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Skriven 2006-06-08 11:26:00 av Robert E Starr JR (2574.babylon5)
Ärende: Re: AATN JMS: Straczynski
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Matt Ion wrote:

>> I just think it a general courtesy to not use potentially offending
>> terms when in a forum as public as this.
> 
> Yeah, well that's just my point: just about anything can be a 
> "potentially offending term", depending on your audience, and how 
> uptight certain members are.

Websters calling a term offensive is reason enough for me to be careful
about using it. But then, I'm not a native speaker, I give you that.

> Look, if you've been lurking on this group a while, you know I'm not one 
> to just openly sling around racial epithets.  I don't talk that way, I 
> don't think that way.
> 
> But if I'm relating a Chris Rock or Richard Pyor joke (direct quote or 
> not), and they use the word "nigger", I'm not going to self-bleep it 
> just on the off chance someone might be offended. And quite frankly, if 
> you're not black/Negro/African-<insert country of residence>/etc., IMHO 
> you have no room to comment on it either way.
>
> Now, if you are in fact Polish (which I might assume from your name),

Your Polish sucks ;) I'm German.

> then yes, you do at least have the right to be upset by the term 
> "Polack", but as I said, I'm relating the joke as told BY a Pole (which 
> I also note in the original post), and I'm not going to self-bleep it 
> just because I'm not one.

Note that I didn't actually comment on either of the terms. I was just
pointing out that the meaning of a word can indeed change dependent on
who's using it.

> If it makes you feel any better, feel free to bring on the 
> Canuck/Hoser/etc. jokes... I promise I won't be offended (as I read by 
> the light of my coal-oil lantern).

You can't promise the same thing for everyone else reading this though,
which is exactly the point. If I'm debating some issue and people are
offended by my opinion - tough luck, that's not gonna keep me from
stating it. But I don't see why I would risk offending anyone just
because I can't be bothered to check my semantics.

Angelika
                                                                               
  
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