yeah, I might agree with that if there was ever a report in-game or on the forums of a discussion where nigger was used in a 'peaceful' context such as this thread. generally nigger is used around here in the game or on the forum aside from this discussion thread in an offensive way. let's review Pimp's ban for saying nigger. he used it as a quote from a joke in poor taste. should he have been banned for 'racism' maybe not. should he have been infracted/banned for inappropriate language, yeah probably. but like I've said earlier every mod will interpret and moderate different situations in different ways. if you're calling for an across the board moderation for this fine bring that up, but if you are agreeing and saying that context is everything, you can't objectively look at context. it's always interpreted differently by different people. the same goes for moderators.

but to say that the word nigger can be used in so many different ways publicly isn't all that true. the only situations I can think of is a thread like this, or a joke in poor taste. if you can name any other situations go ahead.

but what I really think people are calling for is better reasoning behind bans that involve this word other than racism, across the board moderation for use of the word. because context has always been looked at with this word as well as the users background. for example not everyone will get banned off the bat for saying nigger depending on the person and the context. I'll agree on what ele said bout racism, the word isn't inherently racist depending on the context you use it in. but it's still a racial slur, and we don't support any kind of racial slur. same goes for most trigger words. even faggot. if I ever saw a report where someone calls a guy 'a fucking dumb faggot' I'd give him an infract or a ban depending on the person. replace faggot with any other trigger word like nigger and it goes the same way.