Posted by Mike Dennis on December 31, 2005 at 10:12:04 from 81.76.119.117 user MTD.
In Reply to: Re: Bowlderising AR (was Political Correctness was AR v HL) posted by Charles on December 30, 2005 at 12:13:46:
As others have said where will you draw the line?
The important element in my post was that as far as we know AR did not intend to be offensive. Using words deemed offensive or insulting in print depends on a number of factors, particulalry were they used with intention of giving offence and are they read as such? Certainly, when I read PD the 'n' word does stand out on the page; but then I remember my maternal grandmother (who was born in the 1890s)always revered to brown paint etc. as "nigger brown" - she was no racist but had a Victorian view of the world.