Regarding septimus's front page post

[Septimus]

Just to start...

riots over a political cartoon anyone?
Get the fuck over it, it's a joke. Jews can take jokes. Black people can take jokes. The right wing religious people can take jokes. Why the fuck should you be any different. Sick of all this politically correct bullshit, it's called being a man

No, no they cannot. Right wingers like Ann Coulter and Rush Limbaugh can make jokes at the expense of others, but they cry fowl the moment someone makes a joke at their expense.

Just go back to stereotyping the Chinese and RMT. He won't bother sticking up for them.

Bingo. Were the line "riots in China" this would be a non-issue.

I think before I start talking, you would understand where this is going. and i know where this subject would go...fighting over the accounts that were sold from bg to sfls members.

We all know how popular bg forums are and at the same time we have the -uneducated- readers that as well follow blindly what anyone would say.

I'm not expressing anger, but rather this comment that was made about UAE players should be removed for many reasons...quote me on this or dont... yes there's a percentage of UAE players that do RMT, buy characters or whatever...but that is not everyone.

You are correct, this is about one issue and one issue alone, RMTing characters of former BG members. Twentytwo, Litoriceboi, Liltwin, Ondori, and Enitsu are the ones I can think of right off of the top of my head. (And wasn't Peng a package deal with Ondori?)

As Elmer said, would you be so quick to call for the comment to be removed were it about China or Korea? Would you call for the comment to be removed were the game called "Can't Find China on a Map Quest" with a comment about the majority of people in the United States who know nothing about world geography?

If I offended you personally, I apologize since I thought the intention of the joke was clear. But can you honestly tell me that it does not annoy you, as someone who has worked hard to build his character, to see people swipe their credit cards and purchase the accomplishments of others? And if/when that character gets banned, just swipe again for a new one. Of course, not every person from the UAE RMTs, it may not even be a majority, but the people who do are blatant and shameless to such a degree that is impossible to turn a blind eye to it.

[Tajin]

Why are you apologizing (sp) in your "house" ?


Courtesy?

[Nystul]

are there comedy clubs in Tehran?

Yeah, but the comedians always bomb. ha ha! =D>

I set you up like tee-ball

[Nystul]

Just to start...

riots over a political cartoon anyone?
Get the fuck over it, it's a joke. Jews can take jokes. Black people can take jokes. The right wing religious people can take jokes. Why the fuck should you be any different. Sick of all this politically correct bullshit, it's called being a man

No, no they cannot. Right wingers like Ann Coulter and Rush Limbaugh can make jokes at the expense of others, but they cry fowl the moment someone makes a joke at their expense.

I am most confident that while you can name a few ultra-cons that can't take a joke, most of them probably can. Just like I don't think I'd have to try too hard to find a black, or jew, or woman, or hippie liberal or homosexual or whatever that can't take a joke. The sentiment was that a majority of people would let that kind of shit slide, and while there might be a small group stirring the pot, unlike what happened with the political cartoon thing, you don't get mass protests by the general poulation over such a thing.

[Kwijiboe]

No more making fun of Mexicans here, either!

[Ryko]

No more making fun of Mexicans here, either!

HOME DEPOT

"It's ok, I'm hondur--a beaner!"

[yrpaine]

There's a fine line between humor and hate speech, and this was definately a joke. I'm sure I could have a huge lengthy discussion about belifs/traditions but that's not the point. If it's a joke laugh or shrug it off if you don't think it's funny. If you think it's hate speech then you can turn the page or http://www.turnofftheinternet.com

[Ganalart]

Destroyer has Gun, and all the currency to finish Shield.

I find it funny that with all that, he only plays brd, EVER. lol

I guess Horn will have to be his 3rd relic. And dagger 4th, just because. I give it a month.

I thought he was upgrading h2h third? I've only seen him on MNK once, and that was in whitegate, but I guess not using his relics is his thing. It's understandable though, since he has no idea how to play rng. The one time he went rng to Nidhogg he couldn't break 400 on slug shot

[divisortheory]

Destroyer has Gun, and all the currency to finish Shield.

I find it funny that with all that, he only plays brd, EVER. lol

I guess Horn will have to be his 3rd relic. And dagger 4th, just because. I give it a month.

