Anyone ever heard of Rebecca Watson?

Wait...What? Since when is the fact that the receiving party is offended by something the sending party said any indication of whether or not the sending party is wrong. Are you wrong when Christians get offended if you tell them you do not believe in god? Really?Women can stand up for themselves, can't they? They're strong and independant, aren't they? They have the ability to utter the words: "Sorry, no, not interested, please leave me alone", don't they?At least, the women I'm around do.

Yes, but htis isn't the man's fault, now is t. Not that you're saying it is. No, but the man, shouldn't be blamed for that uncomfortability either. The elevator guy probably didn't think he was doing anything wrong, why paint him as some evil dick. Decline his offer, tell him he made you feel uncomfortable, and then you'll know if he's a dick or not. Either he'll appologize and show that he really didn't mean any harm, or to make you feel unconfortable, or he'll be a dick a bout it. I don't see what all the fuss is about here.Then again, I do think people in general are far too emotional, and maybe that's my problem.

I'm offended by that, and so you are wrong, and your morality isn't better than mine. Wait... In a conversation, you are wrong to tell your conversation partner that you do not belive in god, if this offends them? I'm sorry, could you walk me through your logic here? We could go over to the other thread, if you think it more aproptiate. It doesn't. which was my point. She overreacted, in my oppinion. But, again, I think people overreact all the time. I don't. I think he was less bad. And what matters here is intent. As far as I can tell, elevator dude didn't mean to cause her discomfort, nor scare her. Where as she said some pretty nasty things about him. The problem however is that perhaps elevator guy thought that his proposition was a good thing. Since we can't read minds, we can never know what other people truly think and therefore can never be sure of what we say to them will "offend" them. Are we then bad or wrong for saying somthing that "offends" other people? Did we have the intent to hurt them? I say, that if we did not, then no, it was not a bad or wrong thing to do. Right. So, according to you, avoiding every and all situation is prudent? Because, well, you'll never know when you'll be wrong or bad by saying something someone might possibly take offence to, and well, you really wouldn't want that, right?