.

And regardless of how minor or stupid or subject to circumstance his defect is, it's still a goddamn defect. You can PC it all you want, there's still something wrong with him, something abnormal, something that shouldn't be there. Thus, they're right.

Nope. An0n. Still wrong. They treated him as a leper because they thought that the white patches that appeared on his face were a sign of leprosy.

And if you're claiming that a defect that minor is a cause to shun someone we should shun everybody as every single human in the world carries one or two fatal recessive genes and probably a whole bunch more dominant ones that cause adverse reactions to situations that don't turn up very often.

[Bobboau]

I think we shouldn't care at all.

[edit]about his skin color.
thread posting = very fast

[aldo_14]

You're right, we shouldn't.  

Unfortunately, we're all human, so we do; best thing is to recognise that and work with it.

[.::Tin Can::.]

Too bad An0n would rather ***** about it than recognize that, well, he was wrong.

[Fineus]

Do you guys want to get back on topic? Or is this going to go on?

[vyper]

Technically skin colour and illnesses are on  topic...

[Fineus]

The whole conversation about an0n. The arguement.

[an0n]

Originally posted by karajorma
Nope. An0n. Still wrong. They treated him as a leper because they thought that the white patches that appeared on his face were a sign of leprosy.

....says the man from the society of tollerance.

Did it ever even occur to you that they might know full well what it is and why it happened, and just happen to still think he doesn't deserve to be around?

It's the same as not wanting a 4 legged horse-man around hittin on your daughter.

You can ***** and moan about it all you want, the man is still defective - in the same way that people who are allergic to water are defective - and these people just plain don't like it.

[Rictor]

...says he feels like a black man trapped in a white man's body.

are we sure this isn't jsut Eminem's latest publicity stunt?

...seriously, this is just wierd.

[karajorma]

Originally posted by an0n
....says the man from the society of tollerance.

Says the man who is smart enough to know the symptoms of leprosy and realise that is what he was refering to. He wasn't being metaphorical about this. He was saying that people wouldn't shake his hand for fear of getting leprosy (A common occurance for people who have vitiligo).  

Originally posted by an0n
Did it ever even occur to you that they might know full well what it is and why it happened, and just happen to still think he doesn't deserve to be around?

Did it ever occur to you to have checked what the symptoms were? Seriously read up on the disease and you'll find that word (and just that word) is used a lot. The condition is actually similar in appearance to leprosy. That's why he used that word.

Originally posted by an0n
You can ***** and moan about it all you want, the man is still defective - in the same way that people who are allergic to water are defective - and these people just plain don't like it.

But he's not defective. He had an adverse reaction to a drug. All drugs have side effects. All of them. Sometimes the effect is visible as is the case here. It's a certainty that some drugs would have an adverse effect on you if you had to take them.

Should we shun you too?  (Please say yes).

[an0n]

Two things:

1) He was defective both for the reaction to the drug and the FATAL LIVER CONDITION!

2) The article, being in the Mirror, was most likely written by a fat, balding, middle-aged, white journalist and it was quite probably relayed to him through Kahsay's bias and a translators imprecision. So basically, the person who wrote the article probably didn't have a ****ing clue what was going on and just summised the reasons for the reactions of the townfolk.

[karajorma]

Originally posted by an0n
1) He was defective both for the reaction to the drug and the FATAL LIVER CONDITION!

So now a fatal liver condition is a reason to shun someone? So in other words we should shun everybody who has a terminal condition of any sort then? Or do you just take exception to disorders of the liver?

Originally posted by an0n
2) The article, being in the Mirror, was most likely written by a fat, balding, middle-aged, white journalist and it was quite probably relayed to him through Kahsay's bias and a translators imprecision. So basically, the person who wrote the article probably didn't have a ****ing clue what was going on and just summised the reasons for the reactions of the townfolk.

Did you not read what I said? People who have vitiligo commonly report being thought of as lepers due to the similarity of the symptoms. Almost certainly the translation was correct.

[Stealth]

Originally posted by Flipside
Though, I must admit, him talking about being white as though it were a curse is a bit disconcerting, but then, I haven't had to go through the abuse he has.

well you can't really blame him, i mean put yourself in his place... you've been white your whole life, and suddenly you're black (or vice-versa)... i'd be pretty pissed too

[an0n]

Originally posted by karajorma
So now a fatal liver condition is a reason to shun someone? So in other words we should shun everybody who has a terminal condition of any sort then?

YES!

Did you not read what I said? People who have vitiligo commonly report being thought of as lepers due to the similarity of the symptoms. Almost certainly the translation was correct.

Translations are never correct. At best they're educated guesswork.

And I could give a flying mother**** about the reports of a bunch of defects.

Put simply: It's the ****ing Mirror. I'd put my goddamn life on him having scalped that "because of the similar symptoms" **** from the same 3rd grade biology textbook that you did, and arbitrarily assigned it as the reason for him being an outcast.

Put even simplyer: Go **** yourself! . I'm through pandering to the utopianesque, denial-driven fallacies of the mental handicapped.


*ends 15 hours of being nice to people*

Word filters are there for a reason. Stop bypassing them. // Sandwich

[aldo_14]

Originally posted by an0n

I'm through pandering to the utopianesque, denial-driven fallacies of the mental handicapped.
 

Sociopathy it is, then?