We wouldn't be. It's their religion that puts them in a position where they have to make a choice, not this board.
Would the board be taking an action which causes people to be irritated? Yes. It isnt as if we did something, then someone decided to be offended.
We would be doing something, with the full and stated knowledge that it made at least one person on our MOD STAFF uncomfortable. Thus WE are one of the causal agents.
There are TWO entities at work and BOTH of them make a concious choice, and share responsibility for the results.
Good. I'm offended at writing. As a simple courtesy this board should cease to exist.
Now you are being disengenuous, and that is not acceptable. You know full well what I meant, dont distort it.
Extrapolation to infinity and garbage to boot. Nobody's driving away anybody, we'd just refuse to adhere to whatever stupid shenanigans their particular sky pixie demands of them.
And we dont have to accomodate your anti-sky-pixie sentiments.
This is not an atheistic board, several of the people on our mod staff are religous and we have religious members. Why the fuck should we do something which we know will make at least one of them uncomfortable? There is no reason to do it, no utility. And there is disutility in doing it. It is not the correct thing to do.
Who said anything about HAVING to have an avvie or sig pic? My religion takes offense to ANYBODY having one, thus I demand the practice be stopped.
Again, there is a standard of reasonable accomodation. Your demands are not reasonable. Not using a pentagram as official board iconography is a reasonable request from someone on the board staff.
Knowing FM, he doesnt have a problem with other people having pentagram icons (in fact, I asked him when I saw him today) he just doesnt want to be forced to have one.
So in light of this, I am calling you on a false analogy.
Why? Especially if it being a problem is their own damned choice?
Takes two to tango. If you do something with the full knowledge you will offend someone, you are responsible for the offense as much as they are.
Your point being?
My point being, that if this were any other discussion, about cursing around mormon grandmothers, you wouldnt even be arguing.
Why? Whywhywhywhywhy? As they're being pissed off about something irrational like nobody's business even within the confines of something as inherently irrational as religion why should this board pander to them?
Jesus christ, you are acting like not using a pentagram is bending over backwards to accomodate people. It isnt.
Seriously, what harm does it do, to honor a simple request, to not plaster pentagrams all over a christian's personal profile. Again, I have talked to him. he doesnt object to YOU having pentagrams HE just doesnt want to have them. It is the same as not having ONLY pork dishes when celebrating thanksgiving with your jewish uncle. He doesnt mind if YOu eat pork, but he would probably like to have something which doesnt vipolate his religious beliefs, and if you can procure a turkey breast or something for him, it is the devent thing to do.
And why pray tell does not caring about any religion's sensibilities equal having an agenda?
It was an example, sue me
Last I checked it wasn't a board dedicated to pandering to them, either.
Just because we dont pander to them doesnt mean we cant make reasonable and simple concessions for the sake of getting along nicely.
It is not an inherently religious symbol. It's a geometrical figure. End of story.
But it is not used as such, and USAGE is what puts value in things.