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Hotel Owner Sparks Anger By Putting Up Sign Declaring 'Poofters Welcome'

Discussion in 'Current Events, World News, & LGBT News' started by Dan82, Feb 12, 2011.

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  1. Dan82

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    http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/art...vocative-sign-declaring-Poofters-welcome.html

     
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    I would SO go to a hotel announcing "Poofters welcome here"!
     
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    >poofters
    wut
     
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    In England it means gay people - not sure if other countries use it
     
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    I think in Australia too. But I use it all the time. I think Wikipedia has a history of where the word got it's origin... it's kinda gross but i think it's really funny at the same time :slight_smile:
     
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    Huh. Is it derogatory at all or...? I'm a Yankee, so I don't know if it's considered offensive. I'd be a bit miffed if there was a hotel with a sign that said f*gs welcome, and I'd be a little suspicious.
     
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    I've always thought of it in the same category as "light in the loafers" or "friend of Dorothy"... a sort of lighthearted term that isn't offensive. But I don't know the context in the UK or Australia.

    And maybe it's generational, but I'd actually be amused (and inclined to go in) by a "faggots welcomed" sign at a hotel. Maybe not a "No faggots allowed" one, though.
     
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    that would not work in britian. if someone say a sign that said "no fags", they would just assume it meant it was a no-smoking institution.
     
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    If you said no fags people would know you ment gays - your not alowd to smoke inside any hotel/returants/work buildings/indoor public places. I supose how offensive it is may kinda vary based on who uses it... kinda like most words
     
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    Here in this part of Australia, it's considered an insult, and personally if someone called me that, I would be offended and I'd let them know exactly what I'd thought of them for using it
     
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    time for face-palm, at lest it sayed there welcome even thought it is derogatory
     
    #11 British Lad, Feb 13, 2011
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    it depends on context and tone. It can be friendly or hostile.
     
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    It's not that bad, people I know just tend to use it to mean camp as well. If it was used as an insult it's hardly hard hitting to call someone a poof :stuck_out_tongue_closed_eyes:
     
    #13 Elven, Feb 13, 2011
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