1 Aug
2004
1 Aug
'04
12:56 a.m.
Ahhh, so there is a rational reason to be careful with your choice of words!
Vintage Computer Festival wrote:
On Tue, 27 Jul 2004, Joe R. wrote:
At 07:23 AM 7/27/04 -0700, Sellam wrote:
That's because calling someone a "fag" is somewhat like calling someone a
"nigger". You just don't do that unless you really want to offend
someone. It's a term of hate.
Take the context you used it in--"BATF fags"--and replace "fags" with
"niggers" and you (I hope) get my point.
In my case, I was using perfectly valid language to perfectly express the
way I felt about the TSA, ants, et al. It did not involve using a
pointed derogatory term to offend any particular person. I was merely
using an adverb in context.
Joe, you can of course use any language that you please. I was merely
pointing out that using that particular language can really hurt people,
perhaps even people you like, and people who like you.
I have yet to hear a rational reason why anyone
should not feel free to
use the words of their choosing. Because, after all, they are just words.
Boy, that's certainly not the reaction that I got from you over the use
of the word Fag. Do I sense a double standard here?