I caught a link to a Reuters article via digg.com. According to the article, "New York City symbolically banned use of the word nigger". You know what, I think it is a great idea to ban the word nigger. I personaly do not like the word nigger. I don't like to use the word nigger. In fact, hearing the word nigger, regardless of whether it was meant to be offensive, makes me cringe. After reading the article, I sat here and thought long and hard about the word nigger. I gave myself time to reflect on why I don't like the word nigger. I also reflected on the negative aspects of banning the word nigger. Freedom of speech very quickly came to mind as a big negative of banning the word nigger, but since this is just a symbolic ban with no real punishment we can still say the word nigger if we need or want to (we just have to know that it is bad).
So join me and New York and inform everyone you know that saying nigger is bad. Only by making sure that everyone knows the word nigger, and that the word nigger is bad, can we hope to eliminate its use.
