Offensive Vocabulary

Guest_2 · Post by **Guest_2** » 29 Jun 2006 10:37

IMHO

Only words that are group/racially degrading are offensive.

eg. Nigger/Cunt/Faggot

It amazes me how people can be offended by 'shit' which is a completely inoffensive word but not be offended by Fag.

Do you agree: Only words that are group/racially degrading are offensive?

brinard · Post by **brinard** » 29 Jun 2006 11:33

agreed. tho i dont get offended...

QuantumBalance · Post by **QuantumBalance** » 29 Jun 2006 11:41

Hahahahah you people are obsessing over words.

bigdirtyfoot · Post by **bigdirtyfoot** » 29 Jun 2006 13:14

I agree with Sam.

Jeremy · Post by **Jeremy** » 29 Jun 2006 19:27

I usually find context and intent defines if a word is offensive or not. For example I'm not offended when my twin brother calls me a stupid asian but I would be offended if my boss at work did. Neither of those words "stupid" and "Asian" are offensive words to me but in a particular context they can be offensive.

HighDemonslayer · Post by **HighDemonslayer** » 29 Jun 2006 22:22

I was going to say something about Ozzie Guillen's "fag" comment, or something about never having heard the term "stupid asian."............but it got boring.

-n

-n

HighDemonslayer · Post by **HighDemonslayer** » 29 Jun 2006 22:26

This thread, and the Cunt thread, make me want to make up some speech codes, and penalties.... that we all have to suffer, for our thate crimes.

-n

HighDemonslayer · Post by **HighDemonslayer** » 29 Jun 2006 22:32

edit: (...). and penalties...... that some fucking politician will/have given us....besides the fun, ironic shit I can think up here.

Switch Kicker · Post by **Switch Kicker** » 30 Jun 2006 08:58

... You can't define offensive. It's all personal opinion and basically how people take it. How it's delivered...

Faggot to me, is not offensive at all. Hippie... that pisses me off. (The hippie image that is forced apon me for playing footbag.) Most swears like shit and fuck, ok with me... uhhh... weekend warrior kinda ticks me off because it's not as simple as they make it out to be, uhhh... It's all personal preference I guess. I can call someone gay, and be called gay, and there usually isn't a problem because we're joking. However a few weeks ago I let a really bad one slip.. .I accidentally called Josh Rose (Vindicator sp?, lol.) a jew over AIM... that was bad adn I wasn't thinking. I use the word nigger, nagger, niglet alot, but I'm not racist. To me, it's all in good fun. I call people crackers, I get called crying indian (You'd have to see teh commercial from teh 70s) because of my heredity.... I'm just a guy that doesn't get offended or see things that I do as offending... I'm sorry?

Peace,
Fred.

BainbridgeShred · Post by **BainbridgeShred** » 30 Jun 2006 09:31

I was going to say something about Ozzie Guillen's "fag" comment, or something about never having heard the term "stupid asian."............but it got boring.

Jay Marioti is a [Mod edit -Moxie]

sampotter · Post by **sampotter** » 30 Jun 2006 09:53

BOY COCK
GIRL COCK
E-I-E-I-O

BainbridgeShred · Post by **BainbridgeShred** » 30 Jun 2006 11:16

BOY COCK
GIRL COCK
E-I-E-I-O

LMAO

Switch Kicker · Post by **Switch Kicker** » 30 Jun 2006 12:04

BainbridgeShred wrote:
I was going to say something about Ozzie Guillen's "fag" comment, or something about never having heard the term "stupid asian."............but it got boring.
Jay Marioti is a [Mod edit -Moxie]

Is that not against the rules? Or did one of the controversial topics over turn that while I was gone...

I don't find it offensive.. as stated above... But when Dan Feary says it... well then it's offensive, because Dan Feary is a *****.

Peace,
Fred.

JoFa · Post by **JoFa** » 30 Jun 2006 15:42

Nothing is offensive unless you take it that way. Just like no one can "make" you sad, no one can "make" you offended.

I'm 17 now. Around the age of 14 and 15, I was one of the shortest kids in my school, and I was made fun of all the time - even casually by my friends. I began to wonder why in the world my "friends" would insult me like that. And then it hit me. I acted like it didn't matter to me, even though it "hurt my feelings." And then, I realized that those silly little words don't do anything to me, and that there's no reason why my friends shouldn't be able to tease me. After all, I was really short.

And so now I laugh when I see topics like this. Although discussing is great, no matter how you change your vocabulary, you can't avoid "offending" people, because some people just plain choose to be offended.

Guest_2 · Post by **Guest_2** » 02 Jul 2006 08:12

Jeremy wrote:I usually find context and intent defines if a word is offensive or not. For example I'm not offended when my twin brother calls me a stupid asian but I would be offended if my boss at work did. Neither of those words "stupid" and "Asian" are offensive words to me but in a particular context they can be offensive.

What I mean though:

Stupid would be hurtful

Asian [in the derogatory sense] would be offensive....

see?

habitat · Post by **habitat** » 02 Jul 2006 17:08

Why edit the comment when you can clearly read what it once said, given the context? Pointless much?

HighDemonslayer · Post by **HighDemonslayer** » 02 Jul 2006 18:15

Since many nations are represented here at modified, I was wondering what kind of speech is banned for you, even here on modified.

I heard Canada and , maybe the Netherlands have stuff like that, but the details are sketchy.

More specifically, what kind of offensive talk will get you fined and/or jailed in your home country?

You don't have to make the comments that would get you in trouble, just say something like:

"If I made a derisive comment about "X", then I would have to pay $500 to the NAMBLA Elementary Education Fund. "

-n

Sporatical_Distractions · Post by **Sporatical_Distractions** » 02 Jul 2006 21:38

speaking of canada,

I find Celine Dion offensive

hacksterbator · Post by **hacksterbator** » 14 Jul 2006 09:20

HighDemonslayer wrote:I heard Canada and , maybe the Netherlands have stuff like that, but the details are sketchy.

nope. not in canada. but if you disrespect the jets in winnipeg you'll likely get your skull caved in.

Oroza · Post by **Oroza** » 08 Aug 2006 23:09

This topic is so you josh, and btw, you forgot "yo mama" up there, shes ok down here now though.