Are you playing with me or do you really not get it? The word retard was used so often in a derogatory way that it became offensive even when used legitimately.
I'm not saying black man is a derogatory term, but if you use it in that context often enough it will be viewed as such. Try this, if you replace a taboo word with a substitute word and use it to mean the same thing, eventual the substitute word will also be taboo. On 8/14/07, Dana <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > when you say "acting like" sure. Then you have the implication that > black men act in some specific way and also there is something wrong > with that. But "nigger" does not have the same meaning as "black man," > sorry. It's the implication that it does that is racist. > > And Sam, if the shoe fits.... > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| ColdFusion is delivering applications solutions at at top companies around the world in government. Find out how and where now http://www.adobe.com/cfusion/showcase/index.cfm?event=finder&productID=1522&loc=en_us Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/message.cfm/messageid:240301 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5
