Think before you type is a useful rule for anybody including myself On what basis do you infer that it could be intended as a slur Your readiness to dig up any miserable morsel of insult in an archived copy of a pre edited text reveals a paltry morbid prejudicial character No your unconvincing irony won t get you out of the trap that you prepared for yourself humans in The Last Castle have enslaved the Meks That makes this book partially centered around two societies one human and one alien one of which has enslaved members of the other to their mutual discomfort And that is all I am saying barring unsolicited interpreters of plain English