EVE General Discussion

Thank God for Vice Magazine

I'd bet that he apologized because he felt he should and needed to, not because the police visit changed his mind about what he felt. He's sorry about what he did only because he was punished for it. Just like any other criminal or celebrity that does something ********

And no, not tin-foiling about being jailed by speaking out against the government. I'll quote part of the text that I linked earlier, because you didn't read it and I want to show you that it has indeed happened:Also, need I bring up China? What about Iran? Not only does it happen today, but it has happened since we started recording history. It can happen again - anywhere - and throwing someone in jail for a few unacceptable, distasteful (but harmless) tweets is proof of that

And I do mean harmless. If as adults we're support to be able to communicate without using offensive language, then we should also be capable of not freaking out when someone else does. That doesn't make it acceptable, but they're just words and they only have the power we give to them.

Thats not true. In the US broadcast entertainment has restrictions. But news media has essentially no restrictions and additionally through public means you are allowed to say anything - although you are liable for slander if somone can prove you lied about them.

As a private individual you can say any opinion you want and can say anything else you want as long as someone cant prove you lied.

Im speaking with respect to the law. In any given private venue the proprietor can have restrictions.

I'm autistic and single.

This. really i mean this.


I have two degrees in psychology and know a lot about psychopathology and the above comment could not be more astute.

Just want to point out that the OP didn't contain any complaints or requests for sympathy. The poster just explained his EvE resume for background and raised a topic for discussion. Come on guys, read the content before you jump to any conclusions! Poor reading and poor listening are epidemic in America (maybe elsewhere too).

(BTW, dad of an autistic (not Asberger's) 12-year-old. Some simple things he struggles with, some very complicated things he's incredibly brilliant with. Completely out of the blue unique talents. Society's not used to autism yet, but eventually it will adapt. There will always be a few racists, haters, ignoramuses, asshats, whatever around, that's a given. But the overall understanding will be better).

Perhaps the folk in Iceland think 'aspie' and 'sperg' means that someone comes from Aspen, Colorado, and that they are simply being 'called' for living there?

It also doesn't help that a lot of people online use Asperger's as an excuse (often when they don't suffer from it) for being socially awkward, so people have become somewhat desensitized to it and no longer take it as seriously as they should.

Complete fail on my part. I was trying to be funny.

haven't read whole thread but I'd like to state, as a mom of an Asperger's kid, LMFAO if any of the posters actually think Aspie kids (or adults) give a **** what other people think about them Seriously, go look up the syndrome before kneejerk responsing with the typical can I haz ur stuffz comments lol

Also at OP, it's simply a side effect of social awareness of Autism and Asperger's. Regardless of which side of the fence you are on as to the ultimate causes (evolution due to computer age, genetic difference or vaccination caused), the point is that more and more people are being diagnosed with something along the spectrum. Whether that is an artifact of increase in the syndrome, or merely an increase in diagnoses, who can tell. Eventually our grandchildren might be able to after enough time has elapsed for studies to complete and be properly processed by the scientific community.

Therefore, with more people being diagnosed there has been a rise in public awareness of it as well. Look at shows featuring autistic people, or with the protrayal of autistic/asperger's people within the last ten years or so - what was once simply written off as either being a geek, nerd or a truly ******** person, is now being looked at differently. As that happens, you can watch the way humans explore the topic and their reaction to it, in the media, in games, exactly like you describe.

There are good and bad things with this exploration. Like any other topic, it's easy to be disparaging about it. New hot trends are the easiest to mock with little knowledge. At the same time, the fact that it's even there, with any resulting knowledge, is very interesting.

So, in my personal opinion, you hit the nail on the head actually; it's following either the same or a very similiar pattern to 'gay' now. Different reasons, no doubt, but look at the level of acceptance of gay as a term, still derogatory, but at the same time divorced of the origin as hatred for a sexual choice (when used as a pejorative).

Anyway way too philosophical for a game forum perhaps but still fun topic :P