2007-11-02 06:54:42 · 17 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics & Government ➔ Politics
http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index;_ylt=Anphaj.J6smZTBpaE8.NnYHsy6IX;_ylv=3?qid=20071102102449AAXktRV&show=7#profile-info-6d2MkSf0aa
2007-11-02 07:08:17 · update #1
http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index;_ylt=AtGVzMFs7iQV37645avjg4Lty6IX;_ylv=3?qid=20071102102327AAH7uuV&show=7#profile-info-H1mEcHM1aa
just two of today's more ignorant questions....
2007-11-02 07:09:00 · update #2
**That type of question is inappropriate in any section, of course, but it seems clear that it's here b/c of Obama and Hillary Clinton...
2007-11-02 07:15:43 · update #3
Some people think they are entertaining.
2007-11-02 07:02:36 · answer #1 · answered by Mother 6 · 2⤊ 3⤋
Because some people (trolls) like to get others hyped up, it's their idea of fun; because sexists and racists want to "prove" the rationality of their mental illnesses.
Please read the Guidelines for this site, and report all violations using the Report It link. Hate speech, epithets, and insulting other participants are among the no-no's.
2007-11-02 15:23:58 · answer #2 · answered by tehabwa 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Oh know...not another Political Correctness cop trying to stop open discussion.
This culture of political correctness which is being entrenched in our society through that handy method of “creeping incrementalism” will, if not stopped, further erode our society.
This is the way I see it.
The problem with America is we try to be too fair, and the result is chaos.
The biggest societal mistake America commits is trying to make everything perfect. Every miniscule offense, whether real or imagined, has to be "corrected". Hence, people develop a bizarre sense of absolute entitlement.
Filmmaker Michael Moore asks people throughout his movie on the Columbine massacre why America had so much violent crime, often involving guns. Here is the answer he has been looking for: the unrealistic sense of absolute entitlement driven into the minds of Americans.
Only in America does one person have the "right" to be offended by something that neither concerns nor even affects him. In Florida, ONE Muslim complained about a nativity scene in a library, so everyone had to be deprived of seeing a beautiful, traditional Christmas display because of one silly, petulant whiner. In another case, a person complained about a nativity scene, even though they also had a Jewish Menorah and Muslim religious symbols on display for people to enjoy.
People have gotten so crazy about their "inviolate rights" that when something relatively insignificant happens, they react by shooting someone.
The ACLU does not understand one simple concept: a society cannot function when everyone has the right to disrupt absolutely anything they don't agree with. Imagine if you had a big dinner party at your home, and "Sally" complains about all the dishes containing meat, because she is a vegetarian.
"Bill" objects to the gold-rimmed wine glasses because gold is sometimes mined by underpaid workers in third world countries.
"Janice" complains that the dinner plates were manufactured by a non eco-friendly company, and demands that her host destroy all the offensive china immediately.
"Ahmed" bitterly denounces his hostess because she is serving wine, which violates the precepts held dear in the Koran. Also, this infidel hostess should be covered from head to toe in a burka, because her exposed calves are an abomination to god.
I could go on and on, but you get the idea. Just like this dinner party could not even be held, a society cannot function when the legitimacy of absolutely everything is constantly challenged.
Enough of this chaos!
A few years ago during Christmas down in Florida, a library had a number of holiday and Christmas displays, including a Christian nativity scene, some Jewish holiday display, and another for Muslims. One...... yes, ONE Muslim complained that there was a (gasp!) Christian display on public property, and demanded that it be removed.
Therefore, hundreds of people were denied seeing a beautiful, traditional Christmas display because of one whiny Muslim.
(BTW: they left the other religious displays intact. See a bit of bias here?)
Maybe we should just have a "National Day of Outrage", one day a year when all these petulant, whiny miscreants can vent their outrage at every little thing...
Then the rest of the 364 days of the year they can just...
Suck it up and drive on!
2007-11-02 13:59:55 · answer #3 · answered by flaming_liberal415 4 · 1⤊ 5⤋
Sorry, but I don't see an overwhelming number of racist and/or sexist observations.
I was successful, however, in getting "blocked" by "realitycheck" because I questioned his motive for asking a silly question. Hooray for me!
(oh, sorry; didn't see that the lad was here...)
2007-11-02 14:00:10 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 2⤋
It is indicative of the type of people that are out there.
2007-11-02 13:57:35 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
easy question:
because there are lots of racists and sexist peeps on YA.
and just as many thin skinned peeps
2007-11-02 13:57:49 · answer #6 · answered by Free Radical 5 · 2⤊ 1⤋
The wouldn't be appropriate in the computer section.
2007-11-02 13:57:10 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 1⤋
If people didn't react to these kinds of stupid questions, they wouldn't have any reason to continue to post them.
2007-11-02 14:19:11 · answer #8 · answered by Just Me 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Pretty sad isn't it. Just put to a lack of willingness to evolve.
2007-11-02 13:57:56 · answer #9 · answered by gone 7 · 2⤊ 3⤋
I don´t answer discrimination questions coming from females...
just kidding :-)
2007-11-02 13:56:54 · answer #10 · answered by NLBNLB 6 · 4⤊ 2⤋