Thread: What a load of olde bollocks behaviour this world is coming to!

GLM!

Originally Posted by windsock

When someone decides to paint it a different colour I guess.

Maybe a very dark colour......

Some questions. Are some writing the term in question down and the asterisks are appearing? Is that because of a swear filter thing? That same filter that marks other words, generally deemed unacceptable or offensive or unnecessary on a public forum, disappear behind a veil of asterisks? Or is that because you are using asterisks to manually blank things out? If it is not a swear filter, why the asterisks?

Originally Posted by windsock

Some questions. Are some writing the term in question down and the asterisks are appearing? Is that because of a swear filter thing? That same filter that marks other words, generally deemed unacceptable or offensive or unnecessary on a public forum, disappear behind a veil of asterisks? Or is that because you are using asterisks to manually blank things out? If it is not a swear filter, why the asterisks?

Swear Filter kicking in for my post.

Bulletman

Originally Posted by Bigbjorn

If anyone is a bit touchy about the n word then I suggest they don't go to Denmark. It is the correct Danish word for black African person.

Afro-Americans use it freely to describe another black person just as they call whites honky or cracker.

PS - I nearly forgot. Same word and same meaning in German.

A very quick google of the Danish term reveals that it's "neger" and there have been plenty of calls for its use to be abandoned as racist. Some argue that the English translation is actually "negro", which is barely better.


Some African-Americans use the word amongst themselves, apparently to reclaim its use, but that's wildly different to someone who's not African-American using it.

Originally Posted by incisor

i have often wondered the same thing....

It's white coz it gets limewashed the real old way.

Any inference to race is laughably irrelevant, but maybe that won't stop some zealots deciding that it is 'offensive' rather than historically descriptive.

DL

Originally Posted by goingbush

If people are offended by certain words, its those people with the issue , deal with it and stop inconveniencing others.

How is not being able to use racist terms inconveniencing you?

I'd suggest that if you, or someone close to you, was subjected to racial abuse your views would change rapidly.

FYI, there was a car running around Melbourne a while ago that was registered using an offensive Japanese word - the registration was pulled when VicRoads became aware of it. VicRoads has a multi-language list of offensive words.

Originally Posted by 350RRC

It's white coz it gets limewashed the real old way.

Any inference to race is laughably irrelevant, but maybe that won't stop some zealots deciding that it is 'offensive' rather than historically descriptive.

DL

Other way around - it's laughable to try to excuse the n-word by trying to draw a parallel with the White House and running a straw man argument that doesn't exist.