How do we educate people with regards to appropriate use of words?

[lou33]

I'm getting more and more depressed at the use of inappropriate words , mainly in this country, but i hear a lot coming from the states as well through films.

Specifically this morning I am talking of the word "spaz", it's used in popbitch today allegedly used by people at brooklyn beckham's old school, but in fact there are many terms i find equally offensive and unnecessary.

Is there anyone out there who can explain to me why it is funny to take the pi*s out of people for things they have no chice about, like disabilities and skin colour?

I know background and education have a big part to play, but i come from the sort of upbringing that you could theorise would make me more likely to use these awful negative terms, yet i just knew they were wrong , even as a child.

It makes me both sad and angry that i still read, see, hear this all around me (and yes i do take people to task over it, and yes i do hear the word spaz used a lot)

How can this be changed, or do you think it can't?

see there is a bit in an AliG sketch where he says his brother is a reatrd and he has small head and i didnt find that funny . So it must be sometimes that it is just too close to the bone

Monkeytrousers, wiltshire thread, sounds juicy. Must have missed it as usual! Love the sound of the mut Shakespeare.
I suppose that's right Fio, that's why its so tricky. Different people find different things offensive and even the same people do at different times iyswim. There are some things that are pretty unacceptable generally though.
Mind you, I've been inivited to a Debate at the Royal Geographical Society entitled "Apart From Chavs, The British Have No Class"!!! Not sure I could stomach it as the whole class thing makes me want to kick something (pref a poor person )

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