Originally posted by mokkoAnd Americans that give those words their correct spelling.
It's people that give meaning and emotion to words.
For the record.
We now return you to your regularly scheduled ...
And yeah -- you can draw attention to the problem by alerting the offensive posts to the mods, or you can draw attention to yourself by starting threads here. Which is more important???
Originally posted by reader1107I tried to PM you the info, but I'm on your ignore list, despite the fact that I have never PMed you before.
I'm a regular and I don't run across racial slurs. Do you know how to link to specific threads? Saying things like the thread named X, page 2 would be really helpful. Really. That's what the problem was with your first crusade. People who say *everyone knows...* have extremely little credibility.
Originally posted by reader1107Since there is no problem (as far as I can see), obviously the latter.
And Americans that give those words their correct spelling.
For the record.
We now return you to your regularly scheduled ...
And yeah -- you can draw attention to the problem by alerting the offensive posts to the mods, or you can draw attention to yourself by starting threads here. Which is more important???
Originally posted by reader1107Well reader - that highlights the issue. See, Red Night doesn't trust the mods, or other people, to see the brilliance of his mandates. He sees so clearly that he is the only moral one, and that the world would be better if we all deferred to him. He'll be very disappointed alerting the mods, as they won't agree with him. Obviously, all these terrible people are wrong and must be saved.
And yeah -- you can draw attention to the problem by alerting the offensive posts to the mods, or you can draw attention to yourself by starting threads here. Which is more important???
Originally posted by sevenstarI got some friends over here who would love to discuss that word with you.
Right, back to where we were. Niggers. Has anyone read In The Fall by Jeffrey Lent? I picked up this book in Geneva during vacation. At one point I had nothing to read anymore and came down the mountains to see if I could find a decent English book somewhere. I picked this one, by chance. It was published in 2000 but I had not heard before of Lent. ...[text shortened]... and almost dead by a slave who has run away, and whom he eventually marries. Highly recommended.
Originally posted by Red NightI put you on my ignore list during that first episode with you and Dippity Doo Dah running rampant through the forums stabbing at ghosts. If I get extremely ticked off at someone, they go on the iggy list. It's a meaningless monument to powerlessness, but it makes me feel better. There are only 12 people on it, so consider yourself one of the chosen. Really, a couple of them I don't remember why I picked them.
I tried to PM you the info, but I'm on your ignore list, despite the fact that I have never PMed you before.
Here's the thing. I'm on forums (fora?)(fori?) on bookcrossing and teachers.net and NaNoWriMo and have been on others as well. I have seen people do what you do -- and they're called trolls. Some of these trolls then PM people to have their say or garner support. Since this heated discussion is in a public forum, I believe that discussions pertaining thereto should also be in the public forum.
Originally posted by Red NightHappy now? 😠I couldn't get back to sleep. Let e try it another way Red.
I got some friends over here who would love to discuss that word with you.
If you call me a nigger and I associate it with strong negative emotions from within myself I am giving it power and I am allowing to represent racism. If you call me a nigger and it prokes the same emotional response as if you said soda pop I am them removing the power of the word and thus removing racism.
Now the least you could do is bring me a coffee seeing as I'm up. 😀
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Originally posted by huckleberryhoundRed Night says don't call people niggers etc etc.
Ok, i just got here, ansd i'm not wasting my time reading 80 posts of "i hate you", "i hate you".
Can anyone get me up to speed without wrecking my weekend buzz ?
RookRAK says piss off it was said in jest. [by sonhouse in the china thread]
Mokko went to bed - then came back.
Someone got put on the iggy list - that's about it I think.
Originally posted by Dr StrangeloveYou forgot that I've yet to have my coffee. ðŸ˜
Red Night says don't call people niggers etc etc.
RookRak say piss off it was said in jest. [by sonhouse in the chins thread]
Mokko went to bed - then came back.
Someone got put on the iggy list - that's about it I think.