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    Quote Originally Posted by BananaStand View Post
    Nah, it pretty much means the same thing. You're saying that it's more important to have your little inside joke, than it is to avoid insulting the dignity of of anyone with east asian facial features.
    Exactly.

    Just because you might enjoy the irony of using racist language about a group against which you hold no attitude of superiority regarding, doesn't change the fact that you're using racist language and thus, being racist.

    An analogy is if you get in an argument with your friend, and it gets really heated. You pull out a gun and decide to fire a warning shot over his head so he'll shut up. But oops, your aim is bad and you kill him. Do you think you should get away with that because you didn't really hate your friend or intend to harm him?
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    Not sure what you mean by "get away with it."

    It's not murder, since the killing was an accident, but it was certainly some kind of reckless endangerment or manslaughter, regardless.
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    Quote Originally Posted by MadMojoMonkey View Post
    Not sure what you mean by "get away with it."

    It's not murder, since the killing was an accident, but it was certainly some kind of reckless endangerment or manslaughter, regardless.
    "Get away with it" means "not be punished."

    The law considers the fact that you ignored the potential risks of firing off a gun outweighs the fact that your motivation was not to harm. Thus you still get a prison sentence because in the eyes of the law you were still a douchebag.

    My point is if you do the same thing using racist language in a situation in which it should be clear to anyone that such language could easily offend someone, then your inner feelings and motivations are secondary in that case too. IOW, you're also being a douchebag.

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