Sinful Sunday: Insults or blasphemy?
When you´re angry you say things you wouldn´t normally say, at least that´s how it goes with me. But I know that there are plenty of people that say bad things just as a habit, I don´t even think that some people see the harm in that. Not that I would be the one to preach the good word to others, but it can be quite hurtful for some people and it´s also not being respectful towards others.
But it´s not just bound to religion, sometimes people say bad things about sexual orientation or even gender. I don´t think people always mean what they say but that doesn´t make it less insulting to some people. In a way it´s ridiculous that calling someone gay is considered as an insult, but that doesn´t change the fact that a lot of people will take that as an insult. Then there are also guys that like to talk shit to girls, just for being girls they get sometimes the most stupid shit you can think of thrown at them. Because heaven forbid that a girl beats you in a game, how dare she do such a thing!
Anger is often the culprit with these insults, when you´re angry you lose control and you don´t always realize what you say or do. It´s one of the reasons why I don´t plug in my microphone a lot in competitive games, because usually the tension is so high that anger is unavoidable. That doesn´t mean that I´m calm and peaceful, no my neighbours can hear me when I´m upset and using certain words that could be considered as blasphemy don´t really make them my friends anymore. I guess that´s the risk of living in a religious neighbourhood....
As much as I hate myself for being this raging lunatic, it´s part of my nature and it´s difficult to shut that off. To me that would be as not being myself anymore, I don´t even think I could do it if I wanted to. I´m an angry person, if I don´t ventilate my frustration and irritation I´ll be an even worse person. For that games help me with these anger issues, but that doesn´t take away the things I say. Maybe when you get older you gain more control of these anger outbursts, but until then I´ll just be that ragin lunatic that screams his lungs out when I feel like I´m being cheated in a game!
But it´s not just bound to religion, sometimes people say bad things about sexual orientation or even gender. I don´t think people always mean what they say but that doesn´t make it less insulting to some people. In a way it´s ridiculous that calling someone gay is considered as an insult, but that doesn´t change the fact that a lot of people will take that as an insult. Then there are also guys that like to talk shit to girls, just for being girls they get sometimes the most stupid shit you can think of thrown at them. Because heaven forbid that a girl beats you in a game, how dare she do such a thing!
Anger is often the culprit with these insults, when you´re angry you lose control and you don´t always realize what you say or do. It´s one of the reasons why I don´t plug in my microphone a lot in competitive games, because usually the tension is so high that anger is unavoidable. That doesn´t mean that I´m calm and peaceful, no my neighbours can hear me when I´m upset and using certain words that could be considered as blasphemy don´t really make them my friends anymore. I guess that´s the risk of living in a religious neighbourhood....
As much as I hate myself for being this raging lunatic, it´s part of my nature and it´s difficult to shut that off. To me that would be as not being myself anymore, I don´t even think I could do it if I wanted to. I´m an angry person, if I don´t ventilate my frustration and irritation I´ll be an even worse person. For that games help me with these anger issues, but that doesn´t take away the things I say. Maybe when you get older you gain more control of these anger outbursts, but until then I´ll just be that ragin lunatic that screams his lungs out when I feel like I´m being cheated in a game!
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