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Microsoft Suspends Gamer For Being From Fort Gay

maclizard writes "The town's name is real. But when Josh Moore tried to tell Seattle-based Microsoft and the enforcement team at Xbox Live that Fort Gay was a real place, they wouldn't take his word for it. Or Google it. Or check the US Postal Service website for a ZIP code. I personally feel for those of you from Big Bone Lick, KY."

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  1. Re:Someone on XBL try this... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    What has this place turned into? Bunch of pussy moderators. Mod it freaking Interesting or Informative so people will blindly click the link. The Joker needs to pay the moderators a visit and find out why they're so serious.

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    In a sentence: If Goatse offends the moderators I hope they never see a chubby Asian girl irrigate her colon.

  2. does hate ever wind down/evile ever sleep? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    not while there's still 'enemIEs', no? if there's not a 'real' one, one can be made up with the leftover hate from the last. how gay does it get? enola gay eponentialized?

    meanwhile (in case any lack of hate breaks out anywhere); the corepirate nazi illuminati is always hunting that patch of red on almost everyones' neck. if they cannot find yours (greed, fear ego etc...) then you can go starve. that's their (slippery/slimy) 'platform' now. see also: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antisocial_personality_disorder

    never a better time to consult with/trust in our creators. the lights are coming up rapidly all over now. see you there?

    greed, fear & ego (in any order) are unprecedented evile's primary weapons. those, along with deception & coercion, helps most of us remain (unwittingly?) dependent on its' life0cidal hired goons' agenda. most of our dwindling resources are being squandered on the 'wars', & continuation of the billionerrors stock markup FraUD/pyramid schemes. nobody ever mentions the real long term costs of those debacles in both life & any notion of prosperity for us, or our children. not to mention the abuse of the consciences of those of us who still have one, & the terminal damage to our atmosphere (see also: manufactured 'weather', hot etc...). see you on the other side of it? the lights are coming up all over now. the fairytail is winding down now. let your conscience be your guide. you can be more helpful than you might have imagined. we now have some choices. meanwhile; don't forget to get a little more oxygen on your brain, & look up in the sky from time to time, starting early in the day. there's lots going on up there.

    "The current rate of extinction is around 10 to 100 times the usual background level, and has been elevated above the background level since the Pleistocene. The current extinction rate is more rapid than in any other extinction event in earth history, and 50% of species could be extinct by the end of this century. While the role of humans is unclear in the longer-term extinction pattern, it is clear that factors such as deforestation, habitat destruction, hunting, the introduction of non-native species, pollution and climate change have reduced biodiversity profoundly.' (wiki)

    "I think the bottom line is, what kind of a world do you want to leave for your children," Andrew Smith, a professor in the Arizona State University School of Life Sciences, said in a telephone interview. "How impoverished we would be if we lost 25 percent of the world's mammals," said Smith, one of more than 100 co-authors of the report. "Within our lifetime hundreds of species could be lost as a result of our own actions, a frightening sign of what is happening to the ecosystems where they live," added Julia Marton-Lefevre, IUCN director general. "We must now set clear targets for the future to reverse this trend to ensure that our enduring legacy is not to wipe out many of our closest relatives."--

    "The wealth of the universe is for me. Every thing is explicable and practical for me .... I am defeated all the time; yet to victory I am born." --emerson

    no need to confuse 'religion' with being a spiritual being. our soul purpose here is to care for one another. failing that, we're simply passing through (excess baggage) being distracted/consumed by the guaranteed to fail illusionary trappings of man'kind'. & recently (about 10,000 years ago) it was determined that hoarding & excess by a few, resulted in negative consequences for all.

    consult with/trust in your creators. providing more than enough of everything for everyone (without any distracting/spiritdead personal gain motives), whilst badtolling unprecedented evile, using an unlimited supply of newclear power, since/until forever. see you there?

    "If my people, which are called by my name, shall humble themselves, and pray, and seek my face, and turn from their wicked ways; then will I hear from heaven, and will forgive their sin, and will heal their land." )one does not need to agree whois in charge to grasp the notion that there may be some assistance available to us(

    boeing, boeing, gone.
     

  3. please change your sig by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    You might not realize this, but your sig is hostile and transphobic, even if it is a quote by Carlin. It's inappropriate to refer to a trans woman as a 'transsexual guy'

    1. Re:please change your sig by Hylandr · · Score: 0, Offtopic

      You should Chilli, and stop being a Jerky.

      So, Who's hungry?

      - Dan

      --
      ~ People that think they are better than anyone else for any reason are the cause of all the strife in the world.
    2. Re:please change your sig by BlueParrot · · Score: -1, Offtopic

      What if this guy Carlin is referring too has just made his decision and is not yet living as a woman?

      The way the words are usually used by psychiatrists as well as transsexuals themselves is still "transwoman" for male-to-female transsexuals, and "transman" for female-to-male transsexuals.

      Thus if you use the words differently you are likely to be misunderstood. "Transman" refers to a transsexual that wants to live as a guy, and "Transwoman" refers to a transsexual that wants to live as a woman, regardless of whether they do so at the moment.

    3. Re:please change your sig by tomhudson · · Score: -1, Offtopic
      I'll try to make it easy for you.

      People can choose to be drunks and gluttons. Nobody chooses to be a transsexual.

      Associating the two is catering to the stereotype of transsexuals as having "made a choice", when in fact it's a "coming to grips with the situation instead of denial" option.

      Any woman (genetic or trans) is going to be put on the defensive by being referred to as a man - and this is what the joke does. And it does it to a class of people who already trying to deal with an incongruent self-image.

      To put it another way - did you choose your gender identity? Or were you just "you"? When your self-identity matches up with the way the rest of the world sees you, no problem. When it's not ... big problems.

      If you look at the comments elsewhere in the thread, you'll see the flippant dismissal that others have of the situation. Now imagine being a transsexual and seeing that sort of ignorance expressed on a regular basis - maybe even from some members of your own family. It can be a bit disheartening. The fear of being exposed to that sort of ridicule can keep a transwoman from seeking medical help for a long time, or make them prey to religious people who convince them that they can "be healed by prayer", or any one of a number of other ways to avoid dealing with "it."

      And this doesn't even begin to cover the additional problems, such as job discrimination, and the OMG I DON'T WANT "IT" USING MY WASHROOM!" crowd.

      "IT" ???! Yes, there are still people who react that way to transsexuals. Not human beings. "it" - even though everything was just fine until they found out that she used to be a he.

      Trust me on this one - it's not a choice, and certainly not a "lifestyle choice" as some critics try to portray it, and it's not a situation you would ever want to be in.

    4. Re:please change your sig by tomhudson · · Score: 0, Offtopic

      a genetic disposition to alcoholism.

      I think most people would agree that there's a significant difference between a predisposition (an addictive personality), which can be overcome, as millions of ex-alcoholics, ex-drug addicts, and ex-smokers prove, and gender identity issues, which have proven to be intractable to "curing" except by hormones and surgery.

      As for the other insulting crap you posted, I'll refrain from commenting on it. It speaks for itself.