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Date Posted: 00:21:39 02/27/02 Wed
Author: Josh
Subject: Re: The word ni**er
In reply to: FleetAdmiralJ 's message, "Re: The word ni**er" on 19:02:37 02/26/02 Tue

I agree. People have every right to use the word, no matter how ugly it is. Creating a law that bans its use is [a] impossible to enforce and [b] a violation of the First Amendment. You can not legislate morals. There are many words that shouldn't be used, and good, decent people do not use them. However, discussion of the actual context and origin of the words can increase understanding and decrease the misuse of words in ways that are upsetting to others. The best stance that people can take is to lead by example by being tolerant of the differences of others and teaching understanding rather than ignorance.

>Even though I think it is a very bad would and that no
>one SHOULD use it, that doesn't mean that people don't
>have the right to use it if they wish to. Unlike
>yelling fire in a crowded theater, its not causing
>immediate phyisical harm, so you cant really ban it
>because of that. Otherwise, people have the RIGHT to
>say anything they want to which means banning the word
>would be illegal anyway. Again, I personally don't
>like the word's use, but that doesn't mean people
>can't legally use it.

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