Bill, as I'm sure you are aware, the word "queer" has been used as to negatively refer to homosexuals.

I don't know anything about Shambles beyond his posting on this forum. And I certainly don't know or care to know anything about his sexual identity. But I take exception to you calling him or anyone else "queer". Maybe you didn't mean it in that way, but that's the way I took it.

Some of my best friends and some of my family members are homosexuals. And yes, I'm aware that in an attempt to rid the word "queer" of its negative connotations, some individuals who are homosexuals use it as a descriptor for themselves and their gay friends. But still, I had to say that if I had my druthers, I'd prefer it not be used on Mudcat.

I'd hate to see Mudcat become a forum where homophobic language becomes acceptable.

Again, Bill, you may not have meant it this way, and Roger may be the most heterosexual man on the globe, but I just felt the need to write this.