Offensive Username? Apparently not.

[Valiant23]

Yesterday I came across a player on Poker Stars with the username "coonskinner1". I was really surprised that stars allowed a name that could be so offensive and so I e-mailed them to ask them if the thought it was appropriate. I must be honest I had faith in their customer support to do something as they are quite pro active.

Thank you for contacting us. I appreciate the time you took to write us regarding your concern. As we cannot monitor every table 24 hours, we are glad to have players as our "eyes and ears". While we do screen each user ID, sometimes a bad one can slip past our screeners. The term coonskinner was used in the south before the word coon actually became derogatory, and therefore we dont consider this username as offensive. Regards,

I'm tempted to to reply to this and ask if its possible to change my name from Valiant23 to SlaveTrader, as that too had historical southern roots before it was considered offensive. :unsure

[Mr Intensity]

Re: Offensive Username? Apparently not. I don't find it offensive but that's because I don't know what a "coon" is:unsure:unsure Can't remember off the top of my head but I'm sure I've seen usernames on other sites with proper swear words in them - never took any notice. Would anyone be bothered if they wrote that word in the chat box? The "online rights" thread shows much worse being said. Some people are just weird and like being a keyboard warrior or trying to make other players mad. I try to just ignore it all, because they must be pretty sad to do such things;).