it looks like we actually do agree on this subject. i do regret using the term mexican, and that really had nothing to do with it, especially since some of my friends who were there for the metal were of mexican origin. and this is my pathetic little way to get back at them, so it was directed at them even though i know none of them will never see it. but as a person who hides in the corner and never says anything, this is the only way to make me feel like i am standing up to them. over here, amongst my friends, the term bro does mean something much more then what i guess it means to you. also, what does shooting up a school have anything to do with this? like you said "If you wanted to tell this story in a truly effective way you could have mentioned race purely to paint a picture, if you really felt it made a difference... if they were shouting at you in spanish or something.", that is precisely what i was doing."But racial slurs NEVER make an arguement more effective or intelligent. Thats a fact. Racial slurs are an easy way out. They are a way of looking past a greater issue and blaming behavior on something as ridiculous as pigment. " i completely agree with that. i was not blaming their behavior on their background. i don't know why they were being such assholes and i certainly was not blaming their actions on the way they looked just because i used a word. "You think they were acting that way because they grew up in poverty, where people sell drugs to make money. People are prostitutes to support their kids, where the inner city school system doesn't give a shit when trying to change behavior early on. " WHAT? how did you even come to that conclusion? it was a way of calling them assholes because they were being assholes.
it looks like we actually do agree on this subject. i do regret using the term mexican, and that really had nothing to do with it, especially since some of my friends who were there for the metal were of mexican origin. and this is my pathetic little way to get back at them, so it was directed at them even though i know none of them will never see it. but as a person who hides in the corner and never says anything, this is the only way to make me feel like i am standing up to them. over here, amongst my friends, the term bro does mean something much more then what i guess it means to you. also, what does shooting up a school have anything to do with this? like you said "If you wanted to tell this story in a truly effective way you could have mentioned race purely to paint a picture, if you really felt it made a difference... if they were shouting at you in spanish or something.", that is precisely what i was doing."But racial slurs NEVER make an arguement more effective or intelligent. Thats a fact. Racial slurs are an easy way out. They are a way of looking past a greater issue and blaming behavior on something as ridiculous as pigment. " i completely agree with that. i was not blaming their behavior on their background. i don't know why they were being such assholes and i certainly was not blaming their actions on the way they looked just because i used a word. "You think they were acting that way because they grew up in poverty, where people sell drugs to make money. People are prostitutes to support their kids, where the inner city school system doesn't give a shit when trying to change behavior early on. " WHAT? how did you even come to that conclusion? it was a way of calling them assholes because they were being assholes.