The Freelancer is E for everyone, that doesn't mean that DiscoveryGC should.

[Anaximander]

However if you were playing a homophobic character on a stage or on camera, in a film or play which deals with the dangers of bigotry, cutting the offensive words from that would be unrealistic, and would mean the fiction as a whole would lose some of the impact it is designed and writen to have.

There's a vast difference between cinema/books/plays and roleplaying in a community such as this, the major one being that you willingly subject yourself to exactly that offensive act when you read a book/go to the cinema or go watch a play. You've usually read the notice in the papers or the text on the back of the sleeve saying what it's all about.

In this case it's about subjecting unwilling people to things that could be offensive. (edit: damn you syntax, where to put in the "unwilling" for the sentence to make proper sense).

There's nothing to discuss really, just don't do it!

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Off-topic continuation

However sweeping the whole subject under the carpet and not allowing anyone to even make mention of the proble, is not a good way to handle that issue.

It's just a delicate balance. Like I lived in Singapore for a while, a highly modern and developed (and extremely lovely) slice of the world; yet they have some huge challenges with major different ethnic, cultural and religious groups totally not seeing eye-to-eye on lots of things; so they do indeed sweep things under the rug and have very controlled state-owned and -backed media and strong censorship. I've discussed this with Singaporean youths around the latest election for parliament who were outraged with the state of things (they were gays and that's against the law in SG), demanding openness and change - however it's not hard to see how the kit that keep the nation together would crumble if people are allowed to go into very sensitive discussions like these where large groups within the same society are pitted against each other on different scales (general opinions, religious beliefs, cultural practices and norms, language and so on).

Sometimes the "totalitarian" approach is the lesser of two evils, yes it quenches the individual but can serve the good of the greater group.

EDIT: Pick whichever ass you prefer

EDIT TO YOUR EDIT: Not really. To me, the Mollies, Xenos (who never crossed over to flat-out racism, mind you) and the Kusari (the gaijin roleplay I don't like, but that's been added by Disco players) are a static part of the Freelancer fictional universe, I've got full disclosure regarding what they are about so there can be no doubt - and they're done in a sufficiently "cartoon-y" way as well. When a player swears at me or calls me names; I do not have that knowledge, it is not a part of the background of the fictional universe, it's something some players choose to add, where other players don't and some even take offence. So when someone says they are offended, you should just take notice, refrain from doing it and move on - it's not a part of the Freelancer universe, unlike the Rheinwehr, the Xenos and the Mollies, it's not required and is in many cases unwanted.