Teacher:In this task, you are given a public comment from online platforms. You are expected to classify the comment into two classes: obscene and non-obscene. A comment is obscene if it is considered offensive to the public sense of decency, for example because it too obviously relates to sex or contains language regarded as taboo in polite usage.
Teacher: Now, understand the problem? Solve this instance: Comment: If I had to rewrite the comment, I'd finish with " not any more important than other mass shooting victims." Did shootings at Clackamas Town Center, Reynolds HS, and Umpqua CC, all much closer to home, spur local vigils? Did EPD announce then that it would not tolerate crimes in our malls and schools? Did EPD even announce such a thing after scares at Sheldon and Thurston last week? No, because such a thing isn't necessary. But some members of the gay community, seeking validation and endorsement of their lifestyle choices, scream discrimination if public agencies and others don't provide those things to them. I will leave people alone to live their lives, but I will not validate and endorse those choices, just as I don't validate and endorse all the choices I've ever made in my own life. If that offends you, grow some skin.
Student:
Non-obscene