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Originally posted by PM_Mama00
And to DeltAlum and the others.... I'm offended by the word fat... could ALL the GCers stop using that word? Cuz if everyone has to stop using the word gay, then everyone shoudl have to stop using the word fat, and black, and white, and skinny... what else is there? If I went up to a black person who said something dumb, I'll just say "OMG ur white" or the other way around for a white person. Let me speak on behalf of many GCers when I say that we are sorry for using slang. We'll never do it again.
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So, let's see if I understand this.
You're offended because someone took a cheap shot at Detroit.
I'm offended because someone uses a "slang" term in a way I suspect was meant to be offensive. I'm talking here about Tau, not whomever it was who started this thread because I believe that the originator meant no harm by using the term.
What am I missing?
Your point about some other words -- like fat -- is well taken. I think that most of us would not use a term like that when talking about other people in a public forum. That also is offensive. I think that using the term "gay" as slang, given its other conotation, is not particularly smart. It's usage in this case certainly isn't meant as anything good, is it?
The use of specific words in slang is not the issue for me, though -- it's he context and intent behind the use. I do think it's fair to point out to someone that he/she might be offensive without even knowing it.
Thest things can be very hurtful. Some mean-spirited kids (who weren't quite as athletically adept) started a smear campaign about one of our daughters. It was untrue, but at the same time very troubling to her and her friends. Especially during her formative years.
Finally, I think it's important to know that the internet and even boards like this one are not immune to the law, common sense and human decency. Things like copyright and slander do apply.
So, in the end, there's not much anyone can do, short of legal action, to stop anyone from saying anything. I do think -- again out of human decency -- that it is important to think before we post.
By the way, regarding Detroit, I lived there and directed TV newscasts for five years. It's just like any other big city -- and I've lived in several of them -- it has its good points and bad ones.
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