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From: Unknown sender
Subject: None
Date: Unknown time and date
The problem here is that your taking a word that is in common usage and is not
known or considered to be offense by the overwhelming majority of people and
are not only asking, but demaining that people not use it because it bothers
you. The word is not even being applied to you personnally!

Everybody knows that nigger, kike, spic, and wop are offensive terms for people
of various ethnic or racial backgrounds. Almost nobody knows that "warlock"
means "oathbreaker". Oathbreaker for god's sake! It doesn't even describe a
group!

If the word bothers you that much, then don't use it and tell anyone that uses
it to describe you not to, but don't you dare presume to tell others whether
or not they can use a word that doesn't even offend a group of people! If we
do that then terms like heretic can't be used either. Get Real and get a grip.

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