BANNED! Books week 2008

[Pike]

“Brit” was never used pejoratively, and Brits were never rounded up and put in detention centers in this country. “Jap” doesn’t have the long and brutal history of the N word, but it’s not untainted

Yeah, it’s literally the same sort of shorthand as “Brit” or “Scot.” “Jap” wasn’t considered pejorative until a wee incident in the fourties. So, it’s offensive because of the outrage that was caused by, well, the Nipponese. (BTW, Eighteenth century Americans used “Tory,” since many of them were also “Brits.”)

That said, “Jap” does tend to be used as a pejorative (although, almost as often not) that is directed to people who weren’t alive in the fourties, so we’ll hold to the standard of avoiding the appearance of offense. Obviously, none of the GWCers would want to give actual offense.

Except towards GR. But he’s in all kinds of denial.

[Casilda]

Uh…I’mma have to actually disagree. I know there’s connotations but they’re dumb. It’d be like somebody from the London being pissed off about being called a Brit. I do not think it’s n-word level which has no other possible meaning

It’s still an offensive term… a word doesn’t have to be ‘n-word level’ to be offensive and to not use it.

“Brit” was never used pejoratively, and Brits were never rounded up and put in detention centers in this country. “Jap” doesn’t have the long and brutal history of the N word, but it’s not untainted

Yeah, it’s literally the same sort of shorthand as “Brit” or “Scot.” “Jap” wasn’t considered pejorative until a wee incident in the fourties. So, it’s offensive because of the outrage that was caused by, well, the Nipponese. (BTW, Eighteenth century Americans used “Tory,” since many of them were also “Brits.”)

That said, “Jap” does tend to be used as a pejorative (although, almost as often not) that is directed to people who weren’t alive in the fourties, so we’ll hold to the standard of avoiding the appearance of offense. Obviously, none of the GWCers would want to give actual offense.

Except towards GR. But he’s in all kinds of denial.

What Lady D and Pike said.

[GalaxyRanger]

Except towards GR. But he’s in all kinds of denial.

What?

What?

[CylonMATRIX]

It’s still an offensive term… a word doesn’t have to be ‘n-word level’ to be offensive and to not use it.

What Lady D and Pike said.

omgawds~! what have i done?!? I seem to have this gift of starting tangential discussion threads that have a life of their own~! (heheh…) This happens to me in the real-world too… my baaad~!

sorry y’all