improper username [Cleared]

[dezzy26]

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Accused:

coon




The accused are suspected of:


Other: <Explanation>

improper username






Comments:.im really suprised that with cc's policy that this guy has lasted so long without a name change

[TheForgivenOne]

....? Yeah, it could be taken as an ethnic slur...if you look at it the right way o.O

[dezzy26]

i see yer point but base on some of the decisions i have seen over uses of certain words then i dont think there is and doubt

[maasman]

the first thing that came to mind was a raccoon, or cocoon, nothing racial.

[parker4s]

Like... Racoon ... Your avatar could be considered offensive. I dont like children getting kicked.

[dezzy26]

suppose it comes down to where you are from in the uk its deemed racist,but a word like snigger isnt as it means to snicker or jeer at something and that was considered racist

so i guess it falls with the mods

[Snowgun]

Is this a serious report?

The game doesn't link to anything, just a feudal game with no chat.

Where the hell are you getting secret diplomacy, PM abuse, multi, ect?

And coon being an inappropriate user name is really stretching it. Might as well take everyone down who has "monkey" in their name.

This seems like a vindictive report to me, and a half ass one at that. YOU should be dinged for wasting mod time.

[dezzy26]

sorry yes the game number doesnt need to be there ill remove that and correct the form a little more
the rest of the report is very serious the and is in no way meant to be vindictive

[Snowgun]

sorry yes the game number doesnt need to be there ill remove that and correct the form a little more
the rest of the report is very serious the and is in no way meant to be vindictive

So now all you have is the inappropriate user name? This is a little



What do you do when you play cards? Take out all the spades?

These words need to be USED in EXPLICIT context to evoke their very highjacked slur definitions.

[neanderpaul14]

What do you do when you play cards? Take out all the spades?

[dezzy26]

http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=coon

[jefjef]

coon

His wall says he's a construction worker.

Co workers and buds give each other nick names.

Could be a nick name. They have raccoons in Canada. He may even hunt them.

I'd share mine with ya all but i would have to Pimp ya after.

[Snowgun]

http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=coon

*sigh*

no one said it COULDN"T be possibly used in that context, just that the mere exhistance of it as a username does not automatically make it revert to that definition.

If my name is Bake, am I a baker or a fucking pothead? Or do i mean to burn Holocaust victims?

What you want to do is censor words just because they MIGHT also have connotations that are unsavory. That is dumb.

[TheForgivenOne]

http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=coon

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coon

Also could refer to the Maine Coon. A domestic cat.

Look at ALL them possibilities of what it could actually mean

From what i recall, a player by um Third Reich i believe wasn't forced to change his name, even though his name could be taken very offensively.

[alex951]

I guess the name and how you percieve it depends on where you were born and possibly how you were raised (I'm not saying that you were raised wrong or bad). Personally I don't see anytihng offensive about the name. When I first read coon I thought about a racoon but I certainly didn't think that it was a racial slur.

[Snowgun]

When I first read coon I thought about a racoon but I certainly didn't think that it was a racial slur.

Raccoons HATE it when you call them coons. Shame on you Alexandra!

[stahrgazer]

I'm a white gal who grew up on the outskirts of DC in the 60's and 70's; the word was used extensively by a few of my neighbors as the racial slur the OP is indicating. I now live in Florida and it's 30-40 years later, and the word coon means that ringtailed brat that keeps getting into my garbage and growling at me when i try to scare him off.

My point? I doubt the nick should be abolished as a racial slur, but the possibility has enough merit for the OP to have asked; maybe moreso if he's from DC in the 70's

[king sam]

coon used in the context of what your suggesting can be racial in form. However their is nothing present to back up that this was the intention of this username so this case will be Cleared.

To be clear on what a spurious report is, cause it was mentioned I have listed an explanation below.

Yes its one that wastes our time, but that statement is geared towards claims that are:

• completely ridiculous and hold no merit to what the accusation is
• created for spite or vindication because of an altercation of some sort
• continually created on a user in hopes that eventually you will get them for a violation
• continually created by a user that lack evidence "this player is too good" explanation
• created that have the sole intention of flaming a user or his gameplay

Obviously there is more that could go in the list above, but I think you get the hint. Although a little research would have shown that in the past we don't usually resort to punishment in usernames that are like this one (as mentioned "Third Reich") the complainant had a viable question.

KS

[lord voldemort]

This reminds me of forest gump...

[firth4eva]

So we can call people a coon without punishment now?

[BoganGod]

There is a brand of cheese called coon in australia. Stop looking for people that could offend someone. Don't want to see improper user name accusations for people with white as part of their username. White been an ethnic slur in some parts of the world..... Oh and foed firth.

[Snowgun]

coon used in the context of what your suggesting can be racial in form. However their is nothing present to back up that this was the intention of this username so this case will be Cleared.

To be clear on what a spurious report is, cause it was mentioned I have listed an explanation below.

Yes its one that wastes our time, but that statement is geared towards claims that are:

• completely ridiculous and hold no merit to what the accusation is
• created for spite or vindication because of an altercation of some sort
• continually created on a user in hopes that eventually you will get them for a violation
• continually created by a user that lack evidence "this player is too good" explanation
• created that have the sole intention of flaming a user or his gameplay

Obviously there is more that could go in the list above, but I think you get the hint. Although a little research would have shown that in the past we don't usually resort to punishment in usernames that are like this one (as mentioned "Third Reich") the complainant had a viable question.

KS

Don't know if you saw how this report was originally filed: Linked to a game with no chat that the suspect in question was winning, all sorts of formatting errors, other accusations such as multi, PM abuse, secret diplomacy (2 player game? WTF?).

That is why I called it a spurious report initially. However Dezzy fixed it correctly after my post.

Oh, and firth is effin foed.

[king sam]

So we can call people a coon without punishment now?

what do you think?

I pretty much spelled it out to you in the first sentence of my response when I Cleared the report.

coon used in the context of what your suggesting can be racial in form. However their is nothing present to back up that this was the intention of this username so this case will be Cleared.

Although a little research would have shown that in the past we don't usually resort to punishment in usernames that are like this one (as mentioned "Third Reich") the complainant had a viable question.

Cause I have to say it again. NO. you use that word in the context or near the context that you are implying and you will receive punishment

[king sam]

Don't know if you saw how this report was originally filed: Linked to a game with no chat that the suspect in question was winning, all sorts of formatting errors, other accusations such as multi, PM abuse, secret diplomacy (2 player game? WTF?).

That is why I called it a spurious report initially. However Dezzy fixed it correctly after my post.

Oh, and firth is effin foed.

I didn't see the initial post in which this occurred, nor did anyone quote it for later but even with all those errors unless it was completely obvious the form was made in lieu of trying to do anything to get the OP in trouble then it wouldn't have been considered spurious.

KS