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Is a multiple murderer’s image an appropriate user icon on boards?

  • 25-02-2019 12:39am
    #1
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,973 ✭✭✭


    Is it appropriate that the Unabomber image is an option as a user picture on boards?
    The Unabomber killed 3 people and injured many more. I am opposed to censorship but is the availability of his image due to ignorance or design?

    Multo autem ad rem magis pertinet quallis tibi vide aris quam allis



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  • Closed Accounts Posts: 7,275 ✭✭✭Your Face


    SafeSurfer - making the internet safe to surf since 2008.


  • Posts: 5,311 ✭✭✭ [Deleted User]


    Hats off to you sire for raising the point.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 901 ✭✭✭EL_Loco


    That wasn't the unabomber, it was the sketch artist that interviewed the witness, the 2nd time around she recalled the sketch artists face above what she saw because she'd spent so much time in the company of the artist the first time around.

    so,

    not even the guy,

    so,

    it's fine.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 22,410 ✭✭✭✭endacl


    Your Face wrote: »
    SafeSurfer - making the internet safe to surf since 2008.
    This particular image is the last little bit that needs sorting.

    Well done OP.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 33,754 ✭✭✭✭Princess Consuela Bananahammock


    SafeSurfer wrote: »
    Is it appropriate that the Unabomber image is an option as a user picture on boards?
    The Unabomber killed 3 people and injured many more. I am opposed to censorship but is the availability of his image due to ignorance or design?

    I really hope you have them disabled by the time you read this...

    Everything I don't like is either woke or fascist - possibly both - pick one.



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  • Posts: 17,378 ✭✭✭✭ [Deleted User]


    Went looking for it.. All of those profile settings pages are a trip back in time.


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 2,888 ✭✭✭Atoms for Peace


    "Those who are most sensitive about "politically incorrect" terminology are not the average black ghetto-dweller, Asian immigrant, abused woman or disabled person, but a minority of activists, many of whom do not even belong to any "oppressed" group but come from privileged strata of society."


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 32,956 ✭✭✭✭Omackeral


    Your Face wrote: »
    SafeSurfer - making the internet safe to surf since 2008.
    endacl wrote: »
    This particular image is the last little bit that needs sorting.

    Well done OP.

    Next step, get all the Che Guevara stuff out of circulation.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 20,592 ✭✭✭✭kneemos


    It's indicative of the degree of infantilism around here that such a thing could even be suggested.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 14,660 ✭✭✭✭retalivity


    M Bison murdered millions in Shaladoo as well as a load of Allied Nations men and women - sort him out as well


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  • Posts: 5,518 ✭✭✭ [Deleted User]


    Is using a user name glorifying a group that killed up to 35 people and seriously injuring four times that number is ok, then I guess nothing is off limits.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 736 ✭✭✭TCM


    I'm opposed to censorship but.... enough said.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,689 ✭✭✭Signore Fancy Pants


    OP is the Uni-Bummer.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 32,956 ✭✭✭✭Omackeral


    OP is the Uni-Bummer.

    He also has a mangina.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,973 ✭✭✭SafeSurfer


    If the image was of a murderer who killed based on race, gender or sexual orientation there is no way his image would be available to Boards users.
    Is it because he was an environmentalist, left wing intellectually motivated killer that his image and his message is deemed acceptable and appropriate?

    Would it be acceptable to have an image of Malcom Mc Arthur, he only killed 2 people or Larry Murphy, he hasn’t been convicted of any murders, available?

    Usernames are different than user icons. Names are chosen by individual users whereas the available user icons are limited and chosen by Board. Somewhere someone decided that this image was one of a small number of images considered appropriate to be used as profile pics for Boards users. Did the person who made this decision realize that the image they included was of someone who murdered people and attempted to murder many more.

    Many of his victims and his victims families are still alive. Would you feel comfortable with the image of someone who had murdered or maimed your partner, brother, sister or child being selected as appropriate for users of an online forum?

    Multo autem ad rem magis pertinet quallis tibi vide aris quam allis



  • Posts: 17,378 ✭✭✭✭ [Deleted User]


    SafeSurfer wrote: »
    If the image was of a murderer who killed based on race, gender or sexual orientation there is no way his image would be available to Boards users.
    Is it because he was an environmentalist, left wing intellectually motivated killer that his image and his message is deemed acceptable and appropriate?

