Heh... who's throwing the temper tantrum now, EFM?
For once, try to wear the shoes of the other person here. What you don't understand is how other people would perceive your statements. Just because you were probably raised in a neighborhood where you could get away with calling someone "boy" and referencing it in the negative way you've done to me, not everyone else would take too kindly to it. I pointed out its racial & bigoted implications because you WERE saying it in a way where other people wouldn't just take offense to it, they would literally beat the shit out of you. Hell, i know many people born & raised in the city (and not just Black people) that you wouldn't even dare talk this way to. Consider this a public service from someone whose seen it happen. That is, if you haven't had your ass beat for merely mouthing off in the past. Somehow I think you have. Gee, I wonder why...
But I digress...
Since you're still adamant in telling people how I was supposed to act in this case, how about if I tell YOU how you should have conducted yourself in the process...
Even if you have your right to free speech, you still have to EARN the privilege to talk to people in such an informal way, ESPECIALLY those you don't know. You have no idea where I'm from, how I was raised and what would set me off. You have no idea how other people would react to certain statements or usage of certain words that have more than one meaning, and it's downright ignorant for you to even suggest that I should act in accordance to what YOU believe when I see you refer to me as "boy" when everyone else with a brain doesn't do it.
You are not my father, you are not my brother, you are not my friend, therefore I would never call you "my boy" either. You're even too fucking ignorant to be my adversary or my enemy... to put it bluntly, i would really have to reconsider my actions if I saw you because my first response would be to spit in your face. But you are supposed to be an adult. COMMON DECENCY should tell you to choose your words carefully. That's not being "politically correct", that's just everyday respect. Because I'm sure if I disagreed with you on some political matters and instantly referred to you as an ignorant, heterosexual, middle aging, conservative cracker you and many others wouldn't have been too happy.
Also, everyone can see through your game of phony sensitivity by typing "Vinyl***". There's a reason why so many other people, including those I don't see eye to eye politically, don't get this scrutiny from me although you do. For once, perhaps you should stop overreacting like an assclown, come to grips that you fucked up and just admit it. I don't even need the apology, simply because I know you feel no remorse and it wouldn't be honest.
Oh, and just to let you know... I've only called out 5 people on this board as being a bigoted racist. Of course, you would never see that because you don't see an individual when you see my username or avatar... you see a "liberal", hence why you assume all of the cheesy stereotypes associated with it. So you can stop the bullshit "pulling the race card" routine. This is not a title I throw around freely and this is not a battle between political parties. This is between YOU and ME, son. Unlike you, who doesn't even know when he's typing a sentence with racial intent, I DO know the difference. Now kindly, STFU.