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Date Posted: 04:37:57 06/18/03 Wed
Author: Jun
Subject: I wasn't really sure where to post this...

So I just made a new message...

This isn't meant to offend (seriously), I'm just curious.

Faggot has 2 distinct meanings to me: 1) The person who is the 'receiver' is doing something stupid, it is used to tell the person to stop, and 2) You're gay and I don't like it. Apparently this isn't the case for everyone. I'm not gay, so maybe that makes a difference, I don't know. My question regarding this is, how would you know whether the term was used towards gay people or if it was (more or less) used jokingly? Or would it matter?

The use of the N-word could result in a similar problem. Would it make a difference if the guy who used the word was black or not? I think that should make a difference. (I would explain why, but I'm not sure anyone would care)

Oh, and by the way... Jeremy's donations of baby animals, cookies and prozac, as well as his liberal tossings of glitter are very helpful in brightening an otherwise unpleasant (at times) debate. So... Thanks :)
:)

-Jun

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