Nigga please!

Oh well done. I'm sure now that New York has (symbolically) banned the word "nigger," everybody will stop using it. And they'll get along better. And puppies will shit rainbows.

For fuck's sake people...stop trying to control language. Just fucking stop it. Ok? It has never worked. Ever. And it's arrogant, and irritating. I defer to Reverend Carlin:

"There's a different group to get pissed off at you in this country for everything your not supposed to say. Can't say Nigger, Boogie, Jig, Jigaboo, Skinhead, Mooli, moolinyon, Schvatzit, Junglebunny. Greaser, Greaseball, Dago, Guinea, Whop, Ginzo, Kike, Zebe, Heed, Yid, Mocky, Himie, Mick, Donkey, Turkey, Limey, Frog. Zip, Zipperhead, Squarehead, Crout, Hiney, Jerry, Hun, Slope, Slopehead, Chink, Gook. There is absolutely nothing wrong with any of those words in and of themselves. They're only words. It's the context that counts. It's the user. It's the intention behind the words that makes them good or bad. The words are completely neutral. The words are innocent. I get tired of people talking about bad words and bad language. Bullshit! It's the context that makes them good or bad. The context. That makes them good or bad. For instance, you take the word "nigger." There is absolutely nothing wrong with the word "nigger" in and of itself. It's the racist asshole who's using it that you ought to be concerned about. We don't mind when Richard Pryer or Eddie Murphy say it. Why? Because we know they're not racist. They're niggers! Context. Context!"

-- George Carlin

Do you idiots really think that if it had been illegal to say "nigger" that Michael Richards wouldn't have boarded that bus to crazy town that night? Or that young black guys will suddenly have more self-respect? Or that anything would have changed at all? Ever? Do something fucking useful with your time instead of picking words out of the dictionary to get upset about. If the past few weeks have demonstrated anything it's that some other equivalent word will just pop up to take the place of the one you don't like. Like, perhaps, "clean."