Quote Originally Posted by Sir C View Post
To be honest b, until to day recently when China murdered a quarter of the world’s population and destroyed the global economy, ‘chinks’ was considered an extremely bad word.

These days, not so much.
I let Awimb decide in these cases. Up until the point when it gets all asterisksy with a word then I think it's fine to use. After this point you have to use your own discretion.