Cutter wrote on Oct 28, 2011, 15:57:

Mashiki Amiketo wrote on Oct 28, 2011, 14:10:

Yaogun wrote on Oct 28, 2011, 14:02:
For those of you, like Eldaron, who complain that gay people need thicker skin or "more balls" to deal with slurs, I wonder how much of your thick skin isn't so much thick as untested.

Ah right. I'm half-japanese, my father is a jap, my mother is german. I'm jewish, I've lived through japanese racism first hand. I've seen rabid antisemitism first hand, and had the crap spewed at my home, work, and at me by bigots of every stripe, race, ethnicity and sex. I've seen bigotry, hate, racism and all the rest. They need to grow a thicker skin, and I've traveled all over this freaking rock. Japanese racism is it's own special brand of hate for those that aren't pure. Though none get it as badly as Brazilian-Japanese.

Your sexual orientation is much easier to hide, than your skin colour and ethnicity. They need to grow a thicker skin.

Hatred is something learned and it can be stopped. So why should anyone be forced to acclimate to hatred?

Sempai wrote on Oct 28, 2011, 14:56:
What are you smoking Cutter? Last I looked we live on planet earth, and last I looked people make mistakes. I agree It boggles the mind to think they thought this meathead spewing his idiocy was funny in the least, but the guy said he was sincerely sorry and yet you're reading into his apology like some conspiracy theorist.

Jesus, people say their sorry and it's still not good enough these days.

I'm smoking a pipe. Question is, what are you ingesting? Yes, people make mistakes, but a guy who is president of a company this size that garners the sort of attention it does needs to be a lot more aware of these sorts of issues, and how he comports himself publically, than Dave from shipping, right?! Suppose they had been making a similar sort of derogatory comments about blacks, or jews, or the Chinese. No, no one be the least bit upset about that, right? Sorry is nice but it still doesn't change the fact it happened. Plenty of people in prison are sorry, but it still doesn't change why they're there. His apology doesn't strike me as sincere in the least.