I agree There appear to be only two words in the English language which one should never print. Take care, Bob Judy and Bob Huddleston 10643 Sperry Street Northglenn, CO 80234-3612 [log in to unmask] We know that these reminiscences cannot be strictly true … The greatest heroes of the war are still in the land of the living, for they are ourselves, and in telling our stories we generally so proportion the details with each repetition as to magnify more and more our errors until with frequent telling we end with actually believing ourselves to be the very heroes our stories make us out to be. Peter Michie, “Reminiscences of Cadet and Army Service” On 1/14/2011 5:46 PM, Kit Barry wrote: > Forum, > > Why in a rational, intelligent conversation, is the euphemism "N word" = > being used > in place of "nigger" ? > > Is this word over-empowered? > > Is this euphemism a measure of guilt? Of fear? Of what? > > Kit > >