The Very Important Announcement Thread Of Stuff That's Important But Kind Of Not...

The police are right. You're not a racist if the word you use refers to YOURSELF whatever the word is.

(10-12-2012 23:44 )elgar1uk Wrote:  

(10-12-2012 23:21 )lord chas Wrote:  A different Urban Dictionary page claims that wogdog means rottweiler.

The Urban Dictionary is entirely unreliable. It's definition of wogdog changes when you put a space in the middle as MONEY BANG did, so it's clearly not to be taken seriously. On a different note, why doesn't someone ask the user in question what his username means and whether he feels it has any racist connotations?

I asked him if it racist mate.

(11-12-2012 00:20 )seth Wrote:  Seems to be a mountain made out of a molehill. And people quick to jump on this guy for being racist for having a silly username without even knowing if that's his intent.

Yes there's an air of hysteria in this thread. It's only his own username after all, referring to himself, and no proof has been offered that the word has ever been used as a racist term and no proof has been offered of any racist intent on his part. As seth says it all seems to be a mountain made out of a molehill, with people being a bit too quick to pass judgement and a bit too quick to gang up on someone without any real evidence of his intent.

(11-12-2012 10:04 )sala Wrote:  I asked him if it racist mate.

Well done sala, that seems to be the most sensible move. If he becomes aware that some people think his username's contentious he might want to change it anyway, even if his intent is entirely innocent.

(10-12-2012 23:08 )MONEY BANG Wrote:  All cool, the admin has made his feelings known, if WOGDOG is an acceptable name on twitter and facebook then he doesn't see why it is not ok here.

that's a deliberate misquote and deliberate misrepresentation of what admin said in this thread.

admin version: "can anyone offer a reason why it should not be allowed here?"

MONEY BANG version: "the admin has made his feelings known.... he doesn't see why it is not ok here."

They should ban anyone who misquotes admin if it wernt for him we wouldnt have a forum.

I think admin was basically asking a question and was genuinely putting a point out for discussion.

The MONEY BANG version is different because it makes it sound as though admin has issued some kind of ruling on the matter.

Admin would never do this bad ruling that money bang lied about, let me tell you i was very sick in the hospital a while back and admiin do a real nice thing for me, admin is the best.

Problem solved guys. I have the answer! A wog dog is some kind of kebab.

(11-12-2012 10:04 )sala Wrote:  I asked him if it racist mate.

Very good sala. It seems the right thing to do. At least this way he will know that he's being accused.