I suspect that it's very nearly impossible to avoid offending the kind of person that gets offended by us using the word "yid" to reduce the damage it causes.I don't disagree with what you are saying. The point I was making was that I find it disappointing that so many Spurs fans get defensive when this argument gets raised.
It is a word that many people find offensive, you could be arrested for using in the street and there are parts of the Jewish community that feel uncomfortable with our use of it.
If we are going to use it, then I think that we need to be prepared to explain why and understand when other people disagree with us.