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09-30-2012, 11:04 AM
(This post was last modified: 09-01-2022, 01:01 AM by Fearless Community.
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I made a post regarding how saying "***", "gook", "toad", "frog", "redskin", "whiteboy" etc. aren't inherently racist.
See, per definition racism is the belief that one or several races are superior or inferior to one or more other races. Saying "***" once, twice or thrice does not mean you believe one race to be superior than another. As an example:
*** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***.
Well I feel the same. Races are equal in my opinion. But because I said *** so many times, does that make me a racist? Might make me an offensive bastard, insensitive to other's feelings, but I am no racist. It's inherently the same with the word ***.
However, if someone said "Get the fuck out, you fucking ***, go steal some bikes or some shit", that'd be both disrespecting, stereotyping and be a blatant racist statement. The one word does not necessarily mean racism, homophobia etc. but when used in a context that stereotypes someone, or disrespects someone it is surely punishable.
I steel feel it's a gray-zone in-game. When your character is in a heated spot, say, during a raid, I think you should be allowed to shout slurs at your enemies. Reminds me of a GTA:SA MP server I was playing on. Every. Single. Guy. In my gang would just spout "***" non-stop. None of them were racist in real life, and they were all very pleasant. They were just playing a role. And doing it well, actually.
*** *** *** *** *** *** ***
*checks himself*
Nah I'm still not a racist.
That sounds like a damn shame. It should be re-allowed. Nevermind who takes offense to it.
See, per definition racism is the belief that one or several races are superior or inferior to one or more other races. Saying "***" once, twice or thrice does not mean you believe one race to be superior than another. As an example:
*** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***.
Well I feel the same. Races are equal in my opinion. But because I said *** so many times, does that make me a racist? Might make me an offensive bastard, insensitive to other's feelings, but I am no racist. It's inherently the same with the word ***.
However, if someone said "Get the fuck out, you fucking ***, go steal some bikes or some shit", that'd be both disrespecting, stereotyping and be a blatant racist statement. The one word does not necessarily mean racism, homophobia etc. but when used in a context that stereotypes someone, or disrespects someone it is surely punishable.
I steel feel it's a gray-zone in-game. When your character is in a heated spot, say, during a raid, I think you should be allowed to shout slurs at your enemies. Reminds me of a GTA:SA MP server I was playing on. Every. Single. Guy. In my gang would just spout "***" non-stop. None of them were racist in real life, and they were all very pleasant. They were just playing a role. And doing it well, actually.
*** *** *** *** *** *** ***
*checks himself*
Nah I'm still not a racist.
(09-30-2012, 10:59 AM)PrivateToast Wrote: For a year ago that word and many others was allowed. People were using it for rp. We could rp nou-nazi, soviet russia also. But the new players start find it offensive so it got disallowed and since that. Fl's rp level has fallen much
That sounds like a damn shame. It should be re-allowed. Nevermind who takes offense to it.