DominicCobb said:
Anyway, it's obvious why Possessed spelled it out: so that he could go on a tirade against political correctness when people objected.
False, it was more of an oversight than anything I didn't anticipate that much of a reaction. I mean if I had used it to label a person or group of people or anything like that I would understand and would have deserved it. Maybe I deserved it anyway, but I hardly see how one post counts as a tirade. I'm sorry that I was so uncouth as to spell out the complete word, I was not advocating it's use as a racial slur, I was merely providing an example of a racial slur. It's true I could have just said "n-word" and gotten the point across, and I probably should have, it was just an f-wording oversight people, J-word C-word, relax and move on, I won't do it again. Anytime you wanna stop talking about it would be fine with me.
Post Praetorian said:
Why might you be so certain? Did not his explanation make sufficient sense to allow the matter to rest as stated?
Yes. It was a mistake, I shouldn't have said it, but as I've repeatedly said I don't condone it's use it was just an example. Can we please stop the bandwagon now? The first three or four people to reply made their point, and it is a valid one and I concede, there's no need for half a page worth of people repeating it.