| stof said: ... And to people saying whatever, it's just words... Words are the basis of human communication. They're more powerful than any tool or weapon concieved by our hands. |
Words are only what the indivudual makes them out to be. To be "offended" is purely subjective, and is a result of a certain individual's reaction to what he or she believes a certain word to mean.
In my honest opinion, we should let the human population grow and mature socially by themselves, and with time, use of this word in a derogatory manner will slowly disappear. As much as I believe that words like this should not be used maliciously, I also believe that we have to stray from the idea that a simple word can truly offend a person. If I were gay, and I heard somebody calling another person a faggot as a generic insult, I honestly wouldn't care. If I saw a guy beating a gay man while calling him a faggot, then I would draw the line. That man has malicious intent, and people like him should be stopped, not immature kids who just say the first "insult" that comes to mind.
