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Gamer Claims Identifying As a Lesbian Led To Xbox Live Ban
Goatbert writes "I just read on the Consumerist about an XBOX Live user being banned for identifying herself as a lesbian. Despite appeals, Microsoft has stood by its position that merely mentioning that you are gay or lesbian is grounds for terminating your XBOX Live membership."
HAHAHAHAHAHAHA..... um.. .. hahahahaha... its just not fair though...
I agree. The sooner we condemn Microsoft to the abyss, the better.
but do they ban themselves?
That identifying yourself as 'lesbian' online is secret code for "I'm a straight guy looking for girl love. Pew pew."
If each mistake being made is a new one, then progress is being made.
One word:
Sue.
What's the purpose... Of identifying your sexual orientation in your profile anyway? Does the phrase "hooking up" mean anything to you? If I can't use an online service for the purpose of hooking up with members of the appropriate sex, then what good is it? Sure, you want to run a "family oriented" business -- but gays and lesbians have families too! M$ needs to apply the exact same standards to everyone, regardless of their sexual orientation. P.S. Next time maybe she should try identifying herself as Bi?
I've abandoned my search for truth; now I'm just looking for some useful delusions.
Uhm, the article fails to report critical details. Any word on if she's a hot lesbian?
Maybe they aren't allowed to operate there for legal reasons.
Disclaimer: I don't even know where Lesbia is (but if you haven't heard of it it's probably Europe, right?) and I've never met anyone from there!
Confucius say, "Find worm in apple - bad. Find half a worm - worse."
In this time of economic crisis, the inevitable ensuing flamewar can heat my house.
...a lot of lesbians have things in common that they might not with... your typical xbox live player. Like a vagina, for instance.
I've abandoned my search for truth; now I'm just looking for some useful delusions.
That's so not a realistic comparison. When's the last time you recall anything good coming out of hollywood?
Requiem for the American Dream
I think it's cause dogs aren't allowed to have xbox live accounts.
"I only speak the truth"
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Good point, they are surely safe in catholic school!
"I only speak the truth"
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Nah, if you're a lumberjack, you're okay.
Demanding constant attention will only lead to attention.
When's the last time you recall anything good coming out of hollywood?
Two years ago, although sadly they put it out before it reached the rest of LA.
(j/k; I like SoCal... even LA ;) )
Are there any deer in the theater tonight? Get 'em up against the wall.
Oddly enough, these are exactly the same stages I went through when switching to Linux.
So you're a black, evolutionary biologist, are you? We don't tolerate your kind on Slashdot.
Pink Triangle, meet Red Ring of Death.
Hell yeah I'd ban you. A mage? Bring a damn fighter, man!
And a vagina in their face, on occasion. Even more true for lesbian slashdotters vs regular slashdotters.
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Okay. I'm going to go down to the local lesbian bar (I used to drink there with some friends) and say, loudly but not unreasonably so, "I like to screw chicks!" Repeatedly.
At risk of being labeled as a troll or worse, I would think that at least half the patrons' first response would be an immediate: "...AND SO DO I!"
That aside, one would think that you would be thrown out for being a repetitive irritant long before you'd get pitched on philosophical/orientation grounds... much like nobody likes to talk to the little kid who always responds to everything you say with "...but why?"
Quo usque tandem abutere, Nimbus, patientia nostra?
I think Dick van Dyke probably has more problems. But I'm also betting he's not big into the whole interwebs and online games thing.
https://www.eff.org/https-everywhere
I think you've missed the GP's point. I've met a number of (admittedly teenage) lesbians (and a couple of gay men) who seem to treat their sexual orientation as their primary defining personality feature
As opposed to your average hetero teenage male gamer who's as prudish as a Victorian nun?
Are there any deer in the theater tonight? Get 'em up against the wall.
What do you think this is, some kind of generic news aggregation site?
When was the last time you read Slashdot?
Er, no. I seriously don't give the slightest damn about anyone's sexual orientation unless they are female and I'm in the process of offering them a drink.
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INTERIOR: TATOOINE -- MOS EISLEY -- CANTINA.
The young adventurer and his two mechanical servants follow Ben Kenobi into the smoke-filled cantina. The murky, moldy den is filled with a startling array of weird and exotic alien creatures and monsters at the long metallic bar. At first the sight is horrifying. One-eyed, thousand-eyed, slimy, furry, scaly, tentacled, and clawed creatures huddle over drinks. Ben moves to an empty spot at the bar near a group of repulsive but human scum. A huge, rough-looking Bartender stops Luke and the robots.
BARTENDER
We don't serve their kind here!
Luke still recovering from the shock of seeing so many outlandish creatures, doesn't quite catch the bartender's drift.
LUKE
What?
BARTENDER
Your droids. They'll have to wait outside.
We don't want them here.
Luke looks at old Ben, who is busy talking to one of the Galactic pirates. He notices several of the gruesome creatures along the bar are giving him a very unfriendly glare.
Luke pats Threepio on the shoulder.
LUKE
Listen, why don't you wait out by the speeder. We don't want any trouble.
THREEPIO
I heartily agree with you sir.
Threepio and his stubby partner go outside and most of the creatures at the bar go back to their drinks.
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Maybe she was banned because unlike the majority of the xbox live gamers, she might actually be able to get a girlfriend?
Right. It's just like how a store owner can kick out black people, because it's private property.
Maybe by "wife" he meant the dude that's his S.O.
Bob. Bit of a funny name for a girl. :D
Aide-toi, le Ciel t'aidera - Jeanne D'Arc.
Threepio is SO gay.
- None can love freedom heartily, but good men; the rest love not freedom, but license. -- John Milton
Maybe you didn't read the part about them not wanting to get hit on? Oh wait, why am I saying this, now you'll assume that they are all just faking being lesbians and hit on them anyway, won't you?
- None can love freedom heartily, but good men; the rest love not freedom, but license. -- John Milton
My friends list is mainly composed of people in the military. I'm in the military and enjoy playing some COD4(Did enjoy, currently deployed) with like minded individuals. I'm here to play a game, don't really care that LeetA$$HuntR69 is gay or not. It really has no bearing on the game at all. I am also surprised that this is MS's policy. Everytime I play any game on Live, everyone is calling everyone a fag. I just assumed that I was surround by was gay.
Look out, you'll shoot Dorkus.
Actually it was R2D2 that was the flamer, you would not know it,
but he loved to being behind Luke on the xwing...you could always hear him scream...
"wreeeeeeeehhhh".
Ok I haven't been on Xbox live in awhile so maybe things have changed. I used to play Halo 2 online via xbox live.
I don't see the big deal. When I was on the only thing people seemed to talk about was identifying each other as: Gay, Fag, Homo, etc...
Seems like the whole community lead an alternative lifestyle really, so I am not sure what the big deal is about lesbians... Girls need love too y'know! :)