Warned for "Jesus"

[Aemilius Paulus]

Not all of us use 30 posts per page.

*basks in the glorious radience that is 80 posts per page.*

Thirty is the default . Most people keep it, even if they are aware of the possibility to change it.


So, the question remains, what nationality is Ludens?

Indeed, I agree with lobf. Recieving a warning for saying Jesus is nothing short of ridiculous. I too would be completely pissed off were I in lobf's shoes. What if I'm an hellenist and someone says "By Zeus!" should they get a warning as well? What about if I was a Buddhist, people wouldn't be allowed to exclaim "Buddha!"?

I was aware that this wasn't a democracy but to go as far as warning a person for using a name, that seems a little Theocrat-leaning.

Hmmm, when looking it from this viewpoint, the infraction is indeed utterly preposterous. Christian bias it is, and Ludens does not have to be Christian to assert such bias. We live in a culture shaped by Christianity and holdovers remain aplenty. I bet a dollar for doughnut Ludens would have not given an infraction for "by Allah!" or "by Brahma!"

(since Buddha is not at all a deity in the vast majority of the forms of Buddhism and since "by Zeus!" was not considered blasphemy in the Antiquity, I had to choose better examples to illustrate the point ).

However, yes, lobf could have been more polite about it... And anyway, I thought the infraction was for mainly the perceived "cut-off" , or uncouth nature of lobf's remark to Fluvius and not because of the Jesus reference...