Quote Originally Posted by killerweed420
Its just words. They hurt no one unless you're emotionally insecure. And America should not be in the business of babysitting everyone thats offended by some word. We'd have to censure the whole dictionary at some point.
uh... no. "N1gger" is not just any word. You ought to study up on race relations in the US before you say something so juvenile. It's a word that embodies hundreds of years of systemic racial discrimination backed and enforced through violence.

However, your statement could easily be applied around here...

Quote Originally Posted by cannabis=freedom
I don't give two iotas of a fuck which words people use to convey their conceptions. Language and thought are so closely entwined that censoring the one inevitably leads to the other's restriction, and whatever one thinks of racism, the right to a differing opinion is universal.
No one is talking about censorship. What we are talking about is self censorship. I'm sorry but given the history, white people can not bandy about the work a word like "n1gger" in casual conversation without exposing themselves as racists. If you disagree, please give us an example of how / when it might be acceptable for a white person to use the work "n1gger" in conversation.

Funny. After trying to post this with the word you folks seem to think is acceptable in common usage I find that this word is censored by the system! Gee I wonder why. Perhaps the mod needs to fix that?