[Lonesome in Massachussets]

I think they are suggesting retiring that word as a matter of etiquette, not by law.

I was a very naive young boy and remember reciting the children's choosing rhyme, "Eeny, meeny, minie, mo, catch [an n-word] by the toe..." and my mother slapped me across the face and told me never to use "that word" again.

I innocently inquired which word, "Eeny", "meeny", "minie" or "mo".

[sirchtruth]

I think they are suggesting retiring that word as a matter of etiquette, not by law.

I agree, and maybe this is a way for people to get back to a more mannered time. Sort of a reverse PC act. You can not dictate morals or etiquette, but what you can do is say "we" will recognise this as an offensive word and "choose" not to use it.

My only problem though is liberals try to do this same thing with other "words," which they deem offensive. PC is a direct avenue to the abridgement of free speech. You have to tread very lightly with this issue.

[19th LA Inf]

LOL, I remember having lunch in a nice Dallas restaurant on Sunday after church, sometime in the 70s, when a little boy at the next table began, in his piping "Yankee kid" voice, reciting "eenie meenie" etc. When he got to "n..." his mamma grabbed at him and said "How many times do I have to tell you, it's 'catch a tiger by the toe!"