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"Spacko" (german abuse for a disabled person). Especially the second one is a very bad word in Germany, comparable to 'nigger' in english speaking countries.
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blumentopferde
What? Are you serious?
Spacko is not even remotely close to the N word. Spacko is a very common insult in Germany, nobody is using it to make fun of disabled people. It isn't even proven that the word originated from 'Spastiker' (as person who suffers from spasticity). It may just come from 'Spack' which has a completely different meaning.
I said it before, racism is forbidden. And that is very good, because racism leads to innocent people getting hurt and killed in real life.
But "Bad Language" is a different matter, if you can't handle an "asshole" from time to time you shouldn't play FPS on the internet.
Fuck those servers where you get tempbanned for 2 weeks because you say "fuck" after you received an unexpected headshot.
The (notoriously unreliable, but funny and sometimes even useful)
Urban Dictionary
has this to say about it:
- Spacko: A complete retard with no hope of success. Ever. Similar to a loser.
or:
- Spacko: A cross between Spazz, and Wacko. Not so retarded that people affected have no friends, but enough that they get the "wtf" look about 4837 times more often than your average person.
So it's in the category loser, moron, asshole.
I would say: one level above exclamations like : fuck
Not very civilised, but not excessive either.
Hurensohn in my feeling is a step higher. Why? Because it can be felt as personal.
Anyway, I am hardly alarmed by above spontaneous outbursts of language.
However, yours truly will never say such things.
So do I see no problem at all? Yes I do. What can be alarming is a systematic, repeated verbal attack on a single player. This can really go wrong if it was based on player's personal information obtained earlier. I think this should not be allowed as the server should offer a fun and safe place to play, for all players.
But I am convinced admins will interfere in such extreme cases.
- Spacko: A complete retard with no hope of success. Ever. Similar to a loser.
or:
- Spacko: A cross between Spazz, and Wacko. Not so retarded that people affected have no friends, but enough that they get the "wtf" look about 4837 times more often than your average person.
So it's in the category loser, moron, asshole.
I would say: one level above exclamations like : fuck
Not very civilised, but not excessive either.
Hurensohn in my feeling is a step higher. Why? Because it can be felt as personal.
Anyway, I am hardly alarmed by above spontaneous outbursts of language.
However, yours truly will never say such things.
So do I see no problem at all? Yes I do. What can be alarming is a systematic, repeated verbal attack on a single player. This can really go wrong if it was based on player's personal information obtained earlier. I think this should not be allowed as the server should offer a fun and safe place to play, for all players.
But I am convinced admins will interfere in such extreme cases.