Board Thread:General Wiki Discussion/@comment-24011918-20131214001227/@comment-24486926-20131215213605

The Bitter Cold wrote: CalasanX: I'm not objecting to banning a person who refers to an African American as a nigger. The problem I have is with people who block a user for a day for saying something like "That's retarded" when it's clear that it wasn't directed towards another person. A reason often given is "using 'retard' in a derogatory manner," even when the person did nothing of the sort.

Silverspots: I am using common sense. It's just that your point wasn't being properly communicated then. Now that you've provided an example, I am beginning to understand where you're coming from. However, as you can see in my response to Calasan, my objection isn't to banning someone who calls another person a faggot or a retard. The problem is when it's obviously not meant to harm anyone, but they're punished for it anyway. If a gun with blank bullets kills someone, should the shooter not be punished? Just because it's not meant to harm doesn't mean it does no harm. To say something is retarded is basically to put those who are slurred by that on level with that, rather than our equals.