[user104658]

Err.. So because everyone says it that suddenly makes it all fine and dandy? Not following the logic to be honest. "Most people" do all sorts of stupid, vulgar ****. No, most people don't do it with racist intent. They don't do it because they're racist. They do it because they're simple minded and ignorant. Since when is being ignorant acceptable?

Meh. All I can say is, as a Scottish person who lived in North England for 3 years, being repeatedly referred to as "Scotch" really did my tits in. I wasn't crying myself to sleep over it or anything, but I'd honestly have happily given anyone who said it a slap in the chops for saying it if I thought I could get away with it... Especially when it came along with a good old cultural stereotype, "haw haw haw you're Scotch where's your bagpipes haw haw I bet you love haggis". How about, go and **** yourself? Is that an appropriate response?

So yeah. I get that it's just words and I don't think it should be a legal matter or anything or like that but... How about just... DON'T use words like ****, chinky or "jock"? Is it really going to be a massive inconvenience to anyone to just ****ing not?