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An Article on empathy "walk a mile in their shoes"

Madaras
Expert Protege
This is an article about walking a mile in a homosexual person's shoes. In hopes to bring about understanding and reduce hatred and discrimination.

I personally think this is a good idea, not simply for the homosexual community, but for all prejudices. This type of thing could be used as a tool in the system of law. If a person commits a hate crime part of their sentence would be to live a virtual life in the lifestyle of the person that commuted a crime against (if it was based on prejudice)
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raidho36
Explorer
Homosexuality is part of nature and has been so, going back in time as far as science and record can figure. It is part of the animal kingdom and part of the human experience, as well. So no, don't say things that you learned somewhere as some sort of fact and ego aspect - projected as control and intrusion into others lives.


Yeah but no. I don't hate gays or weaboos or jegova witness or vegans or whatever, as long as they keep it to themselves. But once they start to spout it everywhere around it becomes irritating fast, which then turns to annoying if they won't get over some people might have different opinions from theirs about these things, which then turns to insufferable they're persistent about it. I know there's such lobbied term as "tolerance" nowdays, but I don't feel like compelling myself to it. That's because this whole so-called "tolerance" it's like an excuse to them for not holding responsibility for their life choices and actions just because they're happen to be a minority or something. That goes completely against my life principles.

Biggest part of these marginal communities are actually just keep it to themselves and live their lifes. But some of them are one of those aggressive type, and they do make a bad name for everyone else in their circle. And this little part is so annoying to the point that people are starting just to downright hate it. And, you know, I can't blame people for giving me impolite comments about my personality just because I might like Sonic the Hedgehog videogames or admire multicolored wolves. Althoguh sparkledog hate really isn't a common thing so you probably won't just see it on the facebook or something, but within some certain circles it's an everyday deal. Little extrapolation gives our well known bad attitude of big masses towards homosexuals. You can say it's not that, but we're all know it's true.

Now, what do you think things like gay-parades are?

Madaras
Expert Protege
"raidho36" wrote:
Homosexuality is part of nature and has been so, going back in time as far as science and record can figure. It is part of the animal kingdom and part of the human experience, as well. So no, don't say things that you learned somewhere as some sort of fact and ego aspect - projected as control and intrusion into others lives.


they start to spout it everywhere around it becomes irritating fast, which then turns to annoying if they won't get over some people might have different opinions from theirs about these things, which then turns to insufferable they're persistent about it. I know there's such lobbied term as "tolerance" nowdays, but I don't feel like compelling myself to it.

Biggest part of these marginal communities are actually just keep it to themselves and live their lifes. But some of them are one of those aggressive type, and they do make a bad name for everyone else in their circle. And this little part is so annoying to the point that people are starting just to downright hate it.?


I'm no major "gay activist" I personally am against most of the political "gay agenda" However I am a gay man, it is no choice for me it is a part of my existence. Because of this I've had to fight for my right to live. That's right I've had several attempts on my life simply for existing. I don't go around flirting with any guy who passes me by, never have. However I'm an honest person when people want to talk to me about relationships I'll talk about relationships. You say homosexuals are all "in your face" well that's from your point of view and that view is "I'm normal they're not" Well take a step back from that and look.

You watch TV you'll see heterosexual relationships on every channel in every movie, can you think of a main stream film with a gay man being the protagonist? You watch Korean Drama's and the closest you'll get is "seems gay", but they turn out to not be.

Like you said you're ok with gays as long as you don't see them. You might as well be saying I'm ok with the Chinese so long as they stay in China. I just watched the new starship trooper movie and they show naked women for like 15 minutes of the 80 minute film, but don't show a naked man. They show a heterosexual sex scene, but no gay sex scene. Watched Teen Wolf the other day. It's practically teen porn or to be more in your face (heterosexuals that is) the main character is constantly sexual active with his girlfriend.

So before you start saying "gaykind" is all up in your face YOU should walk a mile in our shoes. You should consider what it's like that when you allow yourself to be honest with your family and friends there's a strong chance they will reject you, in some countries kill you. You should understand that when a nice gay man happens to be having a picnic with his boyfriend there's a risk they will be attacked if seen kissing or even holding hands if you can not understand these things, if you think that you're religious for hating people who haven't wronged you then you need to get your morals checked.

raidho36
Explorer
You say homosexuals are all "in your face" well that's from your point of view and that view is "I'm normal they're not" Well take a step back from that and look.

