Zim on 31 January 2012
| NightDragon83 said: I know what the word means... the point is you wouldn't be able to use it in a major US media publication without some serious backlash because you cannot use anywords that start with "nig", no matter what the definition or context is, less they be deemed as offensive by a certain minority group here. Try using the word or something like it such as "niggardly" in a major published article in the US, and see what happens. |
http://uk.pc.ign.com/articles/119/1199032p1.html and http://uk.pc.ign.com/articles/119/1191995p1.html Just so you know the Uk at the start is only because it changes for your location. The review is written by the US team as noted at the top of the article. Don't see any comments at all about his use of the word niggling. Seriously you have taken being politcally correct to a point beyond extreme. I believe IGN is one of, if not the biggest, gaming sites on the net. Sure there are plenty more but I simply typed in ign review niggling and got those instantly. The word pre-dates the offensive use of similar words by quite some bit.
Oh also ''you cannot use ANYwords that start with 'nig''' (my emphsis not yours). So the country of Nigeria is simply referred to as xxxeria in america? Seems strange but hey if you say so.
Although your over reaction does remind me of a quite funny joke from the sitcom Spin City. Where one of the characters changed all the computers so instead of Black it auto-corrected to African American. They then sent out invites for people to come to an event that was ''Dress Code: African American Tie''
Oh also ''you cannot use ANYwords that start with 'nig''' (my emphsis not yours). So the country of Nigeria is simply referred to as xxxeria in america? Seems strange but hey if you say so.
Although your over reaction does remind me of a quite funny joke from the sitcom Spin City. Where one of the characters changed all the computers so instead of Black it auto-corrected to African American. They then sent out invites for people to come to an event that was ''Dress Code: African American Tie''
