[Bells]

Exactly, and I only feel people who wish to try and put themselves in those shoes can fully understand that. I'd like people who have made comments such as 'just leave' to respond to my previous post.


Previous post attached below:

A lot of Asians who call themselves terms like that do it to ease the pain and humiliation they feel when a person of a difference race calls them it. And they say it amongst themselves in a way so that it's almost ridiculing people who call them it; making themselves feel comfortable when they're together, in other words. It does not mean they like the term. Well, normal ones don't.

So I don't understand why anyone should say it to them and make them feel hurt/confused in the first place. Most of the Asian teenagers you'll see these days suffer from personality complexes - they're confused, so they try and put on a sort of 'hard' image so they don't get picked on, and act like it doesn't bother them... and it's developed. I know that for a fact.

People should think very carefully before they speak for others.

[InTheFade]

Originally posted by bananarama

When will people ever understand. A word in itself is not racist. It is the intent in which a word is used that makes a word racist........

There wa an excellent oldie fim which is now no longer shown exept modern inferior versions....That film was titled

Ten little ****** boys. A very good who dun it thriller for its day... Was the author intending offence by the use of the word.......was the film racial...Of course not. It is the intent that matters.

Like sex racism can exist just n the mind and people will see it because thats the emotion they want to see in order to convince themselves what goody goody people they are........

Some of those same people on the forums in general (note I am not targeting any individual here with this comment) will be quite happy to refer to female contestants as slags or sluts without regard to hurting family and friends of such contestants.

When it comes to offensive words and the use of people need to put their own house in order first.......

I don't think most people actually believe Emily is racist (although a few supposed victims of her alleged racial abuse are now coming out of the woodwork, apparently), I think most people think she's stupid/naive/inconsiderate and can you really deny that she is all of those things? The word is a big no-no, regardless of the intent in which it's used and unless you're stuck in some sort of time-warp, it should never be acceptable...