SuperJerk

And I still figured it out before you did. It is possible for people first reaction to something to be wrong, you know. This whole "I was offended because it was offensive because I was offended" circular argument really needs to stop. You, or anyone else, have yet to present a serious argument for WHY it was offensive beyond that.

Yeah. Stephanie McMahon would ask her husband to quit the business.

This isn't a fucking court room, dumb ass. No one's actually determining anything. Its called a discussion. We're all just expressing our opinions. Nothing here has any official weight with any kind of governing body. Apparently more than you did. This is the part where I mention for the millionth fucking time that the guy getting called that word was white. Race had no bearing on the use of the word, whatsoever.

Yeah, I'm sure Vince really goes around calling his friends "nigga". <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Who said they were my friends? The argument isn't over whether or not anyone WAS offended, its over whether or not people SHOULD BE offended. That, and whether or not Booker T is a "rich white guy's jigga boo".

That's not a fact. That's a circular argument.

Aw, geez...

We can only hope.

That'd be the greatest work ever <{POST_SNAPBACK}> That kind of makes me wonder how people would react if his death did turn out to be a work. (Not that I think for one second that it is.)

So don't bitch that it doesn't have any sympathetic lead characters.

Vince thinks this makes his product look like The Terminator, when really it makes it look like Highlander 2.

I suspect the only reason many of us still watch is out of a misplaced sense of loyalty to the 2 or 3 workers we still care about.

Thank God somebody doesn't.

The irony here being that, in both instances, no one black was being called anything. Which is why its so sad anyone would even get even remotely worked up by this.

Yes, it's one of those things black people can say, because society has dictated that black people cannot be racist. <{POST_SNAPBACK}> A black person calling a white person "nigga" is racist?

If starred in Rocky Horror Picture Show he'd be Susan Sarandy Orton. *reaches bottom of barrel*

You know who else hates people? Terrorists from Irandy Orton.

At no point did you explain why its offensive. I mean, you do realize Cena is white, don't you? I just don't see how one white guy calling another white guy a "nigga" as a compliment is offensive. Were you offended because you thought someone might think Vince was telling us Cena is really black? Or, as a black person, you don't want to be associated with John Cena? I really need an explanation other than "it was offensive because I say so". <{POST_SNAPBACK}> I'm offened that the word is being used at all no matter if Vince was saying it to a Black, White, Hispanic, Asian, Arab person no matter who it is, the term was unfunny. <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Saying your offended that the word was used at all really doesn't explain why you think the use of it was offensive. And "unfunny" = offensive? The word "nigga", the way Vince used it, doesn't mean the same thing as it does when a white supremacist uses it to describe a black person. The word has had different meanings over time, and means different things in different contexts. The truth is that the word began as a form of the word "negro", and was used interchangably with that word. The word only became offensive when it became associated with slavery and white supremacy movements, and the word took on additional meaning of "black, inferior person". It is because of this association that it is considered offensive when spoken by whites about blacks. Blacks took to the word, partially because it was the word some had ever heard used to describe black people, and others as a sign of defiance. Today is is used as a sign of familiarity among black people. Because our multi-ethnic culture tends to borrow black slang, it is becoming a word of familiarity among all people. Since I have been called "nigga" myself on MANY occasions by black teenagers, I have come to understand that the word has more than one meaning. I wasn't being called "nigga" because I was being seen as a "black, inferior person", but because I was accepted. I believe this is the way Vice McMahon intended it, since the person he was talking to was obviously not black.

<---Shows up 4 hours late. What if all of Randy Orton's marks moved to Las Vegas and stole a nuclear missile? The Standy Orton.

At no point did you explain why its offensive. I mean, you do realize Cena is white, don't you? I just don't see how one white guy calling another white guy a "nigga" as a compliment is offensive. Were you offended because you thought someone might think Vince was telling us Cena is really black? Or, as a black person, you don't want to be associated with John Cena? I really need an explanation other than "it was offensive because I say so".

Isn't this like the third year in a row "the plan" was for Orton to main event Wrestlemania?

Shut your mouth! <{POST_SNAPBACK}> But I was talkin' 'bout Flair!

He doesn't have to be in a program with anyone to turn heel. Just have him cut a "Rocky sucks" promo on the crowd.

Quick survey: Anybody else want to see a HHH/Big Show feud? I have to admit I'm kinda looking forward to it.

Actually, I'll take HHH as WWE Champion right now over Cena. I don't know if that's blashphemy or not. Depends on who you hate more. <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Okay...let's not get crazy now...

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