Now that we've officially removed the N word from our vocabulary, are there any more words we should remove?

Question

The NAACP officially buried the N word today.
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070709/ap_on_re_us/naacp_convention_n_word;_ylt=AkPX0hYk_HIcTrUkO5GJDlMXIr0F

Doesn't everybody feel good about this? What other words should we bury?

Answer 1

Banning words does nothing to address the root of racism and most likely only exacerbates the problem. Banning words is more pervasive, but on the surface less objectionable than burning books.

Words only hold great power when we assign or allow them to have such great power over us.

Answer 2

None of them. I think people take words too seriously. It is not the words themselves that are the problem so much, but how they are used (the message behind them, the implied threat at times, or the hatred or anger revealed with the way they are used). Take the f*** word for instance. If it were only used for the way it is used in one context (that is as a synonymn for copulation) then as long as it were used appropriately for that meaning it would not be a problem. It is slang obviously, and since I know some German it is probable that it developed from the German verb for copulation which is "ficken". Though in some contextual usages of it, it would seem as though it came from the German verb meaning "to vex" which is "fuchen". The "ch" is a throatal sound pronounced like the "x" when the Spanish pronounce "Mexico".

Answer 3

Let's remove the word "freedom". Some people don't like the concept (socialists, Communists, Nazis, Hillary Clinton, etc.) and might be offended by it.

Disclaimer: this is obviously sarcasm (except the part about Hillary).

We should never ban words or burn books. Knowledge is power. Hiding evil, or calling it by a different name won't make it go away. It should be brought into the light so it can be destroyed.

Answer 4

How about the word President in front of George W. Bush.

I really wish we could remove the N word from our vocabulary. It was a great gesture but it was symbolic. Most of the people that use the N word probably are not aware that the word was buried. I really don't understand how we, African-Americans, can use that word. I feel the word is degrading and it doesn't matter who is using it.

Answer 5

Pantaloons is a word no longer used in our vocabulary but they are still being worn.
Words can be catagorized as unacceptable but acceptance cannot be legislated. The attitude that any person has a "right" to use derrogatory language toward another is what should be banned.

Some people still choose to act like the terms they decry. Those people will always be known by those terms whatever words are used.

Answer 6

I don't think anyone should be "banned" from being able to say any specific word - Afterall, there is such a thing called FREEDOM of SPEECH.

"Burying" words won't prevent people from still having hatred towards other races.

Answer 7

Not words so much because words can change meaning, depending on context.

We should think about banning certain PHRASES, because their ambiguity is drastically reduced, they basically mean what they sound like, in any situation.

I propose,
"Gimme your wallet, cracker."
"I've outsourced my entire business! Time for a $100 Million Bonus check!"
"Deficits Don't Matter"
"I'm a War President"
"We Fight Them Over There, So We Don't Have to Fight Them Here", (I say let's FIGHT them here, then all those "patriots" who yell about the flag but won't pick up a weapon can be exposed as the cowards they are. Bring the fight tho them, if they won't go to the fight.)

"'Trickle Down' Economics Can Work With the RIght Tax Cuts"

Answer 8

I don't know about WORDS but as far as my community is concerned, the 70% illegitimacy rate can be removed, as well as black-on-black crime. I would like mock funerals of burying those things.

Answer 9

Let's start with, "*****t, c*nt, jigab*o, sp*ok, d*rkie, w*g, j*p, k*ke, he*e, que*r, ho*o, sp*c, wetb*ck... the list is endless. "

No, everybody doesn't feel good about this, as you were posting, KKK members (mouth breathers from morally challenged areas) have no other words in their vocabularies; what can they use?

Yes, I'd be glad to eliminate those words from all vocabularies. Since cleaning up my property begins in my own back yard, I'll never use the above words in improper context again. Anyone else?

Answer 10

Let's see we can start with bathroom functions like the S word and the P word and then we can go on to offensive words for all ethnic groups and women.

I think it's ridiculous and can envisage curses something along the lines of "You f-wording n-word."

Sincerely,
Sjean - a w-word (Wop) s-word (Sp*c) hb-word (half breed)