Yes as richfzs and mr self destruct have said.
No, if you think it is acceptable to use the N word 23 times or so in your post?
lew600fazer,
The reason I did that is to point out the history of the word and why perhaps one should avoid, or better still never let it pass ones lips.
Dictionary.com says "The term NIGGER is now probably the most offensive word in English"
Some folks are arguing that it's OK to use the word, but I argue that if you have half a brain and a little common sense it's not a word you should ever use. But to make that case I have to use the word.
History should not be re-written, hidden away or denied, otherwise we can not possibly learn from it.
As for black people using the word nigger, nigga or whatever, my opinion is that maybe they should give more consideration to the argument put forward by Dean Atta and others. I do not think it's a word that can be re-claimed or cleaned up. I'd beg them not to use it, I hate that word, but then that's for them to decide.
I guess we've come some way since say Agatha Christie published her novel Ten Little Niggers, or the protrayal of black Americans in Oscar winning films as happy little slaves to their white masters and/or golly wogs on jam jars, but then we have still got some way yet to go.
As for the source of my "unacceptable" post, I cut and paste from the non profit education organisation The African American Registry - Nigger (The Word), A Brief History -
http://www.aaregistry.org/historic_events/view/nigger-word-brief-history There's a nice little interesting short video at the bottom of the page.