Max Sawicky:
> Angelus apparently thinks he is too hip for the room.
Absolutely, but that's not really relevant to the issue at hand.
> IMO, the uninvited use of 'homeboy' is not very different from a
> similar use of the n-word.
This is absolutely insane.
> Obnoxious at the very least, also cowardly, since it would be
> unlikely to be used face-to-face if we were all in the same room.
Actually, I use it all the time, along with "dude", and my favorite Berlin vernacular terms, "Dicker" and "Alter" (As in, "Yo dicker, wie gehts?!")
It's a transparent self-mocking use of youth slang.
> So I say this was a banishable offense to the list, not just to
> Julio, who can take care of himself.
Totally off the wall. You must have a history in some Marxist-Leninist sect to engage in this kind of sleazy insinuation of racism and call for banishment.