Matt Greene <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: In this country, famed for its so-called "Freedom of Speech", no innocent statement, no contextural conversation can be held these days wherein certain words, even when used properly and without malice or inference, can be, and often will be taken completely out of context.
Matt's point is well-taken. Some time ago, a politician used the adverb "niggardly" in its rightful sense: stingy. Unfortunately, a number of black Americans mistakenly thought he used a form of the N-word, and would accept nothing short of an apology, even when informed of their etymological error. Paul Franklin Stregevsky