I thought he was upgrading h2h third? I've only seen him on MNK once, and that was in whitegate, but I guess not using his relics is his thing. It's understandable though, since he has no idea how to play rng. The one time he went rng to Nidhogg he couldn't break 400 on slug shot

I kinda wanna upgrade H2H So hard to make money these days though, I'm praying for a Cursed Hauberk-1

[Demosthenes11]

Just to start...

riots over a political cartoon anyone?
Get the fuck over it, it's a joke. Jews can take jokes. Black people can take jokes. The right wing religious people can take jokes. Why the fuck should you be any different. Sick of all this politically correct bullshit, it's called being a man

No, no they cannot. Right wingers like Ann Coulter and Rush Limbaugh can make jokes at the expense of others, but they cry fowl the moment someone makes a joke at their expense.

I am most confident that while you can name a few ultra-cons that can't take a joke, most of them probably can. Just like I don't think I'd have to try too hard to find a black, or jew, or woman, or hippie liberal or homosexual or whatever that can't take a joke. The sentiment was that a majority of people would let that kind of shit slide, and while there might be a small group stirring the pot, unlike what happened with the political cartoon thing, you don't get mass protests by the general poulation over such a thing.

yep
This thread made me laugh a lot though. So thanks for being a man with no sense of humor I guess. I also find this funny that royze somehow turned this into an arab thing instead of just UAE.


hmmm, edit: LOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOL

[Ganalart]

I kinda wanna upgrade H2H So hard to make money these days though, I'm praying for a Cursed Hauberk-1

At least it shouldn't be difficult to sell it if you do synth one, the UAE linkshell is good for something after all :/

[Erza]

I kinda wanna upgrade H2H So hard to make money these days though, I'm praying for a Cursed Hauberk-1

At least it shouldn't be difficult to sell it if you do synth one, the UAE linkshell is good for something after all :/

We're self sufficent

[hasdrbal]

To my experience (lived 8 years in the UAE back in the late 80s),
it doesnt surprise me that UAE players end up with such reputation of gil/account buyers.

And to tell you another thing, they are far from being tolerante people that they claim to be, I know this is generalisation and might be wrong for a mere 10% but you need to face the facts.
And im trying not to derail to the political edge.

And im arab
but an african one ftw

Accomplishement, struggle, achievement...work hard {Do you have it?}

And please, get yourself some sense of humour

that was my 2 cent

[The Blackrose]

Excuse me while I come in with my Hypocritical Sidewinder attack.

Septimus, you have no reason to apologize at all. Anyone with half a brain who has read this forum since the TOLS -> BGLS transition would have known what you were talking about. This is just a situation of taking something and blowing it way out of proportion.

What I find strangely ironic is he can come here and cry foul about how his thin-skinned arse was hurt when he can go around and mock someone in the same damn forum. Dishing out requires being able to take it, n'est ce pas?

[Sagacious Sundi]

Septimus's title should be <UAEInsult> Guy and someone should edit the Randy Marsh/N_GGER image to reflect that. >_>

[Shadida]

Anyone remember when FFXI Mysterytour had a note under Mee Deggi the Punisher that said "CAUTION: CHINESE PLAYER"?

I mean, it sucks how you might get lumped in with a bad group of people because you have something in common with them, I know. I'm a Muslim and an Arab living in the USA, and after the terrorist attacks a lot of my friends asked me what my opinion was on everything, and how I was dealing with it. I told them, if you hate Al Qaeda and Osama, then I hate them 10x more for making me and my heritage look bad.

Fact of the matter is as long as people do things, people who are different will judge them by their actions, even if it's a small group of people screwing it up for the rest of us. Don't blame us for making fun of UAE players, blame the RMTs who spoil your reputation.

[Khamsin]

Excuse the slight derail, but...

http://i111.photobucket.com/albums/n.../shantotto.png

I didn't know Shantotto was such a slut.

[Evelyn]

n'est ce pas?

First UAE now France?!? WHEN WILL THE MADNESS STOP

[Sonomaa]

I kinda wanna upgrade H2H So hard to make money these days though, I'm praying for a Cursed Hauberk-1

At least it shouldn't be difficult to sell it if you do synth one, the UAE linkshell is good for something after all :/

We're self sufficent

you let him into the LS because he crafted that, he already told everyone lol

[Tajin]

I didn't know Shantotto was such a slut.

Well, she is technically, blowing the competition so far