Del Monty

I think whats more important is to remember that its just a word. Once people stop being offended by it, it will cease to be offensive. I'm not defending its use in that context but just saying that if one decides not to be offended then the person has lost their ammunition to offend.

Yeah I get the argument but some words have far too many negative connotations for people to be happy with it being in general use. Simple eg is the N word which is now very much on the not PC to use spectrum.

I'm not saying use it in general use. What I'm saying is that if people don't care about it, the offensive nature will begin to fade and gradually people will cease to use it.

Words like Honkey and cracker have exactly the same connotation as n****r but no one finds it offensive so no one uses it n any meaningful derogatory way.

The reason I think n****r has continued to be seen as offensive is because the black community continue its use and try to "claim it as th...