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Originally Posted by Hugh
Richard, for someone who repeatedly stresses the need to counteract discrimination, why do you repeatedly use words in your posts that are generally regarded as unacceptable in today's society, as fi they are used, they are mainly used in a derogatory manner.
This could be classed as discrimination...
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I don't think that glossing over the past does any good at all, we cannot change history and that's why I think that Ofcom were wrong to fine Talking Pictures.
Minority groups were called or referred to using some shocking terms in the past and it's important that we don't forget this or else they will be forgotten. The word used in the Talking Pictures case has dropped out of use for so long that some younger people had never heard of it!
Some may view this as a good thing, but I think that we can all learn lessons from the past to better society as a whole for the future. It would be wrong to use such terms in a non historical context and illegal to use them with malice towards an individual.
In another thread I remember that you used historical terms (to make a valid point I will stress) for various minority groups, but stated 'the N word' for black people. I can't fathom why people seem to want to tiptoe around the black community and to no other minority group.
Also, using the 'N word' seems counterproductive to me as our brains hear or see it, work out what it means and tells us the offending word anyway!