Is offensiveness in the eye of the beholder?
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carpe manana
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Sure, I find racism offensive, but Nazis don't.
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Absolutely
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no. whether someone's being offensive is objective. whether someone takes offense, on the other hand, is very subjective. notice that much more people take offense, than are offensive. and that's because humans are largely a bunch of bleeding-hearted wimps
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I know what you are trying to say, but it does not make sense. who's eye are you talking about. The eye of common sense, the eyes of the Free world, or the eyes of the Nazis, or in the eyes of the Jews. Offensive has a lot to do with bad taste. Or it could means offensive to a Jury, for whom are you speaking? a general statement of offensive relative to whom?
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Yup.
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Yes, it is dependent wholly on a person's perspective.
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Yes.
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Very much so. In <some Asian country> belching after dinner is a compliment In the western world it is always offensive (excepting Al Bundy) Anyway, if the judgement of what is beautiful is in the eye of the beholder, then the judgement of what is not beautiful must also be there. regards JakobA
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Hell yeahz0rz!
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"You perform as great a disservice taking offense as giving offense."
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