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Carlsen ekes out another Topsy Turvy Titled Arena Victory

Uh oh, @Tomondo , "transvestitism" in The Independent!
The Independent. UK. Retrieved 6 May 2011. "Eddie Izzard, one of the hottest names on the circuit, is chatting freely about his transvestitism. 'People ask me why I wear women's dresses. But I keep telling them, they're not women's dresses. They're my dresses.'"
Shouldn't they use "crossdressism" instead? Uh, oh :)
@Tomondo Okay, so let me understand this clearly.

One day transvestites gathered together and decided, that transvestite word is bad and offensive, and whoever speaks it, is automatically showing disrespect to transvestite community. Because they would like to be called cross-dressers (which into Latin still translates as transvestite), as it doesn't remind them or point out their transvestic disorder, transvestism or transvestic fetishism, which are medical terms for this mental illness they have.
Hey, Zug here. I wrote the article. Just wanted to say that I appreciate the feedback about the term "transvestite" and will likely consider more carefully its use in the future. I also agree that "nom de guerre" would have been better than "nom de plume" and that Carlsen is very good at chess.

Sincerely,

- Zug
@ZugAddict dont change the way you talk/write for one or two idiots, this is exactly why they keep on going even when noone else cares to argue. They want to cause so much fuss that its just easier to acquiesce. Dont fall for their self censor tactics.
let's make a list of words that @ZugAddict should not use because they offend at least one person on earth or at least we think so, we well call that list "dictionary", oh wait
Wow this was a great tournament. I wonder if Magnus is getting to win the next one or if he is eventually going to die down by better younger players!

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