zip accident wrote:Markie wrote:For what it's worth ... I found the thread very distasteful ... There is no fun in this, really stupid ... I was 1) Offended and 2) Unnerved .... This is not a subject to joke about.
I agree. It is not funny in the slightest.
In a
free society, there is no right to not be offended. Just because someone is offended doesn't mean they’re in the right. Some people are offended by multiculturalism, homosexuality, abortion, atheism - what should we do? Ban all those things? You have the right to be offended, and I have the right to offend you. But no one has the right to never be offended.
April Fools day is widely recognized and celebrated as a day when people play practical jokes ("a mischievous trick or joke typically causing the victim to experience embarrassment, indignity, or discomfort") and hoaxes. It was clearly an April Fools Day joke and I'm sure the 3 seconds it took you to click on the thread caused no lasting damage.