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Rule 5 ignores basic human nature and survival instinct!!

I Sperg

Discrimmination is what set's us apart from everything else that does not have the power of "Discrimmination".

It's a fundamental underpiniing in the concept of "Choice"! 

Take away my right to Discriminate on a personal level in any way I choose, whether reasonable or not, and you remove my right to make any sort of informed choice.

Discriminination allows us to Choose the best and reject the worst that life has to offer.

I am extremely distrustful of people who tell me that discrimination is a bad thing, even though it often works against me personally.

I am even more distrustful of people who suport "discrimmination" in some areas but not others..

BUT, for people like me, who are often victims of discrimination rule 5 is a godsend...

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  • I think I see the issue.

    The title of Rule 5 is not specific; it is just 3 words with no qualification.

    This does not make sense if taken literally because of course you discriminate against someone who wanted to do you harm.

    Discrimination based on protected characteristics is covered by the Equality Act 2010, so we have to abide by that. But it only covers those characteristics, so you can dislike someone of another race etc. if they are a nasty person, but not just because they are another race etc.

    On a forum where people are expected to be civil, you might want to extend not discriminating beyond the 9 protected characteristics, but it would be hard to put this into words.

    I think the main thing is to be polite and remember the old saying, if you have nothing nice to say then say nothing.

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  • I think I see the issue.

    The title of Rule 5 is not specific; it is just 3 words with no qualification.

    This does not make sense if taken literally because of course you discriminate against someone who wanted to do you harm.

    Discrimination based on protected characteristics is covered by the Equality Act 2010, so we have to abide by that. But it only covers those characteristics, so you can dislike someone of another race etc. if they are a nasty person, but not just because they are another race etc.

    On a forum where people are expected to be civil, you might want to extend not discriminating beyond the 9 protected characteristics, but it would be hard to put this into words.

    I think the main thing is to be polite and remember the old saying, if you have nothing nice to say then say nothing.

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