I don't think you got me quite right. I meant that people shouldn't empathise on their sexual orientation, or race, or nationality, or whatever - none of that stuff grants you better treatment. You're gay? Well great but I'm not interested. Does it makes you feel better to state your orientation? You think anti-gay protests in europe stems out of nothing? You can instead just keep it to yourself so people don't have to suppress their actual attitude in the name of politeness. That's the whole point. You also made yourself sound like "that kind", although I'm not discussing this.

Your stereotypes are not in the right place.

tng
Honored Guest
I see VR development as a new form of expression, it will be interesting to see all the different approaches as the technology matures.

There will be those who use it as a tool for education, those that try and sell something, those who try to push an agenda or belief system, and those who just want to enhance their recreational experience.

The lines between these viewpoints will blur and there will no doubt be crossover, but to me the bottom line is interest. If the content is interesting, it will probably do well. If we learn something along the way, even better.

I feel a good developer should make their point through creative subtlety, rather than brute force tactics, regardless of the subject matter.

This raises some interesting questions about ratings and censorship, as VR improves, the user experience will become more personal. I think it will be important to advise the participant of themes that they might find upsetting without limiting developers creativity or expression. I'm not sure the current rating system (flawed in my opinion) will be up to the task.

It should be a wild ride.

2 cents.

Madaras
Expert Protege
"raidho36" wrote:
You say homosexuals are all "in your face" well that's from your point of view and that view is "I'm normal they're not" Well take a step back from that and look.

I don't think you got me quite right. I meant that people shouldn't empathise on their sexual orientation, or race, or nationality, or whatever - none of that stuff grants you better treatment. You're gay? Well great but I'm not interested. Does it makes you feel better to state your orientation? You think anti-gay protests in europe stems out of nothing? You can instead just keep it to yourself so people don't have to suppress their actual attitude in the name of politeness. That's the whole point. You also made yourself sound like "that kind", although I'm not discussing this.
Your stereotypes are not in the right place.


I agree with only 1 point you make "I meant that people shouldn't empathise on their sexual orientation, or race, or nationality, or whatever" however I did get you right. Your comments seethe with bigotry (" For whatever reason must I try to understand what drives a mentally deviated pervert? I can't even pick up right words to explain what I want to tell. It's really disturbing to me".) Though you must apparently not get me right or choose to ignore my point. I only ever mention my orientation when making a point, otherwise in all of my 300+ post you'd see it's not mentioned once, even at the start of this thread I did not mention it. It's a personal matter to me and so are my experiences. I shared my experience to try and help give you understanding of what people like myself go through. If you can't repress your rage when you see two guys kissing then you do need some psychological evaluation. Why are you angry. Why is the business of two others so important to you. You do not see gay people complaining about seeing all of the heterosexual PDA everywhere and I can understand your discomfort because I feel quite uncomfortable seeing Hetro PDA. I do not lash out at them though, why? It's not because i'm in the minority it's because I have respect for other people as humans. People have the right to be happy it doesn't matter if it's by being alone or with a guy or with a girl.

Anonymous
Not applicable
"raidho36" wrote:
No. It's still against the nature...


That's just ignorant. Read up on the subject and quit hating.

If it was "against nature", why are so many people born gay?

Vin
Explorer
Honestly, who cares? Take this to Off Topic or PM. This is entirely the wrong forum for any discussion.

Madaras
Expert Protege
"vin" wrote:
Honestly, who cares? Take this to Off Topic or PM. This is entirely the wrong forum for any discussion.


I think you're talking about what it's become, not what it is. The original topic is The Oculus Rift's potential for use as an empathetic learning tool. Which makes it appropriate for discussion here.

Frito
Explorer
lol, what is this, anal sex vr simulator? I pass, thx


edit> i want a banana simulator, so I can understand bananas
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Madaras
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"Frito" wrote:
lol, what is this, anal sex vr simulator? I pass, thx


That came out of left field...far left field....you're practically sitting on Obama's lap.