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Date Posted: 18:15:31 03/02/02 Sat
Author: Wakener
Subject: Re: The word ni**er
In reply to: Su 's message, "Re: The word ni**er" on 15:25:51 02/28/02 Thu

>>I find it interesting that in the discussion on the
>>show, nobody mentioned slurs directed at
>>others--different ethnicities, professions, sexual
>>orientations, and so on have their own buzz words, yet
>>these were never uttered on the show.
>
>Did anyone realize that this showed aired on the last
>possible airdate for Black History month? That's why.

Perhaps. But in any real discussion I've been in on the subject, *somebody* brought up the H-word, the S-word, the D-and-W-words, Q, F, M, P, D, the other S, J, and a whole host of others. It would have been more realistic, even within the context of Black History Month.
>>
>>How about this one--? They keep on referring to it as
>>the most reviled word in our language, yet it may be
>>uttered on broadcast TV. Outside of "Scared Straight,"
>>I'm not aware of certain less-reviled words being
>>deliberately so used without a fine attached.
>
>I think the only reason they were able to do it was
>because they had the warning message before the show,
>and before they would come back from commercials.

I don't know. I've seen it used before both with and without disclaimers (the first time being on Hawaii Five-O when Dan had to go undercover as a white supremacist). But outside of Scared Straight, (and a few uncensored movies during the late '80s, while the FCC had a particularly ambiguous regulation), I've never seen the F-word or the S-word go unpunished.

BTW, Su--nice to read a post that is actually ON the subject of the thread.

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Replies:

Re: The word ni**er -- Dave, 01:31:11 03/04/02 Mon
- Re: The word ni**er -- Wakener, 03:07:49 03/06/02 Wed
  - Re: The word ni**er -- Dave, 19:03:03 03/06/02 Wed
    - Re: The word ni**er -- Wakener, 15:09:28 03/09/02 Sat