Posted by Owen Roberts on July 31, 2009 at 22:00:21 user OwenRoberts.
In Reply to: Re: Profound disagreement (was Thoughts on ) posted by Andrew Craig-Bennett on July 31, 2009 at 17:58:57:
I would be very much against altering or Bowdlerising any words. It is an attampt to rewrite history and the start of a slipery slope. The Nazis were good at this.
Perhaps Shakespere also needs rewriting to remove anti coloured and anti Jewish sentiments.
I am at a loss as to why the word n***** upsets some people. I can see, if it is used abusively, it could be upsetting but when it is used descriptively then it is just another English word. Many English words can have double meanings. When I use the word n*****, i mean dark brown.
AR uses n***** descriptively not abusively.