Originally Posted by
Voldemort
...Words do NOT belong to anyone/thing/group.
This. They're words. The only power they have to hurt you with is the power you give them with. If someone is saying it to BE offensive then get pissed off and report them or stand up for yourself. I've used and use, spesh, retard and gay all for different situations and have yet to offend any of my friends (quite a few of which are gay/lesbian).
Wog was orginally used as an insult to people of certain nationalities... but now it is just a term. It CAN be used as an insult, but so can anything really.
People need to stop being so overly sensitive about words! That's all they are. Words.