[rgrieselhuber]

His name is spearchucker, so it may not be a stretch to call that a basic life skill in his neighborhood.

[Spearchucker]

I'm aware of the connotation. I chose the name based on my favourite character in MASH. HN offers no way of changing my name. Another basic life skill is asking rather than assuming.

[rgrieselhuber]

It was just a joke, spearchucker.

[guard-of-terra]

Why would you want to change it?

[Spearchucker]

Some view it as a racial slur.

[BugBrother]

What... against whom?

OK, I don't expect rationality from racists or anti racists (but then, in Sweden "anti racist" seems to be a code word for antisemite. No, sadly not joking.)

But... I can't off the top of my head name a culture that has never used spears and javelins.

Edit: First, spears is an universal farmer's weapon most everywhere. Second, thanks guard-of-terra: It is a shame -- considering all the English I have consumed for decades (both professionally and in literature etc) -- that I don't even seem to know the basic racist insults. :-)

[guard-of-terra]

Well, indo-europeans are known as civilization of peasants, I can see how we may exclude ourselves from spear chuckers.

http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=spear+chucker