CDawg #MurilloStrong, post: 111944, member: 18171 Wrote:The word used to insult homosexuals did not originate from anything related to them until it was later agreed upon that it best suited them because of the fact that so many of them were burned on a stake for their personal preferences. <--- (There's some history behind this one).
^ This word has so many differing meanings to it that it's wrong for you or anybody to say that it's only meant to be used for homosexuals.
lol I always thought it was because a faggot was a bundle of sticks and, well, a bundle of "sticks" xD
I find it weird to make a distinction between 'nigger' and nigga'. I mean, it's the same damn word, just pronounced differently. When you hear someone with an English accent say the term, will you first ask him to write it down to see if he meant it in a casual way or in an outright racist manner?
Beause they pronounce both terms the same way.
If he writes nigger: "You fooking racist m8, Imma fuck your shit up."
If he writes nigga: "Aaah sheeet, you mah nikka. Be careful though dawg, people can get offended."
This joking aside. Yes, I'm sure people primarily think of 'bundle of sticks' when they hear the term 'faggot'. Gay people might get offended by the term, just as black people might get offended by the terms 'nigger, negro or nigga'. Or short people by the term midget.
This is what I meant by shortsighted. Using the term 'nigger' doesn't make you a racist, nor does using the term 'faggot' make you a homophobe. You can conclude it's thoughtless or offensive (because some people might be offended by it), but nothing more. People get offended all the time and it's subjective.
Discriminating against people from different races makes you a racist (basically just people from different cultures and of different skin color because race by now is almost entirely a social concept).
The problem of racism in society isn't really about some terms, it's about attitudes and actions, and about the social and systemic remains of slavery and the Reconstruction era (when we're talking about the US).
I think the N word is just unacceptable, I'm not one to prevent offensive terms.
If I suffered from mental retardation, I'd rather be called retarded than "special", because that's what I am. Retardation is a real thing.
Or fat people. If I were fat and you called me the "bigger" girl or the "fluffy" girl over there getting the donuts, I'd sock you.
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it doesnt matter how u feel or wat he feel.history or present doesnt matter. we do not allow any word or sentence which can provoke hatred or quarrel in the server.As i mentioned before "if a player or group is offended by a player's word regarding their origin/community/country/looks. it is punishable. About society i dnt know but Zero tolerance in this sever.
PLEASE DO REPORT IF U FIND ANYTHING OFFENSIVE WITH A PROOF.
KINGKONG, post: 111951, member: 17997 Wrote:PLEASE DO REPORT IF U FIND ANYTHING OFFENSIVE WITH A PROOF.
Yeah, because I'm gonna rush to FRAPS website and download it and set it up and install the drivers so fast I sweat because a guy said the N word on a mic. -_______________________________________________________________________--
Alina, post: 111952, member: 18175 Wrote:Yeah, because I'm gonna rush to FRAPS website and download it and set it up and install the drivers so fast I sweat because a guy said the N word on a mic. -_______________________________________________________________________--
You should already have it set up, you noob!
George Of The Jungle, post: 111949, member: 3094 Wrote:I find it weird to make a distinction between 'nigger' and nigga'. I mean, it's the same damn word, just pronounced differently. When you hear someone with an English accent say the term, will you first ask him to write it down to see if he meant it in a casual way or in an outright racist manner?
Beause they pronounce both terms the same way.
If he writes nigger: "You fooking racist m8, Imma fuck your shit up."
If he writes nigga: "Aaah sheeet, you mah nikka. Be careful though dawg, people can get offended."
This joking aside. Yes, I'm sure people primarily think of 'bundle of sticks' when they hear the term 'faggot'. Gay people might get offended by the term, just as black people might get offended by the terms 'nigger, negro or nigga'. Or short people by the term midget.
This is what I meant by shortsighted. Using the term 'nigger' doesn't make you a racist, nor does using the term 'faggot' make you a homophobe. You can conclude it's thoughtless or offensive (because some people might be offended by it), but nothing more. People get offended all the time and it's subjective.
Discriminating against people from different races makes you a racist (basically just people from different cultures and of different skin color because race by now is almost entirely a social concept).
The problem of racism in society isn't really about some terms, it's about attitudes and actions, and about the social and systemic remains of slavery and the Reconstruction era (when we're talking about the US).
The way I see it, the people who do get offended by the term are the people that still cling to the past. Yes, I understand that it is an offensive word. Things sure have changed since then. Now you see African Americans accepting other "races" into their clique and calling them their nigga. It's exactly as you said, "race by now is almost entirely a social concept".
With that being said, we all agree upon the fact that racism should not be allowed on the servers regardless of the context of the word. Derogative words are used almost daily in the servers over the mic or in chat. There were two people on yesterday around mid-day spamming the chat with offensive words towards Middle-Eastern people and races that were not considered "white". (By now, the chat logs disappeared for that time of day, sorry I don't have screenshots to provide either)
Alina, post: 111952, member: 18175 Wrote:Yeah, because I'm gonna rush to FRAPS website and download it and set it up and install the drivers so fast I sweat because a guy said the N word on a mic. -_______________________________________________________________________--
NO PROOF NO ACTION. You dont need to do all those stuffs :confused: Just mention player nick, steam ID, and server time( at the very moment) in ur report. Then wait for a root admin to trace it and take action (which usually take alot of time)
Alina, post: 111984, member: 18175 Wrote:Yeah, so:
Get name
Get Steam ID
Get EXACT SERVER TIME
Tell admin
Wait two weeks
Anybody can check server logs, it takes 2 minutes.