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Originally Posted by DaveinGermany
Not really a matter of being accepted, the word still is & will continue to be in use in many parts of the World, it is the context & the person using the term that causes an issue it seems.
As to calling your Dog "gay black Queer" fill yer boots it's your Dog. I also believe it used to be called "the right to free speech" to say what you want without being condemned as some kind of "ist" or "phobe", after all they are only words, they aren't being directed at anyone specifically (unless you count your Dog) but just try it & see what happens in our happy land of diversity & equality.
It's a funny old World isn't it, where one mans words are racist, yet another mans right to free speech.
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It's all "sticks and stones" Dave and everything is relative. My Indian neighbours told me when I met them 6 years that to them I look like a Barbie doll- perhaps I should have been offended. I am not inanimate or plastic but to them I looked pinkish with big eyes, small nose and mouth and I had long blonde hair back then!
As to Mancie and his theoretical doggie - I tried Googling the name -you should see what comes up - you don't happen to have that video on your shelf by any chance, do you? Otherwise how did you come up with it
To get back on thread - how did it veer off so drastically? - video was a godsend once over. I have a collection of hundreds - perhaps they'll be worth something in the future as vinyl records are now. Satellite TV is another great technology -anyone remember the old test-cards?