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[QUOTE]Originally posted by Habsburg: [QB] @Ausar As a matter of fact you haven't and you are not exhibiting any [b]moral authority[/b] here whatsoever, just a plain abuse of your power to edit posts. You have just used a derogatory term by calling Clyde an asshole, and you replied to my post with a blanked out cuss word. [b] I don't give a **** what any of you post about me but I am not allowing white Euro people and descendents to be called Albino I edited the pejorative from the above post as a courtesy to the poster this one time but in future he too will be handled as all others -- posts not in line with ES Constitution will simply be deleted in full. [/b] What moral authority then do you have to censor or ban posts by people whose terms offend you when you use equally offensive terms? All you are doing is proving that you don't have the moral wisdom which would give the owners of the forum good cause to grant you proper moderator powers in the certainty that you will not abuse them whimsically and capriciously as are you are doing now. It is hard to tell what undermines the image of Egyptsearch more - the sight of blank post after blank post after blank post for whatever reason, or Mike's derogatory statements. Now coming to the word [b]Albino[/b]. Portuguese albino, diminutive of albo, from Latin albus (“white”). To what extent has the word Albino as a term referring to white Europeans come into mainstream usage outside Mike's realhistory website and other Afrocentric oriented blogs to the point of triggering a backlash from the broader white population to be categorized as a [b]perjorative term[/b]? For Mike alone to use the word in a perjorative manner in relation to whites as a result of inadequate melanin production does not make the word itself on offensive term, any more than using the word Negro to describe black people constitute an offensive term although some people construe it as offensive. The every day meaning of the word Albino itself can be repurposed away from its general meaning where it refers to people with inadequate melanin. It is already used to refer to some white organisms in general and there is no reason why that can't be extended to includes human beings (outside its current relationship to albinism). If the word Albino is an offensive term then it is wrong to describe people with albinism as albinos as well as you could be accused of labelling people according to a biological condition. There are all kinds of genetically inherited diseases that are not used to label who have them and there is no reason why those with albinism should be an exception. The other point is that whites do not have a monopoly on the use and introduction of European language terminology unless you ausar insist that they must, and you have no right to restrict the use of language in any place so long as the people there consider it appropriate. Albino as used to describe white people can be considered as a [b]neologism[/b] introduced by Mike, just as the word Negro is used to describe black people and mulatto is used to describe mixed race people. What you are claiming is the right to determine what words can be introduced into the general lexicon and to put it bluntly you don't. Mike can be very offensive and I have had cause to criticize before as you can see here and if you feel he should be banned on account of his offensiveness that is fine, but you clearly don't have the proper powers and you shouldn't claim them as you are only defacing threads and making yourself look ridiculous. On the other hand when it comes to the word [b]albino[/b] as used to describe white people you clearly are not entitled to any such powers as the word has not entered into mainstream usage for a proper opinion to be formed as to its appropriateness or offensiveness. If some regular posters on Egyptsearch are offended by the term there should be a proper debate on it, and it should include a debate as to whether Egyptsearchers in their own community are entitled to introduce words into their lexicon which may or may not be adopted by society at large later on. After all scholastic and academic communities, and in fact communities of all kinds are able to introduce neologisms involving existing and completely new words and there is no reason why Egyptsearch should be an exception. As to whether white people, or the condition of being white is a form of albinism and thus justifies the biological albino label that is entirely another matter and can be debated separately. If it is viewed as such then there can't be anything wrong with extending the term to white people in general, and if it is offensive then it must also be equally offensive to label those with albinism in the contemporary biological sense as albinos, as it is only a matter of degree. As to whether Mike should be banned or not there should be a proper discussion on it, and if a majority or a substantial number of regular posters feel he should be banned then so be it. He can then be given a warning, and if he doesn't change then it is right to ban him permanently. But there should be a proper discussion so he sees that it is coming from Egyptsearchers as a whole, not just one piqued administrator. [/QB][/QUOTE]
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