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Entry: Cowards, Bullies, and Killers Link: http://www.takimag.com/site/article/cowards_bullies_and_killers#1071 Post contents: I'd say that there's a big difference between uttering an ethnic slur on the radio, using your power to influence millions, from the safety of a glass booth with security guards--and using it in a context of a personal confrontation, where your opponent can: a) Insult you back. b) Punch you in the face. c) For all you know, pull out a knife or a gun. There's nothing more natural and inevitable than the use of group-based slurs when in a violent confrontation between two angry males. That's quite different from using a perch in the media to bully the weak. Sent at: 2008 09 07