I've mentioned the subject of people trying to ban racist words here before, and along comes another example as the founder of a major hip-hop record label has called for three words - "nigger", "ho" and "bitch" - to be banned/censored from hip-hop and R &B lyrics because they are racist and sexist.
Once again, I repeat: you CANNOT and SHOULD NOT ban words of ANY kind from being used. Whatever you may think of them, and whether you think they're derogatory or not, people have the right to use whatever words they wish so long as they aren't hurting anyone (and I use the word "hurting" in the physical sense, since I don't buy that anyone can be genuinely "hurt" emotionally by a word - and if they are they need to get a new hobby). PC culture is taking such a hold on our society that we are closing down freedom of speech. It's almost Sharia-like in nature.
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