The " N " Word

Much has been said, pro and con, about the use of the ' N ' word ( hereafter referred to as N ) and who should, could, would use it. The only comment I can make is that if you have searched for a CD ( to replace your old, worn out tapes) of the Sugar Hill Gang or Curtis Blow or Kid Scorpio and you finally come across one, buy it, take it home, eagerly play it, only to discover that certain areas have been bleeped out, the only thing you can do is throw it in the trash. I mean, would you accept the defacing - or degenitalizing - of Michelangelo's David? You might not like the brazen display, but it is art, or Art, or even ART, for pity's sake! Furthermore, I do not think that it is so much the 'N' in N that's the problem. It's the '-gger' ending. For example, 'rigger' (oil business, drilling in Alaska, etc.) Then there's 'jigger' ( booze) and 'jogger' (pseudo-exercise). Then 'logger' (anti-ecology clear cutting) and 'lagger' ( obvious) Mugger. Hugger (as in 'tree hugger'). Nagger. Dagger. Fagger ( one who smokes too much in Leicester ). And last but not least: Fugger ( a mediaeval banking family established by Hans Fugger in the Swabian free city of Augburg).