Does it matter if you offend people if you are asking legitimate questions?

Question

Does it matter if you offend people if you are asking legitimate questions?

Answer 1

Obviously not - but it doesn't matter if I ask legitimate or illegimate questions - people are still going to get offended no matter what I say. Doesn't bother me a bit.

Answer 2

This forum should allow people to be honest and ask questions that they think have relevance.  Can't expect everyone to agree and some might be offended.  But unless you stick to your opinion then you'd become a fence-sitter who won't commit to either side of the issue.

Answer 3

No, if your question is legitimate. It is wrong to ask offensive questions just to disrespect others views, such as asking if you could use jesus love tool or something like that, it isn't legitimate and is obviously meant to offend the religious folk. ;-)

Answer 4

Then it should not bother the asker when the reply offends but is just as legit as the question itself.

Answer 5

Some people look for things to get offended by.

Answer 6

Absolutely not. We have freedom of speech.  If ppl don't like your question [assuming it doesn't offend against the Community Guidelines] they can look at another one.

Answer 7

I don't think so but some people get pissed... like the people who delete questions and block others

Answer 8

If you offend them they'll report you untill your account is suspended.

(I had one guy start emailing me threatening hate mail, 2 times a day)

and then he tricked Yahoo into yanking  my account

But I'd done nowhere NEAR enough for any yanking to happen

You see the problem is these "report it" happy creeps(trolls we call 'em) get you deleted without any human being ever reading why. (And when Yahoo sends you the violation notice, if you appeal,NO HUMAN READS THAT EITHER )

(a machine just automatically marks your appeal as lost)

(oh, and they fine you 10 points, "for losing an appeal")

(even though no appeal ever took place)

(Its their way of preventing people from sticking up for themselves)

Anyway the trolls know this system is how it is, so they can take full advantage of it, and get you deleted away no problem

So if you WANT to p**s people off?   mmm...I hate the whole situation I just described so I'd say let them have it in a way that WILL hurt (since theyll take you down anyway - make it worth it)

OR you can be intimidated by them, and have to live frightened of the troll bullies because  Yahoo helps them harrass you and damage your account away unfairly - so youve got no one to turn to for protection.

(the Yahoo Guidelines define what a "troll" is. They DO know about the situation. Bu they just have a program running, that doesnt stop them, it in fact enables them, and Yahoo dont care!)

so you could blast away at THEM

and then just have to go create a different account

and start reporting them!

OR you can live under the intimidation, frightened someone may take you wrong. (and "report" on you)

Honestly I dont even know why we tay here. This sucks.

And as for YAHOO'S PART IN THIS CRUMMY B.S.,(( WHEN WERE JUST HERE TO ENJOY A FORUM WITH EACH OTHER))?    ----->F*CK YAHOO.

Theyre n**i intruders with all their stupid rules(whoever asked or GAVE or agreed to them being here having a say about what WE do anyway?

And THEN they dont even read your appeal, when someone does something wrong to you?

F*CK YAHOO!

Answer 9

No, because people may be offended by anything, thats their right.

The politically correct way of bending over backwards to make sure you dont offend anybody is retarded. If they want to be offended, thats fine, just dont scream in my ear about it.

If its just a loaded question or a rhetoric thats a different story.

Answer 10

On Yahoo Answers, anyone who gets offended has no one to blame but themselves.

Answer 11

People get offended by a lot of things. You can say the word "c**p" and some people get offended. You can't live your life trying not to offend anyone because sometimes you have to stand up for what you believe in.

Answer 12

Some people will get offended at anything.