    Would it be acceptable to have an image of Malcom Mc Arthur, he only killed 2 people or Larry Murphy, he hasn’t been convicted of any murders, available?

    Usernames are different than user icons. Names are chosen by individual users whereas the available user icons are limited and chosen by Board. Somewhere someone decided that this image was one of a small number of images considered appropriate to be used as profile pics for Boards users. Did the person who made this decision realize that the image they included was of someone who murdered people and attempted to murder many more.

    Many of his victims and his victims families are still alive. Would you feel comfortable with the image of someone who had murdered or maimed your partner, brother, sister or child being selected as appropriate for users of an online forum?

    How far down the rabbit hole do you want to go with this? There was a TV series. Should his victims' families be subjected to ads for it? How do they feel knowing people profited of the murders he committed?

    He's a part of Western culture, whether you or those families like it or not. It's brutal, but that's just how it is.


    Also, those avatars are almost all standard vbulletin packs. It's unlikely anyone in boards.ie would be picking through the individual images, and if they did, the Unabomber's pic wouldn't raise any eyebrows.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,973 ✭✭✭SafeSurfer


    SafeSurfer wrote: »
    If the image was of a murderer who killed based on race, gender or sexual orientation there is no way his image would be available to Boards users.
    Is it because he was an environmentalist, left wing intellectually motivated killer that his image and his message is deemed acceptable and appropriate?

    Would it be acceptable to have an image of Malcom Mc Arthur, he only killed 2 people or Larry Murphy, he hasn’t been convicted of any murders, available?

    Usernames are different than user icons. Names are chosen by individual users whereas the available user icons are limited and chosen by Board. Somewhere someone decided that this image was one of a small number of images considered appropriate to be used as profile pics for Boards users. Did the person who made this decision realize that the image they included was of someone who murdered people and attempted to murder many more.

    Many of his victims and his victims families are still alive. Would you feel comfortable with the image of someone who had murdered or maimed your partner, brother, sister or child being selected as appropriate for users of an online forum?

    How far down the rabbit hole do you want to go with this? There was a TV series. Should his victims' families be subjected to ads for it? How do they feel knowing people profited of the murders he committed?

    He's a part of Western culture, whether you or those families like it or not. It's brutal, but that's just how it is.


    Also, those avatars are almost all standard vbulletin packs. It's unlikely anyone in boards.ie would be picking through the individual images, and if they did, the Unabomber's pic wouldn't raise any eyebrows.

    Rabbit hole? Our culture criminalizes people who refer to what are clearly women as women and frowns on any religious connotations around Christmas or Easter but not having a mass murderer available as a Boards avatar is a step too far?

    Multo autem ad rem magis pertinet quallis tibi vide aris quam allis



  • Closed Accounts Posts: 693 ✭✭✭The Satanist


    As a socially challenged 8 year old boy, I'm now going to send bombs to random people. Shame on boards.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 933 ✭✭✭El_Bee


    For a maths genius the Unabomber was really stupid "Technology is ruining the world, I'll save it by mailing a few bombs to colleges from my shack in the woods."


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 33,754 ✭✭✭✭Princess Consuela Bananahammock


    SafeSurfer wrote: »
    If the image was of a murderer who killed based on race, gender or sexual orientation there is no way his image would be available to Boards users.
    Is it because he was an environmentalist, left wing intellectually motivated killer that his image and his message is deemed acceptable and appropriate?
    What makes you think this is a part of the reasoning?
    Would it be acceptable to have an image of Malcom Mc Arthur, he only killed 2 people or Larry Murphy, he hasn’t been convicted of any murders, available?
    Acceptable to who?
    Usernames are different than user icons. Names are chosen by individual users whereas the available user icons are limited and chosen by Board. Somewhere someone decided that this image was one of a small number of images considered appropriate to be used as profile pics for Boards users. Did the person who made this decision realize that the image they included was of someone who murdered people and attempted to murder many more.
    Can you tell me who the person was?
    Many of his victims and his victims families are still alive. Would you feel comfortable with the image of someone who had murdered or maimed your partner, brother, sister or child being selected as appropriate for users of an online forum?
    Would you feel comfortable appealing to my intellect and not my emotions?

    Stop asking questions and answer a few first.

