Centerfield

Sigh

Here's a post labelling a Halloween decoration a hate crime

I'm not seeing how how an event involving actual violence to real people is atall the same thing as a purely imaginary invocation. There's not even any call to violence here. Nor any current pattern of violence against Wiccans.

The entire offense committed here is entirely, well, offense. But offence is a basic part of life. Every time somebody makes a decision, some people are offended. Should we stop making decisions? I'm certainly personally offended by notions we should limit our speech to avoid offenses. There is no winning.

The better a scientific paper, the more offense it gives. Should we put an end to that? When companies introduce better, safer products, their compatitors are offended; should we stop that? Should we stop Google and blogging because newspeople are offended?