送交者: pococurante 于 2005-12-02, 12:38:13:
回答: except for his followers, nobody really takes O'reiley seriously. 由 Enlighten 于 2005-12-02, 11:41:28:
My point is once the concensus in the society thinks something is an insult to a group of innocent people, this term should be stopped in a decent and serious conversation.
Like "negro" was not set to be an insult. Voltaire (might be a racist) used it. Bertrand Russell (definitely open-minded) used it. But one someone attached some context on it and when it can be interpreted as insult by a normal person, it became an insult.