Apologies, Red.

[Glenzig]

Originally Posted by Feanol [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

For God's Sake.

Holocaust is a just a word.



And an excellent name for a PvP guild at that.

This situation is akin to making a guild named <Genocide> then having a bunch of Armenian players get pissy with you.

I understand the staff's reasoning for the change but I for one will miss typing "Holo in zone."

=/

Can't really agree with this sentiment. All words are "just words". But they can be used to hurt and insult and tear people down. If the word Holocaust was meant in a general sense for the guild, maybe they should have taken specific references to nazis a little more seriously and cleaned up their ranks themselves.

Bottom line,there are many words that had been used for decades or even centuries without having a negative connotation, yet have been used as derogatory terms in recent history and labeled as unsuitable for general use. A little common sense goes a long way.