An Analogy
If the new kid at school is ganged up on and attacked by a group of other kids simply because he is not like them, is the new kid wrong to attack them back?

And if the teachers will not do anything when the new kid is attacked, is the new kid wrong to tell the other kids parents what they are doing to him?

Did the kids dishing out the abuse do it thinking it was perfectly acceptable behaviour? or did they know it was wrong, but they did it because they thought there would be no action taken?

Is it right for the bully kids to whine now about it being not fair the new kid has told their parents and they could get into real big trouble now, or is it their own fault if the new kid hit them back twice as hard as they hit him?

Your servant .. Pope Sixtus V
(The Devils Advocate Blahblahblahblahblah, Thu 12 Dec 2013, 9:46, 3 replies)

How many fairholme sock puppets are the Mods going to allow into this thread before banning the mental prick?

( Dr. Shambolic je suis charlie, Thu 12 Dec 2013, 9:49, closed)

That's a shit analogy.
School children don't have ignore 2.0 and the option to consistently expose themselves to what they perceive to be bullying, nor do they generally actively encourage it.
( Muns, Thu 12 Dec 2013, 9:54, closed)

Ah, I stand corrected
It is not the fault of the bully for lashing out, it is the fault of the victim for simply being different.

I remain your servant ... Pope Sixtus V
(The Devils Advocate Blahblahblahblahblah, Thu 12 Dec 2013, 10:06, closed)

You're missing the point entirely.
He's not a victim, he's bouncing around demanding to be "bullied" so he has something to cry about. He's mentally ill and should be banned for his own health.
( BraynDedd Natasha Kaplinsky's labia majora, Thu 12 Dec 2013, 10:10, closed)

But Sir
You also miss the point of the Advocate representing the Devil.

It is my duty to represent the opposing argument from the point of veiw of the Devil himself, not the point of veiw of the neutral observer.

Glad you enjoyed the anal, one does try to work these little things in where one can.

Your Servant ... Pope Sixtus V
(The Devils Advocate Blahblahblahblahblah, Thu 12 Dec 2013, 10:13, closed)

Wait, are you one of those fundamentalist Christians
who believe that mental illness is caused by Satan?
( Muns, Thu 12 Dec 2013, 10:14, closed)

But who is the arbiter of normality?
Perhaps it is the lunatic who is in the normal state of mind decreed for humanity, but he is simply living during an epidemic of sanity that has infected the rest of the population to which he is immune.
(The Devils Advocate Blahblahblahblahblah, Thu 12 Dec 2013, 10:19, closed)

Nah, it's me innit.

( BraynDedd Natasha Kaplinsky's labia majora, Thu 12 Dec 2013, 10:20, closed)

Perhaps there could be a wheel
with one small section painted red and marked "Looney"

A pointer could be added and the wheel spun. Should the quadrant marked Looney come to rest adjacent to the pointer once the spin is complete it would indicate the subject of the spin to indeed be a Looney.

You could be the guardian of the wheel. If you want

Your Servant ... Pope Sixtus V
(The Devils Advocate Blahblahblahblahblah, Thu 12 Dec 2013, 10:28, closed)

Pfft, anal.
In unrelated news, how is the devil the bad guy when he punishes the wicked?
( BraynDedd Natasha Kaplinsky's labia majora, Thu 12 Dec 2013, 10:16, closed)

Well done
Now you begin to think
(The Devils Advocate Blahblahblahblahblah, Thu 12 Dec 2013, 10:20, closed)

Not only that, he's been told by the mods to actually ignore the people he has on ignore.
And that's without mentioning the fact that he's started making stuff up now as well.
( BraynDedd Natasha Kaplinsky's labia majora, Thu 12 Dec 2013, 10:14, closed)

Pfft, anal.

( BraynDedd Natasha Kaplinsky's labia majora, Thu 12 Dec 2013, 9:58, closed)

is the "anal" a reminder that everyone is talking out of their arses?

( rachelswipe with a fork, Thu 12 Dec 2013, 10:20, closed)

Is that why you're so loud?

( BraynDedd Natasha Kaplinsky's labia majora, Thu 12 Dec 2013, 10:28, closed)

it's why you say everything twice
twice
( rachelswipe with a fork, Thu 12 Dec 2013, 10:37, closed)