@hawkeye10,
Quote:I used the word nigger.
I DO NOT CONDONE THE USE OF THE WORD NIGGER TO DESCRIBE A PERSON.
However, as you see I dont pretty it up either and say "the N word". Why? Because if this word is so egriegious that we must refer to it only by it's first letter, WHY OH WHY DO BLACK PEOPLE USE IT TO REFER TO THEMSELVES?????
I dont know of any other race who does this. I dont call other Italians Dagos. I dont hear Jews call other Jews Heibs (sp?) I dont hear Polish people refer to each other as Pollocks.
Seems to me that if they didnt want it to be used they should have let it die.
Some times I wonder why black people are their own worst enemy. Then they blame all their troubles on the "white oppressor class".
I have learned that in most cases in life you cant have your cake and eat it too.
So lets not get so up in arms when a white guy uses it...it's a little too disingenuous if you ask me. Having said that I think Hawk shouldnt have stooped to that level.