    Everything I don't like is either woke or fascist - possibly both - pick one.



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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,973 ✭✭✭SafeSurfer


    SafeSurfer wrote: »
    If the image was of a murderer who killed based on race, gender or sexual orientation there is no way his image would be available to Boards users.
    Is it because he was an environmentalist, left wing intellectually motivated killer that his image and his message is deemed acceptable and appropriate?
    What makes you think this is a part of the reasoning?
    Would it be acceptable to have an image of Malcom Mc Arthur, he only killed 2 people or Larry Murphy, he hasn’t been convicted of any murders, available?
    Acceptable to who?
    Usernames are different than user icons. Names are chosen by individual users whereas the available user icons are limited and chosen by Board. Somewhere someone decided that this image was one of a small number of images considered appropriate to be used as profile pics for Boards users. Did the person who made this decision realize that the image they included was of someone who murdered people and attempted to murder many more.
    Can you tell me who the person was?
    Many of his victims and his victims families are still alive. Would you feel comfortable with the image of someone who had murdered or maimed your partner, brother, sister or child being selected as appropriate for users of an online forum?
    Would you feel comfortable appealing to my intellect and not my emotions?

    Stop asking questions and answer a few first.
    I feel your emotion is a larger target than your intellect.

    Multo autem ad rem magis pertinet quallis tibi vide aris quam allis



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,055 ✭✭✭conorhal


    SafeSurfer wrote: »
    I feel your emotion is a larger target than your intellect.


    Say's the snowflake.



    You're a serial buzzkiller. Is that appropriate for boards.ie I ask?


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 33,754 ✭✭✭✭Princess Consuela Bananahammock


    SafeSurfer wrote: »
    I feel your emotion is a larger target than your intellect.

    You would be wrong. I'm autistic.

    Furthermore, to do so (coupled with the failure to answer three of my questions), implies that the actual reason is that you are incapable of putting together an argument with sufficient logic to persuade people's intellect.

    Next step is usaully to engage in petty insults. Hoping you won't stoop that low.

    Everything I don't like is either woke or fascist - possibly both - pick one.



  • Closed Accounts Posts: 3,482 ✭✭✭Gimme A Pound


    "Those who are most sensitive about "politically incorrect" terminology are not the average black ghetto-dweller, Asian immigrant, abused woman or disabled person, but a minority of activists, many of whom do not even belong to any "oppressed" group but come from privileged strata of society."
    This has nothing to do with political correctness though.

    It wasn't something I thought about before, but I can see what the OP means. You can see where someone is coming from without necessarily having the same level of concern.

    Some images of murderers = ok, some not. This seems to be the case.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 797 ✭✭✭phater phagan


    He was a remarkable and extraordinarily bright young man when he entered Harvard; who had the misfortune to come under the wing of a devious professor and was used as a guinea pig by being subjected to terrible and mind damaging experimental drugs. That unfortunate association turned a gentle, intelligent guy into the angry and dangerous man who caused so much hurt and tragedy to the lives of his victims.
    The drawing was not of him, as suggested by a previous poster, but was mistakenly described by a witness. She was indeed describing the features of the sketch artist. The image in the FBI sketch which was widely circulated bears no resemblance whatsoever to Theodore Kaczynski.


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 3,482 ✭✭✭Gimme A Pound


    He was a remarkable and extraordinarily bright young man when he entered Harvard; who had the misfortune to come under the wing of a devious professor and was used as a guinea pig by being subjected to terrible and mind damaging experimental drugs. That unfortunate association turned a gentle, intelligent guy into the angry and dangerous man who caused so much hurt and tragedy to the lives of his victims.
    The drawing was not of him, as suggested by a previous poster, but was mistakenly described by a witness. She was indeed describing the features of the sketch artist. The image in the FBI sketch which was widely circulated bears no resemblance whatsoever to Theodore Kaczynski.
    Had to stop myself from feeling sorry for him so many times during the Netflix series, because he killed and permanently injured numerous people. But I'm tempted to think they'd be alive and healthy today if not for his traumatic experiences at Harvard.

    Then again, he did have problems before Harvard.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,809 ✭✭✭Hector Savage


    Where is his icon under ?


  • Moderators, Music Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 25,734 Mod ✭✭✭✭Boom_Bap


    Where is his icon under ?


    He's my avatar


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