See what I mean. Even when not used in any insulting or hostile way it freaks people out. You can't even say the word to talk about the word. A media figure can destroy their career over this word.
But black people can be "street' and say it 50 times in five minutes if they want to, refering to themselves, other black people present, and black people in general. And no one seems to mind that. BS like that makes me crazy. If its a fighting insult and unfit for civilized society I really shouldn't have to listen to it for an hour on the bus on the way home from some black guy who would turn around and use it to get me fired if I called him that at work.
Hypocracy and double standards piss me off.
Regarding the poster above me (not quoted) its not enormously wrong, I suppose, I just wouldn't find hearing a non-Japanese person using it alright (and I myself am Irish, so not a drop of the Japanese in me).
Regarding quoted poster, I agree with this, to an extent. I have, on several occasions, used the n-word with some of my black friends jokingly (I've said some pretty racy stuff before) but they all know its in good fun, and so are more than o.k. with it. I have a personal issue with the over-use (ESPECIALLY online) of the word faggot or "that's so gay" or "don't be Jew," not because of the words themselves (seriously, nothing wrong with words) but their intent. It is the same as telling someone "don't be such a n-word," which everyone would agree in those situations would not be morally right to say, yet they insist on equating homosexuality or being born in a Judaic culture or some similar thing with negativity. There's a double standard if you want one. (The reason I hate Eminem: He refuses to use the n-word because he thinks its offensive, but will throw faggot in every other sentence while rapping and not think a thing about it.)
