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To day or not to day #114: Loser, fagot, dirty cop, ant fucker. When are words insulting? - A few years ago, the court ruled that journalist Jort Kelder could call lawyer Bram Moszkowicz a 'mafia friend'. But on appeal this phrase was judged to be 'unnecessarily offensive'. What about offensive words? Where are the limits?
Source: Berthold van Meris in Onze Taal (Our Language, magazine on the Dutch language), April 2014 |