Cewlnesifi wrote: The word in itself has a very dark past, linking to years of slavery and other very objectionable actions towards a certain race. As a result of this, we have disallowed any and all use of the word and any adaptations of it that may exist.

I understand the confusion behind this, and I would personally agree with you on the point that context is necessary in judging whether or not an individual is actively being racist, however the system at ZARP is quite contrary to that so that's what we have to go with.

[quote="Cewlnesifi" post=968654]Well that simply isn't true. The word isn't racist in itself that is stupid. Racism is determined by how said words are used. And you cannot say that the way in which I used it was racist[/quote] The word in itself has a very dark past, linking to years of slavery and other very objectionable actions towards a certain race. As a result of this, we have disallowed any and all use of the word and any adaptations of it that may exist. I understand the confusion behind this, and I would personally agree with you on the point that context is necessary in judging whether or not an individual is actively being racist, however the system at ZARP is quite contrary to that so that's what we have to go with.