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>> On Fri, 22 Sep 2006 22:51:46 -0400, Rob Perkins wrote
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> Amy Guskin wrote:
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>> Er, on what planet is the n-word not considered offensive?
> 
> Earth. Roughly 70 years ago.
> 
> Rob, who doesn't think it's an excuse <<

Well, that's my point: _now_, who doesn't know that that's an offensive term? 
 There are a lot of words you might argue about on this point, that people 
are unfamiliar with.  But I'd say that in the US, knowledge of that word as a 
baaaad word is nearly ubiquitous.

Amy
                                                                           
               
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