zoid wrote:Let's try a little experiment...
I'm going to edit what Habibi posted and bold my alterations...

I grew up in [lets say, the south side...], and watched it change for the worse as the neighborhood "developed." My parents still live there; I do not. I can say without qualification that the influx of broader [insert blatently offensive racial derogatory term here] has ruined the neighborhood. They are, for the most part (but not all) absolutely [insert blatantly offensive racial derogatory term here] (that's a mild term to describe them and their "culture") and so are many that visit the neighborhood to drink and stare at TV screens. I'm not sure why this offends people. If you didn't grow up in the neighborhood, then I'm not going to give your "opinions", which are surely not based in fact, more than a sideways glance. If you want me to recount specific instances of repeated [insert blatantly offensive racial derogatory term here] (racism, violence, lawn pissing and puking), I'd be happy to provide. F those people.

Are we still OK with that?
I'm not, not at all, I'm actually pretty far from OK with that.

My point isn't that all offence is equal. It's not, not by a long shot.
My proposal: how about we just knock it off all together.