Board Thread:Suggestions forum/@comment-27170788-20160419032145/@comment-27170788-20160425192055

Maltalidenta Kwuitidherali wrote:

JayZX535 wrote: I do get that. Many if not most people are more liberal than me in terms of harsh language, and I'm not asking you to change your views. I'm simply asking that you would respect those of us who are offended by such language and refrain from using it around us (and in the mod). Many people don't appreciate language like that, and it is extremely frustrating to now see it in the mod. There are plenty of other ways to convey what the NPCs are feeling without using language that is offensive to some. I.e., if you respect the wishes of the more conservative, most of the time you won't offend the liberal. If the mod team hadn't put that word in the mod, would you be petitioning for it to be added? I doubt it. It's only when it was added and I spoke out against it that you reacted in the negative.

And I do respect you, but the sheer fact that you're asking for it to be removed, because of what? It's offending you? Come on now, if you step outside for at least three seconds you get buffeted with much worse. Sure, call me disrespectful with the way I'm phrasing this, but step outside for at least three minutes and you're telling me you'd be offended at, well, everyone I know? Of course I wouldn't petition for it to be added, unless something was clearly made for it to be done. I'd respect your views. But why, then, can it not work the other way? Why are conservatives demanding of any more respect than liberals? I'm not just asking for my sake. There are others out there like me who are offended by this, so I'm asking for all of our sakes. And yeah, you know what? Most of what goes on in this world offends me. And most of the time I can do very little about it. So when I have the chance to potentially influence something for the better, I'm choosing to take it.

I do respect your views. I'm not asking for you to change anything about how you personally think. But please do think about this. If someone's language offended me and I asked them politely to please curb it because it's offending me, a way to show respect would be to show deference to someone who has a more restrictive standard than your own. But it doesn't work in quite the same manner the other way around. My not swearing isn't likely to offend anyone. I've never heard anyone ask someone to add more harsh language into their vocabulary. It's just not something you hear. I'm not asking for any more rights than you. I'm just asking for equal respect for those with differing standards. I'm asking that the mod team not only respect those who don't care about the type of language that's used in the mod, but that they also care about those who do.