Generally, yes. However, a person up in Nazi or Klan regalia may be interpreted by some people as a credible threat of violence. Likewise, since "the n-word" was commonly used by Klansmen to address the people they were lynching, it may be interpreted by some people as a threat of violence. (Admittedly, that's a stretch.) While I firmly believe people have a right to offensive speech, I also believe they do not have a right to threatening speech. It is only due to the possibility for interpretation as a threat that the n-word should not be used by anyone in conversation.
As far as "squaw", wasn't that a word used by the American natives themselves? I never considered it particularly degrading, more like the equivalent of referring to our wives/girlfriends as "the old lady".
It's just like my views on homosexuals: unless you are planning on dating them, their sexual preference is irrelevant. If I'm planning on sleeping with someone, I'd argue that their genetically assigned gender IS important, and there IS a real need to separate XX from XY. I'm also surprised that nobody has yet used the obvious retort, "Well, their dick is usually a dead giveaway!" "Tranny" can be short for transvestite as well as transexual.
Then they threw it out the window for Back To Earth which, to me, was Red Dwarfs "Star Trek V" moment. I hope the next series will be our Star Trek VI moment, and that we won't end up with a Generations moment when they kill the cast off.
Yeah, they should get Leonard Nimoy to direct it...
True, Jagger's voice and the band's technical precision are at about the level of a just-formed garage band, but Jagger is a good songwriter and absolutely brilliant at marketing. (He attended the London School of Economics.)
No, in 500+ years when humans finally reach that planet, they'll wonder why the hell it is named "Syberz". Seriously, wouldn't it be worth at least $100 to name a planet "microsoftsucks"?
My friend tryed to get ISDN from Quest back when it was still US Worst. They came out to hook it up couple times, utterly failed to get it working at all, but that didn't stop them from billing her for ISDN service for a couple months! She gave up and gave me her ISDN modem. I still have it.
Worse than that, the AI's would be tremendously frustrating to play against. Wouldn't this kill the regular game if players never know whether they are playing against another human being or an AI? Is there a way of knowing whether or not your opponent is using the API? AI vs. AI would be fun, but human vs. AI would suck.
Blizzard is suing people for a mod that makes one of Blizzard's games, Starcraft 2, more like another one of Blizzard's games, World of Warcraft? How exactly is Blizzard harmed by this; is it causing Blizzard to lose game sales to themselves?
When I was a child, my mom used to read Playboy... for the articles, or at least that's what she claimed. Personally, I always liked their cartoons and jokes page... Gahan Wilson, anyone?
Most popular with whom?!? The only people listening to Top 40 I know of are 10-year olds. The Top 40 charts are based on singles sales... who the fuck buys singles?!? They don't count album sales or digital sales, they really counting only the sales to DJs. DJs server their purpose, but they are not exactly representative of what the majority of people want to listen to, or what anybody wants to listen to when they're not dancing drunk.
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If they word "tranny" offensive, they should probably avoid their local transmission repair shop.
Generally, yes. However, a person up in Nazi or Klan regalia may be interpreted by some people as a credible threat of violence. Likewise, since "the n-word" was commonly used by Klansmen to address the people they were lynching, it may be interpreted by some people as a threat of violence. (Admittedly, that's a stretch.) While I firmly believe people have a right to offensive speech, I also believe they do not have a right to threatening speech. It is only due to the possibility for interpretation as a threat that the n-word should not be used by anyone in conversation.
As far as "squaw", wasn't that a word used by the American natives themselves? I never considered it particularly degrading, more like the equivalent of referring to our wives/girlfriends as "the old lady".
It's just like my views on homosexuals: unless you are planning on dating them, their sexual preference is irrelevant. If I'm planning on sleeping with someone, I'd argue that their genetically assigned gender IS important, and there IS a real need to separate XX from XY. I'm also surprised that nobody has yet used the obvious retort, "Well, their dick is usually a dead giveaway!" "Tranny" can be short for transvestite as well as transexual.
Angie, Wild Horses, Honky Tonk Woman and even Far Away Eyes were all great songs, even though I sometimes think Mick was making fun of Country Music.
Sure, but first you'd have to kill Bruce Willis and steal his larynx...
Actually, I pity her husband. This woman has 11 years worth of complaining she needs to catch up on!
They can replace Adam's apples now? Now how are we gonna tell the real females from the trannies?
Then they threw it out the window for Back To Earth which, to me, was Red Dwarfs "Star Trek V" moment. I hope the next series will be our Star Trek VI moment, and that we won't end up with a Generations moment when they kill the cast off.
Yeah, they should get Leonard Nimoy to direct it...
True, Jagger's voice and the band's technical precision are at about the level of a just-formed garage band, but Jagger is a good songwriter and absolutely brilliant at marketing. (He attended the London School of Economics.)
Jagger is the darker-skinned one with the wider nose.
Jimmy Page and Harlan Ellison?
I always thought it was pronounced "urine us".
"Ever since the Phoenicians invented money, there has only been one answer to that question." -- Clarence Darrow
No, in 500+ years when humans finally reach that planet, they'll wonder why the hell it is named "Syberz". Seriously, wouldn't it be worth at least $100 to name a planet "microsoftsucks"?
My friend tryed to get ISDN from Quest back when it was still US Worst. They came out to hook it up couple times, utterly failed to get it working at all, but that didn't stop them from billing her for ISDN service for a couple months! She gave up and gave me her ISDN modem. I still have it.
Amazon claims that a feature that only they offer helps prevent vendor lock-in?!?
I don't, but then, I use bittorrent.
Worse than that, the AI's would be tremendously frustrating to play against. Wouldn't this kill the regular game if players never know whether they are playing against another human being or an AI? Is there a way of knowing whether or not your opponent is using the API? AI vs. AI would be fun, but human vs. AI would suck.
Blizzard is suing people for a mod that makes one of Blizzard's games, Starcraft 2, more like another one of Blizzard's games, World of Warcraft? How exactly is Blizzard harmed by this; is it causing Blizzard to lose game sales to themselves?
If you call Excel macros "professional software" then yes. How many of Microsoft's commercial applications are written in VB?
The hip new generation of programmers are all using Visual COBAL!
A womanizer's womanizer with a blow-up doll?
When I was a child, my mom used to read Playboy... for the articles, or at least that's what she claimed. Personally, I always liked their cartoons and jokes page... Gahan Wilson, anyone?
You do realize the overwhelming majority of Playgirl buyers are male, don't you?
Most popular with whom?!? The only people listening to Top 40 I know of are 10-year olds. The Top 40 charts are based on singles sales... who the fuck buys singles?!? They don't count album sales or digital sales, they really counting only the sales to DJs. DJs server their purpose, but they are not exactly representative of what the majority of people want to listen to, or what anybody wants to listen to when they're not dancing drunk.