I won't argue that it isn't DIRECTED towards the RPers of homosexual relationships; they're clearly the ones being addressed. I just don't think it's being PREJUDICED against them. But you are right-- no matter how it's worded someone will find a way to get a bee in their bonnet over it.
I also think the thing about the definitions of yaoi and yuri is that one must consider linguistic evolution. It means homoerotica in Japanese. However, it's also been adopted into the English language to more frequently simply mean homosexual relationships from a Japanese source, such as anime, manga, doujinshi and video games-- whether there's actual sex or not. And if you're not careful, it's easy to suffer miscommunications with people. You don't ever really know who's using the terms with the original definition from Japan in mind and who's going with the broader definition that is integrating itself into Geek!English. It's not so much that either person is wrong in their definition, just that they're getting their definitions from different cultures.
And that may well be part of what's sprouted the whole conflict here *nod*
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I also think the thing about the definitions of yaoi and yuri is that one must consider linguistic evolution. It means homoerotica in Japanese. However, it's also been adopted into the English language to more frequently simply mean homosexual relationships from a Japanese source, such as anime, manga, doujinshi and video games-- whether there's actual sex or not. And if you're not careful, it's easy to suffer miscommunications with people. You don't ever really know who's using the terms with the original definition from Japan in mind and who's going with the broader definition that is integrating itself into Geek!English. It's not so much that either person is wrong in their definition, just that they're getting their definitions from different cultures.
And that may well be part of what's sprouted the whole conflict here *nod*