Welcome to Gaia! ::

I don't know. She's really out there, like outer-space-out-there. Then again, one can hope. xd

So being the curious sort of individual I was as a youth, yet being percieved as the good Mormon boy, I was without alot of sources in information leaving me to discover and explore on my own. So of course first vocal and willing to talk to me pagans I encounter is a large band of ecclectics with a sprinkling of Mr. Darks amonst them.

They were 'The Family' and according to them had control over all the places of power in the area. If you wanted to practice in specific groves or areas you had to join them or beg their permission. They had a rank structure and they were lead by a vampire. I was warned to watch out for unmarked white work vans as these were government vans wanting to monitor them and possibly recruit them into supernatural government programs.

The one that I recall most vividly was JP, who when I first met him he was a Ghoul Necromancer servant of one of the vampires. Later, a new book came out so he was a werewolf. Then awhile later he was a Mage. I recall for awhile I was evil and of the Wyrm.. Later my skill with computers and technology moved me into the realm of the Technocracy. I was out to get him. About that time I was introduced White Wolf's World of Darkness and saw where he was getting his stuff from and stopped paying him so much attention.

However The Family was rather upset as we were occultists not part of their group, kept to ourselves and didn't share. Obviously we were part of a different group. So we created an imaginary one. And put ourselves at the bottom of it's totem pole. Because no one would ever pretend to be a peon. So obviously we must truly be part of some larger organization!

After a few people being beaten or ostracized, some internal rifts and the vampire queen getting a day job.. That group finaly broke apart.

You'd be amazed (or horrified) by the number of people I've met that define themselves as gypsies and who's main source of information on the subject was WoD: Gypsy.

Almost as bad as Otakukin

Why? Is it any less accurate or true? Does anyone else embody a slur more then someone who steals someone elses culture to make them feel special without any research or understanding into that culture other then what they see in popular media? And in the second case, it's an actual product.

I see black people reffering to themselves as niggers. If someone wants to identify themselves as a slur. I say let them. If the name fits. Wear it.

"Is the human soul a good place for dragons" or something like that. I remember people in M&R using that as an example of craptitude.

My position, and that of my family, is that by using the slur, it remains "acceptable".

The fact of the matter is:
It is a slur and thus is against the ToS of Gaia

It is offensive to many of those who have been called it who belong to the ethnic group in question

There are individuals who deny the existance of legit groups because of the mythos present around that word.

Its very use furthers the ignorance that many groups such as Lolo Diklo and others are trying to fight.