The man in the elevator didn't physically touch her, didn't attempt to bar her way out of the elevator, didn't even use foul language at her. He spoke some words to her. Just words. She no doubt replied with words. That was that. Words. Only words, and apparently quite polite words at that.
Unless Dawkins himself was in the elevator and he saw the man's behaviour, I really don't know how he can say this with such confidence.
She was probably offended to about the same extent as I am offended if a man gets into an elevator with me chewing gum. But he does me no physical damage and I simply grin and bear it until either I or he gets out of the elevator. It would be different if he physically attacked me.
BAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA
Oh man
He really has no idea, does he?
See, this is exactly why I think "privilege" is still an entirely valid and useful concept. It is astounding that a man as intelligent as Dawkins can be so utterly oblivious.
And yeah, it doesn't sound as though he understands Catholicism, either, unless he has some truly bizarre views on chewing gum.
Doctor Who reference in Pokemon B2W2? Headcanon accepted.
I have to admit he chose a really stupid metaphor there, but I still think he was correct (however tasteless it may be taken out of its context) to remind them that it was simply a conversation in an elevator, and that their overblown reaction and resultant witch-hunt mentality over that was uncalled for and just ridiculous.
It might have been simply a conversation. It might not have been. She might not have been in any danger whatsoever. His intentions might have been honest and benign. He was nonetheless a stranger, inviting her to his hotel room at 4 in the morning.
Doctor Who reference in Pokemon B2W2? Headcanon accepted.
So that's Green's Theorem. This seems really damn easy but on the exams they always find a way to make the simple shit hard. Kind of like a military officer
Because heaven knows, it's still 2007 somewhere. :lol:
Still better than anything I would have written for my high-school yearbook; being depressed and clingy, I would probably have blithered at length about one of my crushes. :P
You are the end result of a “would you push the button” prompt where the prompt was “you have unlimited godlike powers but you appear to all and sundry to be an impetuous child” – Zero, 2022
There was a thing I was going to say here, but I lost it.
I'm in a weirdly good mood after that gender lecture. The kind of mood where all the lights seem to turn green as you're on your drive home. (Does that happen to anyone else?)
Watching Linkara episodes, and no, Blip, I'm not interested in the damn Windows phone Verizon just put out.
Speaking of which, it seems like Microsoft is totally desperate to gain headway in the mobile race. I remember Blip running tons of ads for the KIN back in 2009, and from what I recall, that didn't work out too well.
Forsythe was being blunt, Bobby G was being fashionably intelligent as per the norm, Truant was trying to redirect the conversation to something not so awful and butthurt, and I posted a couple of Image macros.
Doctor Who reference in Pokemon B2W2? Headcanon accepted.
The conversation between Fouria and I never got awful and butthurt, though. In fact I can't see how anyone could interpret it as anything but a discussion.
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Oh man
He really has no idea, does he?
See, this is exactly why I think "privilege" is still an entirely valid and useful concept. It is astounding that a man as intelligent as Dawkins can be so utterly oblivious.
And yeah, it doesn't sound as though he understands Catholicism, either, unless he has some truly bizarre views on chewing gum.
i get so angry sometimes i just punch plankton --Klinotaxis
Man I never noticed how hot Richard Dawkins is.
/b/ subsequently ruined young Joel's life and chances of future employment.
Assassin poems, Poems that shoot
guns. Poems that wrestle cops into alleys
and take their weapons leaving them dead
That...that pretty much made my day.
Actually it still exists, but it's just Habbo now.
DIJONAY