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<blockquote data-quote="niteshade6" data-source="post: 870513" data-attributes="member: 10320">One thing that bothers me a little bit in some lines of this discussion is when people refer to killing giants without knowing for sure what their motives are as being racist. In the current use, racism refers to discriminating against other human beings based on their race. It is not racism to discriminate aganst say a tiger, a chimpanzee, or any other form of life that is not human, no matter how smart they might actualy be. If somebody says all tigers are violent, unpredictable and dangerous, they are not being racist. You could however say they are being species-ist. Using the term racist seems like an attempt to manipulative peoples perceptions by using an incorrect term. Everyone knows racism is evil so by calling it that you make your argument seem stronger. But these are not humans of a different race we are talking about. These are creatures of an entirely different species and with an mindset alien to humans, even if they do resemble larger humans. You could argue that the situation is similar, but you could just as easily argue that it's not.I'm not saying the point itself is wrong (although I don't entirely agree with it), just that I think it's sort of unfair to refer to it as racism.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="niteshade6, post: 870513, member: 10320"] One thing that bothers me a little bit in some lines of this discussion is when people refer to killing giants without knowing for sure what their motives are as being racist. In the current use, racism refers to discriminating against other human beings based on their race. It is not racism to discriminate aganst say a tiger, a chimpanzee, or any other form of life that is not human, no matter how smart they might actualy be. If somebody says all tigers are violent, unpredictable and dangerous, they are not being racist. You could however say they are being species-ist. Using the term racist seems like an attempt to manipulative peoples perceptions by using an incorrect term. Everyone knows racism is evil so by calling it that you make your argument seem stronger. But these are not humans of a different race we are talking about. These are creatures of an entirely different species and with an mindset alien to humans, even if they do resemble larger humans. You could argue that the situation is similar, but you could just as easily argue that it's not. I'm not saying the point itself is wrong (although I don't entirely agree with it), just that I think it's sort of unfair to refer to it as racism. [/QUOTE]

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