Re:More Speech and Fewer Mistakes
by danpalmer on Tuesday January 07, 2025 @06:17PM
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Language is what we make of it, it's not a fixed concept. If people take offense to it then it's offensive.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NzdpxKqEUAw
As Stephen Fry said: "So fucking what?".
A thumbs-up gesture is offensive in the Middle East, should it be banned world-wide?
Funnily enough the original example upthread was the use of the word "retard" which is harmless in French, which ended up getting the user in trouble.