[Barone1551]

In my opinion I dont take offense to just racial slurs. If I am walking down the street and someone makes a racial comment about me, I will take no offense. They dont know me, I wont let them offend me. To me its the same as someone trying to make fun of me. I usually dont take offense to it. I just always found it fascinating that certain words can carry so much weight. This goes for "vulgar words too". At some point these words were decided to be too vulgar to use in everyday life, or at least to society. In reality they are just words, made up of letters, just like all other words. I guess what I am trying to say is that when it comes down to it, how much these words affect people is up to the individual. To me words are words, in my mind they can be interchangeable. But I also know that not everyone thinks like I do, so I dont go around swearing all the time. Its up to society to decide how much weight words hold. Racial slurs are always a touchy subject becuase they hold such a negative connotation. If people take such offense to certain words I dont think they should be used.... at all, by anyone.