So, he somehow deserves it simply because he referred to the arse wipe behind him that actually called the guy a loser as a spastic in an FML. I think your logic tree has lost a few branches.

I did JUST say, he obviously didn't literally cause it. As in, one action did not literally deserve the other. =_= I just don't particularly want to sympathise with someone who uses a word like that. I do however wonder if it's perhaps not as offensive in Australia or the US as it is in the UK as I'm surprised more people weren't offended. To me it is on par with the n-word and I'm sure that wouldn't be okay on here.

I personally find mincing around with "the [letter] word" infinitely more offensively irritating than even some of the fruitiest oaths our fine language has to offer.

#43 the 's word', as you put it, is nowhere near as offensive as the 'n word' in australia. but unless you're an asshole or racist, not many people use the 'n word'. we just use spastic to pretty much mean crazy.

44 It bugs me too but I'm just trying not to offend people further. 47 Oh okay, well I've always known it as offensive over here. Like 'retarded' is recognised as an offensive word but still quite commonly used, 'spastic' is like the word that came before and pretty much unheard of nowadays, it's quite arachaic. So it's actually probably less like the n-word and more like saying 'half-caste' or something....offensive and a blast from the past.

Oh well I finally bothered to google it...yeah you're right, regarding the US. For anyone else interested, go on Wikipedia, it clearly explains the difference between the two countries. Kind of interesting. :)