tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23400750.post5502454176854497151..comments2023-11-03T11:32:01.540+00:00Comments on Thought Experiments : The Blog: Bad WordsBryan Appleyardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08276787058430388582noreply@blogger.comBlogger16125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23400750.post-67342177917150685452008-07-17T01:48:00.000+00:002008-07-17T01:48:00.000+00:00BryanI wholeheartedly agree with you, you preening...Bryan<BR/><BR/>I wholeheartedly agree with you, you preening limey!Duckhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08852569465893563139noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23400750.post-86514381192659751882008-07-16T15:08:00.000+00:002008-07-16T15:08:00.000+00:00I think Bryan starts from the correct premise ("It...I think Bryan starts from the correct premise ("It is the decision to take offense that creates the offense") but draws a dubious conclusion ("surely the grown-up thing to do is shrug and move on").<BR/><BR/>The offendee gets to decide what offends him, not the offender. Therefore it is incumbent on the offender, upon finding that he has offended, to desist from offending. That's just good Brithttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00390560583798960760noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23400750.post-58183064019940344952008-07-15T18:43:00.000+00:002008-07-15T18:43:00.000+00:00I must agree with Gordon. Although I do think some...I must agree with Gordon. Although I do think some people are too sensitive. Being called "love," or "hon," by a waitress is not cause for offense, in my opinion. However, being called a "broad" is. But feminism contains multitudes of women. Ethnic groups are a different thing. Call me a white bitch all you want and it can't hurt me 'cause I'm on top. But if I call you by the 'n' word, I am Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23400750.post-88965525309627792982008-07-15T17:49:00.000+00:002008-07-15T17:49:00.000+00:00Some terms applied to ethnic and social groups car...Some terms applied to ethnic and social groups carry no derogatory intent, and merely identify that social or ethnic group, whilst other terms both identify the group, and communicate a derogatory meaning.<BR/><BR/>If a social or ethnic group begin to take offence to the use of a particular term, then even if, in so doing, they demonstrate an over-sensitivity, once it is known that such a term Gordon McCabehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09151162643523937086noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23400750.post-76487704491199186082008-07-15T13:03:00.000+00:002008-07-15T13:03:00.000+00:00When my kids were in elementary school they had a ...When my kids were in elementary school they had a program: For every "put-down" a kid said to another kid (chav or yid would fall into those categories), they had to give two "put-ups." So, you are not a hack or a yid, Bryan, you are a chin-dimpled handsome intellectual.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23400750.post-79944297623846182372008-07-15T12:57:00.000+00:002008-07-15T12:57:00.000+00:00i don't think all such words are equally bad/good/...i don't think all such words are equally bad/good/whatever. i've always winced a bit when people call me a 'paki' as something in the sound of the word strikes me as offensive. i've never heard anyone use it in an amiable way, anyway.<BR/><BR/>On the other hand being called a 'curry-eater' or a 'Gupta' just makes me laugh, i mean i find it genuinely amusing. Perhaps it's that's 'Paki' can be spatAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23400750.post-61769132375509777402008-07-15T12:26:00.000+00:002008-07-15T12:26:00.000+00:00Alright, I can't take it. I have to say something....Alright, I can't take it. I have to say something. I don't use such terms as nigger, yid or any other tag that categorises people according to their race or ethnic group. And they are not terms I would encourage my young children to use either. Call me a stick in the mud, but morally (and I just can't help it), I find their usage repugnant. They are derogatory and condemnatory by definition, Neil Forsythhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00240393170374161007noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23400750.post-83334069769084751592008-07-15T10:24:00.000+00:002008-07-15T10:24:00.000+00:00That's a pretty unfair description of Top Gear. It...That's a pretty unfair description of Top Gear. It's three blokes <I>and</I> the Stig. Since he can't talk, the Stig can't have been able to negotiate the lavish remuneration, pay rises, etc. of the other three. Perhaps he doesn't get paid at all and has to survive on scraps from a BBC mobile catering unit.<BR/><BR/>People rather enjoy taking offense, I suspect. There have been wars over footballMarkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06074816573442173758noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23400750.post-44750821924358191742008-07-15T10:19:00.000+00:002008-07-15T10:19:00.000+00:00Following on from happiness-inducing music, I segu...Following on from happiness-inducing music, I segue into the bad words with the memory of buying The Record Guide in 1955, discovering under the entry for Dvorak's sublime Opus 96 F major string quartet, the appended nickname 'Nigger', and the shock it gave me at school in genteel Leamington Spa.<BR/>It was another 20 years before the change to 'American' arrived, and stuck<BR/>Mahlermanmahlermanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14469854614938507153noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23400750.post-29078940885306831992008-07-15T09:51:00.000+00:002008-07-15T09:51:00.000+00:00I expect 'edgehog refers to that gypsy delicacy ba...I expect 'edgehog refers to that gypsy delicacy baked in mud, 'edge'og on croot.Ian russellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11106519805045337505noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23400750.post-51577641794490291432008-07-15T09:17:00.000+00:002008-07-15T09:17:00.000+00:00Chavs aren't necessarily poor, indeed most of them...Chavs aren't necessarily poor, indeed most of them probably have more money than i do. It's a lifestyle thing. i worked at a credit reference place with one woman, very well-presented, pretty, dressed elegantly. i saw her in town one Saturday and almost didn't recognise her - she was with her husband and they were both dressed like chavs.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23400750.post-25683948982101501942008-07-15T09:07:00.000+00:002008-07-15T09:07:00.000+00:00'edgehog?'edgehog?Bryan Appleyardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08276787058430388582noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23400750.post-29395049184747702202008-07-15T08:50:00.000+00:002008-07-15T08:50:00.000+00:00I recall seeing Darcus Howe on TV at a soccer matc...I recall seeing Darcus Howe on TV at a soccer match remonstrating with fans who called an opposing player a black cunt. Quite cheerfully they pointed out they'd say scouse cunt if he was from Liverpool or French cunt if he was of a Gallic persuasion. They seemed genuine and their explanation, in my experience, was plausible. I've never understood why black people regularly call each other Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23400750.post-72962755146109010792008-07-15T08:42:00.000+00:002008-07-15T08:42:00.000+00:00Put the 'edgehog on Bryan.Put the 'edgehog on Bryan.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23400750.post-63931130988773265322008-07-15T07:42:00.000+00:002008-07-15T07:42:00.000+00:00Can you be half a yid? Out of curiosity - I honest...Can you be half a yid? Out of curiosity - I honestly don't know - I thought the thing was determed by the maternal line in your family.<BR/><BR/>I find the implication in your last sentence truly offensive.Ian russellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11106519805045337505noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23400750.post-12601653962713922882008-07-15T07:23:00.000+00:002008-07-15T07:23:00.000+00:00That's it - I'm confiscating "The Wire" dvds!That's it - I'm confiscating "The Wire" dvds!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com