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 Originally Posted by BananaStand
Who's being punished?
Ok fine. Just for the record, I'm with ong and surviva on this one. Words should not be taboo. Words, especially ones with extremely strong historical connotations should be used with extreme care, but context and meaning is what matters, not syntax. A word is just a word, and this circling around using "the n-word" when it's clearly obvious what word we're talking about is ridiculous. Any words can be used offensively, just like they can be used inoffensively. Banning the use of words sounds medieval to me.
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