| From: | And Rosta <a.rosta@...> |
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| Date: | Saturday, January 15, 2000, 11:29 |
Padraic Brown:> Same with using nigger. It's a dirty word, and the mouth that speaks > it (apart from illustratively) is dirty. Term of endearment? No > thanks.Almost all dirty words in English name dirty things (where dirtiness includes things that mustn't be exposed in public). Use of racial euphemism is an odious concession that euphemism is necessary and appropriate. Far better to cleanse the word through clean use. --And.