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BYU71 · 08-15-2008, 02:27 PM

I think it was stupid not racist.

Anyone in their right mind think the Spanish team intentionally set out to offend the Chinese when the games are being played on the Chinese home turf.

I think words like racist, biggot, homophobe have to have some intent behind them to be meaningful.

I know people who make jokes about missionaries or the tabernacle choir. Are they biggots. I don't know their intent, so how do I know whether they are biggots or their statement is biggotted.

What if someone showed up from another planet and his first contact with humans was at a comedy club. Some black person used the N word describing another black person. The alien walks out of the club, points to a black person and calls him the N word. I guess the alien is a racist.

I get tired of hearing people who are thoughtless or stupid being raised to the level of racists or biggots just because they are thoughtless or stupid or naive.

08-15-2008, 02:27 PM	#21
BYU71 Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2006 Posts: 5,084	I think it was stupid not racist. Anyone in their right mind think the Spanish team intentionally set out to offend the Chinese when the games are being played on the Chinese home turf. I think words like racist, biggot, homophobe have to have some intent behind them to be meaningful. I know people who make jokes about missionaries or the tabernacle choir. Are they biggots. I don't know their intent, so how do I know whether they are biggots or their statement is biggotted. What if someone showed up from another planet and his first contact with humans was at a comedy club. Some black person used the N word describing another black person. The alien walks out of the club, points to a black person and calls him the N word. I guess the alien is a racist. I get tired of hearing people who are thoughtless or stupid being raised to the level of racists or biggots just because they are thoughtless or stupid or naive.