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[QUOTE]Originally posted by PsyLiam: [QB] [QUOTE]Originally posted by Shik: [qb][i]:::blinks violently:::[/i] I could quite easily murder someone & have nearly done so on several occasions. I would still define myself as a "productive member of our society."[/qb][/QUOTE]Define nearly. Do you mean you thought "really, really hard" about it, or do you mean you "beat someone to within an inch of their life"? I get Lee's point though, and it does confuse me slightly. If you take the term "Pakis", everyone (apart from George Bush and Omega) finds it offensive, including people from Pakistan. They don't walk around saying "Yo, we duh tough Pakis, and we're gonna rap on yo ass!" Actually, no-one walks around saying that, but you get my point. Some words that are offensive though, such as "Nigger", or "Queer" have been appropraited by the groups that use them to describe themselves. While this is interesting (I believe it's a form of defense against the term. They use it themselves as a way of putting a finger up at those who use it offensively) it does confuse the issue. You can say to a kid "don't say 'coon2, because it's racist, but if you tell him not to say "nigger", they do sometimes respond by saying that they've heard black people using it. It's slightly double standards. I've also never heard that the term "black man" is offensive, and that "African American" should be used. What happens if they are not from Africa? And what happens if they are not American. No, wait, ignore that last one. It's silly. Everyone is American. [/QB][/QUOTE]
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