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Originally Posted by pencil shavings
I think youve missed the point being made here.
if you called someone a monkey in a derogetary way then it is abuse, if it is done is a rasit way, and possibly a perceived rasit way, then its rasit. if you call your friend a monkey as banter, then yeah sure its abuse, but its cool, because its friendly abuse that both parties agree to.
i always take the p*** out of my friends when they do somthing wrong, insult their ability or the size of their manhood if they miss a easy goal at football. or if my guitarist plays a bum note too much ill tell him to stop w***ing so much and 
do you get the difference? |
I understand the point, and I totally disagree with it.
Words have no meaning other than the message we wish to send with them. If someone says something not intended to be offensive but is percieved to be, that doesn't make that person abusive, racially or otherwise. It's a missunderstanding, and a racial element makes no difference. To say otherwise would be politically correct madness.