I don't like this thing. Let's ban it!

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http://www.shortlist.com/shortlists/most-ridiculous-things-banned

I particularly liked the last one.

In fairness I originally just wanted the people who actually make threads like the ones mentioned in the OP to tell me whey they thought things should be banned because they don't like them. Thankfully, I doubt these people will be in any positions of power.

Last one:

Hum, I suppose people don't want things banned just because they don't like them - they're trying to make the world a better place in their eyes. :smile:

Reply 21

pane123

Original post by Viva Emptiness

Most of us can think more deeply than our immediate desires. "It's not going to change"...WITH THAT ATTITUDE.

I try to but I think I have a problem with my ego. It's something I should address but probably won't.

Having said that, the independence referendum is the only time I can think of when I've really, really hated people disagreeing with my stance on an issue. That and Islam.

I guess that's different to wanting something to be banned but the idea is roughly the same.

Reply 22

455409

Original post by Puddles the Monkey

Last one:

Hum, I suppose people don't want things banned just because they don't like them - they're trying to make the world a better place in their eyes. :smile:

That's a very rose tinted view of the world.

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Reply 23

Puddles the Monkey

Original post by james1211

That's a very rose tinted view of the world.

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Just trying to see the positive side of human nature :yy:

I like my rose tinted glasses :wink:

Reply 24

Kaiju

if we banned human life none of this would be a problem tbf

Reply 25

cole-slaw

Original post by Puddles the Monkey

Do things ever actually get banned just because people don't like it? :holmes:

All the time. Drugs. using e-cigarettes indoors. Beer above 6% in off-licences. Drinking in the street. Topless women on magazine covers. Cheap alcohol. None of these hurt anyone else, so it should be peoples right to choose whether or not they want to use them.

There are also pushes to ban smoking in parks (wtf), a minimum price on alcohol, and page 3.

Reply 26

cole-slaw

Original post by Puddles the Monkey

Last one:

Hum, I suppose people don't want things banned just because they don't like them - they're trying to make the world a better place in their eyes. :smile:

Yes, and they think their personal opinion on what would make the world a "better place" supersedes their fellow citizen's right to decide for themselves.

Its not just arrogant and narcissistic, its psychopathic.

Reply 27

455409

Original post by cole-slaw

I would ban it in parks. I don't like it and it annoys me when I see it. Do I stand to gain anything by being tolerant of it if I have the chance to abolish it? Nope.

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Reply 28

pane123

Original post by james1211

I would ban it in parks. I don't like it and it annoys me when I see it. Do I stand to gain anything by being tolerant of it if I have the chance to abolish it? Nope.

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No, but you stand to lose a hell of a lot if banning things becomes commonplace.

Reply 29

cole-slaw

Original post by james1211

I would ban it in parks. I don't like it and it annoys me when I see it. Do I stand to gain anything by being tolerant of it if I have the chance to abolish it? Nope.

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Fortunately, the majority of human beings have a sense of ethics and morality that supersedes their naked self-interest.

What do you stand to gain? You stand to gain not being a widely despised and intolerant **** living in an authoritarian dystopia.

Reply 30

n00

Original post by james1211

I would ban it in parks. I don't like it and it annoys me when I see it. Do I stand to gain anything by being tolerant of it if I have the chance to abolish it? Nope.

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You might get a warm fuzzy feeling from going 5 minutes without being a ****.

you

meanwhile, in 1930s Germany, a comment from a spokesman for the national socialist workers party.

I would ban Jews. I don't like them and it annoys me when I see them. Do I stand to gain anything by being tolerant of them if I have the chance to abolish them? Nope.

Reply 33

Arkasia

Original post by n00

So you feel you have the right to remove the right to accuse someone of some kind of -ist?

I have the right to have the right to have the right (and so on). Too many bloody rights for every single thing. Ignore rights, use logic. Do not falsely accuse someone of something. Simple.

Reply 34

Viva Emptiness

Original post by james1211

I would ban it in parks. I don't like it and it annoys me when I see it. Do I stand to gain anything by being tolerant of it if I have the chance to abolish it? Nope.

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Are you really that short-sighted?

Original post by matthewduncan

you

Solid contribution.

Reply 35

n00

Original post by Arkasia

I have the right to have the right to have the right (and so on). Too many bloody rights for every single thing. Ignore rights, use logic. Do not falsely accuse someone of something. Simple.

It is simple. You have the right to be racist and the right to call someone racist, whats the problem?

Reply 36

Snagprophet

Original post by Puddles the Monkey

Let's ban people from trying to ban things :yy:

"He's broken the rules. Ban him!"

Reply 37

Puddles the Monkey

Original post by cole-slaw

I'm not actually disagreeing with the premise of this thread, although I think it's a nuanced issue. :smile:

Reply 38

Arkasia

Original post by n00

It is simple. You have the right to be racist and the right to call someone racist, whats the problem?

If you call someone racist for no reason other than to slander them, you are a dick. What's the problem?

Reply 39

cole-slaw

Original post by Puddles the Monkey

Well, this could be open to debate. :wink:

I'm not actually disagreeing with the premise of this thread, although I think it's a nuanced issue. :smile:

There is nuance on some levels certainly, but I don't think any of the specific examples I gave could reasonably be described as being directly harmful to anyone except their voluntary and informed active participants.