[spacebandit]

Originally posted by GiRTh

My advise to white people is don't use the word unless you have express permission to use it. It's a ver contentious issue.

Should I ask express permission to view Chris Rocks stand up dvd's, or Richard Pryors ?

I'll quote Chris Rock if I may : "There are black men and there are n*****s, and I don't want to live near no n*****s"

Anyone who knows Chris Rock's work understands exactly what he means by that. In case anyone doesn't know Chris Rock - he is black, a stand up comedian and an actor

The word is also used as an insult by black people [I'll use Chris Rocks terms to best illustrate my point], so at what point does saying this word cease to be a "whites" only issue ?


I'll bang on about this til the cows come home - a word in and of itself is not racist, intent and context makes it racist.


Asking permission ??? - so, for instance you halt a party to ask permission to drunkenly sing along with a song that features certain words ??

This is just another step along society's path to the brink of collapse, we're either all equal or we are not.

If you wish to foist PC standards onto me, remember it goes both ways, but only one way is listened to in this country, only one way is actionable. The perfect climate for a backlash, and the scum of the BNP will be the only ones reaping the benefit and the reward

Come to think of it, calling me white could be construed as pretty damn offensive too, except for some albinos no-one is actually "white".

Caucasian is apparently the correct term.

When we decide who can and cannot use language under any and all circumstances, regardless of how benign those circumstances are - I suspect you will not enjoy the inevitable when it comes, and eventually it will.