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[Kreekakon]

This is a difficult topic to talk about because someone IS going to get offended, but that's inevitable. Too many people are afraid of offending these groups, which is what's limiting our discussion about these issues and instead pulling in feelings into our objective breakdown. That's bad.

This actually brings to my mind another very important issue, and arguably an even harder one to solve because it is not clear cut at all.

That's the topic of "people being offended".

On one hand I do think it is VERY important what the feelings of other people are. Knowing how to be politically correct is something that I believe holds merit. Saying something while altering the way it is said to not lose the original meaning of the statement but also avoid offense is something that I think more people should strive for.

On the other hand though, where do we draw the line for people being "reasonably offended"? It's one thing to "reasonably" be upset because something is truly a touchy subject to you, but it's also another thing to be "unreasonably" offended because a person got upset due to someone criticizing them for something completely worth criticizing.

I think the distinction is sometimes very hard to make out and it's why the topic of "offending" people is so prevalent and hard to solve right now.