>Perhaps it is just that I am not victim to the peculiarly American
>belief that it is words, not sticks and stones that hurt you.
Peculiarly American? So why did the BBC apologize when Iggy Pop talked about visiting "Paki shops" in an interview?
>Don't be so gay, as we say, over here.
As we say over here, what do you mean we white man?
http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2007/jun/25/bbc.broadcasting