YES, it is a WORD !!! Society has labeled it VERY BAD among many other words.
Originally Posted by fun2come
+1 - Not sure there is a "bad" word, offensive to some segments yet, but "bad", probably not. Those who disagree convince me otherwise. With controversial words, IMHO, context, intent, audience and frame of reference are everything. If you only have a current or anti-intellectual frame of reference perhaps there can be bad words in your mind, but that is a very limited interpretation. That said I definitely tend not to use certain words, the one we are talking about among them because you have to be very careful to not be completely misinterpreted so it often isn't worth the effort unless it will be successful.
Funny this came up just now. I have recently used the "bad" N-word twice to make a point, by quoting others who used to bad word to do good by making a point about racism and discrimination. I only used it as a quotation and a quotation of art. The two artists referenced could probably never be accused of being racists by any sane person, and besides they are artists making an artistic point.
"Woman is the
Nigger of the World" - song by John Lennon and Yoko Ono -
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Woman_I...r_of_the_World
"He says, “I ain’t a racist but Aristitle Onassis is one Greek we don’t need
And them
niggers, Jews and Sigma Nus, all they ever do is breed.
And wops ‘n micks ‘n slopes ‘n spics ‘n spooks are on my list
And there’s one little hebe from the heart of Texas — is there anyone I missed ? ” - Kinky Friedman, songwriter, dog lover/rescuer, author and candidate for Texas Governor and the first Jewish Texas Country Music star ever.
http://www.sing365.com/music/lyric.n...256AB500266025
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5-wAlp7PDYM
Look it up and I used it the second time to troll a troll with the handle of JL!
or
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