An excellent article about gender issues in gaming, as well as the nature of offensive language.
Also, Magic is a great game.
Best insight from the article: And the funniest line: Also, Magic is an awesome game and I can't believe I traded my Power 9 in for a month's rent in the 90's when everybody I knew stopped playing and I figured I'd never pick up the cards again. That's like selling Apple stock when Jobs came back on board :pIf you resolve that something isn’t cool, it doesn’t take long for it to impact the circles you run in. That circle reflects who you are but also leaves impressions on you. If you do not impress on it, it will impress on you.
Look, I am always touched when a straight, white American male is not offended by something, but maybe we are forgetting what it is we are doing.