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Seems to me that using a phrase like "the 'N' word" is a cop-out and a chickenshit way of saying something. Everybody knows what you are substituting and when you say "the 'N' word" everybody knows exactly what you mean. The freaking word exists and there are times when the use is proper... quotes for example. If an insensitive dolt uses the word "nigger" then when he/she is quoted that word should be used. Flip side, it is a hurtful word used in the wrong context and should never be used as a weapon because of the negative effects that it carries. Changing Mark Twain is adulterating art and is ridiculous. We could just as well slim down Leonardo's "Madonna" because she, after all, is a little plump according to today's standards.
That's my story and I'm stickin' to it!
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"Get your facts first, and then you can distort them as much as you please." (Mark Twain)
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