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Should non-offensive words that are used offensively be banned?

Yes. 23 13.29%
 
No. 105 60.69%
 
Only for some words. 13 7.51%
 
Who cares? 29 16.76%
 
Other. 3 1.73%
 
Total:173

uraaagh baaaaaaaaarf, english food....



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I said 'retard' in passing over a year ago and a woman got in my face, I told her I didn't care, she threatened me and made a scene. I realized that day that there was a huge problem in society. Her reaction opened my eyes to all Liberal propaganda and was the catalyst for my Libertarian viewpoint. I hope and pray one day Liberals realize they don't have a right not to be offended.



"On my business card I am a corporate president. In my mind I am a game developer. But in my heart I am a gamer." - Satoru Iwata

I understand why people don't like it but it's a pretty fun word to say. I try not to say it though because I know not everyone sees it in the same way I do.



Ka-pi96 said:
IFireflyl said:

I have some English friends that still call cigarettes 'faggots'.

I think you mean fags. Faggots are something completely different (they are food).

Actually a faggot is also a bunch of sticks

so for example if i were to say

A gay ferry penguine is carrying a faggot to build a nest.

In the modern world people would think i mean homosexual 3 times in that sentence.

i.e. gay (aka happy), ferry (when did this word become purely associated with gay people aka now called little penguin) and faggot.



 

 

JWeinCom said:
badgenome said:
I can understand why they do it, but it always strikes me as silly. As soon as you change the preferred word, the new word will become just as abused and mocked because the people themselves are the objects of scorn.


Nah.  Intellectually disabled just doesn't roll off the tounge. 


just call the person a palin, like gay people call  "the frothy mixture of lube and fecal matter that is sometimes the byproduct of anal sex" Santorum...



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Honestly I don't know a single person who has eaten a Mr. Brain faggot. They...they're there for comedy only.

As for the OP, this is a natural progression and a good one. As someone said earlier language is constantly adapting, this shouldn't be a surprise.



 

Here lies the dearly departed Nintendomination Thread.

Ka-pi96 said:
QUAKECore89 said:


Hmm where is this from?

England

I'd never eat them though... just look at that company name


Odd company name lol

Man, English is screwed up. :S



Cobretti2 said:

Actually a faggot is also a bunch of sticks

so for example if i were to say

A gay ferry penguine is carrying a faggot to build a nest.

In the modern world people would think i mean homosexual 3 times in that sentence.

i.e. gay (aka happy), ferry (when did this word become purely associated with gay people aka now called little penguin) and faggot.

It's "fairy", not ferry. Ferry is a boat that ferries you from land to land across water. Fairies are graceful and magical creatures of folklore. Not such a bad thing to be compared against actually, probably owing to the generally more flamboyant nature of gay men.



NiKKoM said:
Ka-pi96 said:
IFireflyl said:

I have some English friends that still call cigarettes 'faggots'.

I think you mean fags. Faggots are something completely different (they are food).


its US slang... They butcher up english.. 

Anyway.. The N word used to be normal... Should we use it again? Times and sentiments changes.. For the better

When did racist stop calling blacks that word? As if they don't still use it.I heard it and read it recently.Any way retard is not comparable to a racial and derogatory term.Retard was never derogatory or used to opress people and treat them like they were less than human.many whites don't undertand these things which is why we still have racial issues.



Ka-pi96 said:
IFireflyl said:

I have some English friends that still call cigarettes 'faggots'.

I think you mean fags. Faggots are something completely different (they are food).

... I thought faggots were bundles of wood where as the singular faggot is a single bundle of wood or just a branch ... what kind of food are a faggots?