Quote Originally Posted by Greenbeanz View Post
Because in Britain, thankfully more in the recent past than now the word Paki often prefaced the word Bastard and then imminent violence. It was used as away to make somebody less than human. It justified in the eyes of those that used it putting a brick through the brown families window, jumping the non white guy for having the cheek to walk down the street. It is a horrible word because of what it came to symbolise not because those subjected to it saw themselves as victims but because they often were victims. Victims of harassment,bullying, assault,arson and sometimes even murder.
Thank you as well Beanz

Again, one cannot just hand over power to a word, it's just some letters which are LEARNED to be painful.

Rhubarb....that mean anything to anyone? Well if I yelled that every time I punched you or did something bad to you eventually you'd grow to despise the word and the people who use it because of the actions which you learned follow after it. It is basic Behavioral Psychology and I believe the only way to truly rid a word of its power is to just use it until it looses all meaning....granted that would be a very emotional purge to let all that go, but it COULD be done....then again, white dude here so maybe I'm just talkin out my ass here.