08-08-2023, 10:15 AM
(08-08-2023, 09:10 AM)GMDino Wrote: This isn't a shot at you Biz...your line there just reminded me of a meme I saw just last night.
It got me thinking about a conversation I had at dinner before I saw the above where we were talking about the kind of jokes we made in the 70's and 80's and what we "could say" that our kids tell us we "can't say" anymore.
I have very mixed feelings (as I usually do) about this, but in the end I respect others when I am in public or around people who I feel would not understand where *I* am coming from and I am more careful with my speech. But we're human so mistakes are made.
Even back then people got offended by say Polish jokes...so I didn't tell them to those people.
Society is changing again and we either change with it or look like dinosaurs.
I am not offended at all.
But there is a huge difference between not agreeing about the number of genders and pedophilia.
Not that linking the two was your goal, but we've got to be careful when quickly going to such extremes.
"I believe in reasonable gun control laws"
---"You're a Commie!"
Stuff like that. Or worse.
To the second part, I agree. I look back at some of the things we said and did, and think...WOW!
